# "Fireballed" Again [‘Pluribus’ Becomes Apple TV’s Most Watched Show Ever](https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/12/13/pluribus-most-watched) I promise I won't do this every time this happens—if it ever even happens again—but somehow I was linked to [[I Got "Fireballed"|once again]] by John Gruber on Daring Fireball. > "[Jason Kottke is iffy on it](https://kottke.org/25/11/whats-all-the-fuss-about-pluribus), though, because he’s not seeing the appeal of Rhea Seehorn’s protagonist Carol Sturka. Count me [with Max Roberts](https://maxfrequency.net/2025/12/02/pluribus-very-good-jason-kottke) — I find Carol very compelling, and uncomfortably realistic. She feels to me like a real person, not a “character”. It’s one of the best cinematic explorations of loneliness since Tom Hanks in _Cast Away_." Nothing quite like landing from a flight to a text from a friend giving me the news. My second thought (the first, of course, being surprise and delight) was *how* Gruber came to even link to my take on Pluribus. I didn't link to or mention Daring Fireball. My friend took it to mean that Gruber reads my stuff, which I don't actually think I can properly process at this time. 😅 If you are reading this, hi John! The affect on my site's traffic has been pretty similar to [[I Got "Fireballed"|last time]], especially considering I am not the primary link in this article. Here's the data since Gruber's post on Saturday. ![[251215_Fireballed Data Pluribus.png]] Not to spoil the upcoming Year in Review for the ol' blog, but Daring Fireball is a top three source for traffic this year. As always, I am grateful for the linking, but am more flattered that someone I look up to has noticed me in this small blog linking way. A wonderful, albeit early, Christmas gift that I am thankful for to help close out the year.