Hi,
I think it depends on the situation.
I'm not looking for attention, but letting people know it's there is not asking for attention ... it mostly just an awareness thing, letting people know it's there if they are interested sometime.
I come from a literary huge thing, and I don't want to be a part of it, because there were way too many saidistic mofo's involved that were not pleasant to deal with, and we're still dealing with removing those leeches from our scalps ... but, in general, if the material is good, and has its points and abilities, I sincerely doubt that many folks will fail to get a look at it, and learn something. With one huge exception. Today, with the Internet, the literary side of things is more difficult and the cynicism involved in many of these boards, makes it difficult to define/appreciate those who are good, from the rest. And it all becomes a "favorite", which is not quite exactly the standard for good, bad or best and a hit. It does help.
For a long time, in the early days of the Internet/Media, doing some alarming things were just what the doctor ordered. For example, some film makers would do this or that and when it would be released the Catholic Church would open its mouth and that move would get a million people watching it. And this finally hit its zenith, when they went after "Deep Throat" and it became one of the first videos ever made and it sold millions, for a very badly made (and cheap!) film in the first place, but this was the nature of the Church then, and it still does this with Abortion and other events. It's a way to put their name on the front page! And your song, too!
Generally, for me, I do not go out and look for support or to be "published" or to get annointed as one of the club and a good writer. I think I'm OK, maybe better than average, but I lack the skills to make that decision, and evaluate things better all around. I do film/music reviews as a way to explain to myself, why I see things so differently, because discussing it with folks next to me, is a dead end ... always has been ... different languages!
All in all, it depends on what you want. But i am not sure that anyone can stop a piece that is very well written from not being heard and appreciated. But I am starting to think that too many of these "music" websites, are just more nobodies ... no one ever comes out of them ...
The best, for me so far? The Ygdrasil Journal of Poetic Arts ... like 25 years on, and I was there the first 10 years, and it is now catalogued in the Canada's National Library ... and we were so out there and open about poetry and what we did, that many folks, in alt.poetry and the like were intimidated by us ... because we were not topical ditties that meant nothing but a little fun!
I think that's the main difference!