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Nobody cares about your blog | Reasons to Maintain a Personal Blog (www.alexmolas.com)
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cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/3628322

The author started a blog but has considered stopping due to lack of readership. Though few may read the blog, writing it can serve as notes for the future, help release and clarify ideas, and give a sense of freedom. Even if the ideas are not original, sharing one's personal view can enrich them. Ultimately, the author decides to publish the post regardless of who may read it.

Do you maintain a blog? Are you getting value out of the practice?

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[–] drwho@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I started blogging back in 2000 on a hand-edited HTML site. Since that time I've been through four CMSes (Pivot, PivotX, Bolt, and now Pelican). Sometimes I post about my life. Sometimes I post pictures. Sometimes I write about a project I've been working on. Sometimes I post a description and solution for a problem I've been having. Sometimes I feel a need to write about a funny or stupid thing that happened to me.

I guess the reason that I still blog these days is because I want to run a blog like the ones I used to love way back when. Not fancy. Not commercial. Not trying to make money. Just the sort of thing I wished I'd find in a web search for something like "will bettas hunt and kill tardigrades in the same tank?"

I'm not trying to be Someone. I just want my little piece of Net that I can publish on.

[–] alex@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I really liked this read! I blog, and I like my blog, but sometimes get stressed out because I feel like nobody's reading it (I've removed all analytics on purpose because I used to get obsessed with them). Blogging for the simple act of blogging, and not for engagement, is the best!

[–] spencer@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I've sent people short little emails about how much I enjoy their sites, and I imagine that's far better "engagement" than any sort of comment or like.

[–] storksforlegs@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If someone still wants to do this, more power to them. I definitely think there is value in just writing for yourself and putting it out there.

But then again, the internet has changed so much even in the last few years. I used to blog but gave it up.

Journaling offers me a similar outlet, and I dont have to bother with web hosting on a website that reminds me every time I look that nobody else is reading my stuff. (At least for me.)

But I recognize this is just my experience. I know it isnt like this for everyone. If it still helps someone find meaning, I say go for it.

[–] elfpie@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I had a blog many years ago. The culture around it was very curious and I wish I remembered it well. It was a bunch of blogs with links to all the other blogs that they would recommend and interacted with. Maybe blogs weren't contaminated by the thought we should be entertaining others all the time. Lurkers wasn't even a concept.