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A hello world post

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Re: A hello world post

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Post by uep »

lurkamabob wrote: post #19

> Do you ever feel guilty being a lurker? No, not when it comes to the decision not to have a blog, or a facebook page, or a twitter account, or a non-throwaway HN login. Others may disagree, but I see profound narcissism in the popularity of these (plat)forms of expression, which are mostly about signalling. If you feel guilty about "not contributing" then contribute in some meaningful way. Contribute features, supp…

I think you're right about narcissism being the motivation for a lot of the posts on those social media platforms, but I disagree with your stance. Particularly because I think blog posts are a significant source of technical information[1].

Those that are not, I don't find that they get in my way too much. If someone wants to keep what amounts to an online technical journal... search engines are pretty good at filtering chaff.

I do not participate in those social activities, but I don't consider it a great virtue that I do not. It would probably be good practice for writing documentation for my fellow developers.

[1] Cloudflare and randomascii's blog posts being some of my favorites; and I don't think the motivation is much different if at all.

Re: A hello world post

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Post by lloeki »

FascinatedBox wrote: post #8

In a way, yes. I tell myself somewhat often that I should write more, yet each time I don't. The blog I have sits empty, in large part because I'm not sure how interesting others might find the content.

> I'm not sure how interesting others might find the content.

Even if you're not, you may very well be sooner than you might think just because you'll be training yourself to be so. Also, if you found something interesting, odds are in your favour than someone else will too.

So, take a chance and jump. But don't do it for others, do it because you want to.

Re: A hello world post

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Post by windlessstorm »

I always think about writing a blog. Maybe just rattling about the everyday things I am learning or doing and share it. Just there's a huge mental barrier of "I am still so very novice" and I postpone it to when I will be at some better level. I guess I will say fuck it and start someday.
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