Ask HN: What's stopping you from blogging? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What's stopping you from blogging?

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Post by NickC25 » Thu, Nov 03, 2022, 3:17 PM UTC

I enjoy writing, but honestly don't have opinions worth sharing in one specific domain that would keep people engaged constantly nor consistently. I have too many interests to focus on one narrow domain. One day it could be something tech related, another day music related, finance related, sports related, etc. If I was just to blog about one topic constantly, I'd run out of ideas quickly and probably stop writing altogether.

Plus, as others have said - any opinion I have is probably also held by someone who already has a consistent readership and is a lot more eloquent and engaging than I could ever dream of being.

Re: Ask HN: What's stopping you from blogging?

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Post by bediger4000 » Thu, Nov 03, 2022, 3:27 PM UTC

Nothing. Daniel Meissler (Unstructured Learning) convinced me it was a good idea. I followed his outline, choosing to use Hugo rather than WordPress because I ran a WordPress honeypot for a while and WP draws a lot of attention.

Re: Ask HN: What's stopping you from blogging?

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Post by probably_wrong » Thu, Nov 03, 2022, 3:37 PM UTC

I've been blogging more or less constantly for at least 10 years. In my experience, the times when I don't blog much are either because there's something in my life that makes it difficult (holidays, life drama, too much work, etc) or because the technology I'm using at the time puts too much friction into getting the thing published.

Re: Ask HN: What's stopping you from blogging?

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Post by cpach » Thu, Nov 03, 2022, 3:41 PM UTC

I blog from time to time. Currently these things are stopping me: a) Researching a topic takes lots of time. Writing and rewriting also takes time, and currently I don’t prioritize it. b) For the time being I feel that it’s more fun to do stuff than to write about stuff. Doesn’t need to stay that way forever though.

Re: Ask HN: What's stopping you from blogging?

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Post by speedgoose » Thu, Nov 03, 2022, 3:44 PM UTC

A lack of readers. Very few people read blogs nowadays.

Re: Ask HN: What's stopping you from blogging?

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Post by barbazoo » Thu, Nov 03, 2022, 3:48 PM UTC

> I started writing, publicly but to myself, primarily so I could remember how to do technical processes that I didn't repeat very often.

I have note taking for that. That way I don't have to spend energy on polishing my writing and I don't have to worry about accidentally leaking something that's sensitive.

Re: Ask HN: What's stopping you from blogging?

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Post by orsenthil » Thu, Nov 03, 2022, 3:57 PM UTC

I have a blog since 2003, and I started thinking what is the point. It helps me to go back sometimes and review my thinking then. But then, we move forward. This website with my personal words wasn't creating a lot of future value for myself.

For others, I realized that market has moved on. There was market for self-publishing for masses, then came micro self-publishing, and now quick videos, edits and nano publishing with using advanced technology in visual media, which wasn't possible earlier.

And if those do not create future value, they might faze out too.

Re: Ask HN: What's stopping you from blogging?

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Post by Metalic » Thu, Nov 03, 2022, 3:58 PM UTC

For me, it's because I don't know where to start and what to write about (maybe i'm overthinking it). I created a github pages website two years ago but never put anything on it. Maybe I can't just write!

Re: Ask HN: What's stopping you from blogging?

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Post by Silamoth » Thu, Nov 03, 2022, 4:14 PM UTC

Writing blog posts has been in my back-of-the-mind TO-DO list for a while now. I just never seem to have time for it. Or rather, there are a million things I end up prioritizing over blogging. One of these days, when I'm less busy, I'll start writing some blog posts. I definitely have some ideas for posts that I think could be interesting.

Re: Ask HN: What's stopping you from blogging?

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Post by nop_slide » Thu, Nov 03, 2022, 4:36 PM UTC

Silamoth wrote: post #19

Writing blog posts has been in my back-of-the-mind TO-DO list for a while now. I just never seem to have time for it. Or rather, there are a million things I end up prioritizing over blogging. One of these days, when I'm less busy, I'll start writing some blog posts. I definitely have some ideas for posts that I think could be interesting.

Exactly how I feel. I even made a blank site but have yet to write anything down. I end up just coding instead lol