Advice for a friend who wants to start a blog
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Advice for a friend who wants to start a blog
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Re: Advice for a friend who wants to start a blog
#2Do they have something to say, or is this like "I want to be in a band" of a previous generation?
Re: Advice for a friend who wants to start a blog
#3Do they have something to say, or is this like "I want to be in a band" of a previous generation?
> is this like "I want to be in a band" of a previous generation?
People started blogs for that? I thought that was more the realm of supermarket bulletin boards next to the firewood flyer.
Maybe I'm just from a previous previous generation.
How can "a friend" post something on a supermarket bulletin board now that they don't seem to exist?
Re: Advice for a friend who wants to start a blog
#4Great advice!
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#5I pretty much agree with all that. I'd add, is this something you want to do or are you looking to make money? If the latter, don't bother. You MAY want to separate a business blog and personal stuff but I'm not yet sold on that being a good idea unless you're really serious about a separate business identity. (Still muddling that one. I may re-merge.)
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#6I am getting started writing a blog, and this article is some of the most helpful I've read.
Makes me feel OK to be quirky and unpolished when the rest of the world is making reaction faces and pointing at text to feed an algo.
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#7Be OK if 95-99% of your content gets zero engagement. That's fine, if you're writing for yourself first and foremost.
Accept that you will work on a cool personal project for a long time (months, at least), and will then write a blog post showcasing that work - and no one will care. Over. And. Over. Again. Very humbling, but a good exercise in evaluating your original motive to work on the project.
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#8Do they have something to say, or is this like "I want to be in a band" of a previous generation?
I mostly write for future me.
Re: Advice for a friend who wants to start a blog
#9Do they have something to say, or is this like "I want to be in a band" of a previous generation?
> is this like "I want to be in a band" of a previous generation? People started blogs for that? I thought that was more the realm of supermarket bulletin boards next to the firewood flyer. Maybe I'm just from a previous previous generation. How can "a friend" post something on a supermarket bulletin board now that they don't seem to exist?
what the gp is getting at is that back in the day there were people who wanted to be in a band not out of any particular musical talent or even inclination but because a lot of their friends were doing it and it looked like a cool thing to do.
Re: Advice for a friend who wants to start a blog
#10I am getting started writing a blog, and this article is some of the most helpful I've read. Makes me feel OK to be quirky and unpolished when the rest of the world is making reaction faces and pointing at text to feed an algo.
Thank you for not doing that.