A question for everybody on counting your visitors : How do you do it? I am self hosting my blog on archlinux + nginx using an old laptop. I proxied it behind cloudflared tunnel. On my Nginx access logs, All I see is mostly bots and for any visitor that does not identify as bots, I feel like they are still bots. I really can't be sure. And Cloudflare analytics suggest that I have a little shy over 1 thousand of visitors in the last 1 month, which also seem quite unlikely.
I would love to hear your experiences on this! Thanks
Why blog if nobody reads it?
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Re: Why blog if nobody reads it?
#52One thing I think you see here is a lot of emphasis on the "side hustle." A blog may be supportive of the ways you really make money. But, if you're looking at a blog as some sort of reasonably direct income stream that you'd rather not do, you should probably move on.
Re: Why blog if nobody reads it?
#53the idea that blogs are intended for an audience other than the blogger ( and interested parties, eg. colleagues at work, co-conspirators, etc ... ) is a misunderstanding and probably residue from the late 90s/00s "internet explosion"
Re: Why blog if nobody reads it?
#54Earlier quoted context omitted.
Many people wrote about why it is important to blog, but I never heard of what you just stated about credibility. That's the best and most convincing thing I ever heard. Thank you very much for having shared it here.
It's just self-marketing. Nothing new.
That trivializes it, I think. A ton of what people do related to their jobs is marketing at some level. A lot of people here probably resent marketing and self-promotion (to a certain level) but that's the way the world works. If no one has any idea what you do, either directly or through your manager, guess who is getting the chop if the company cuts back even a little.
Re: Why blog if nobody reads it?
#55Because writing is fun. Check out my personal blog https://rxjourney.com.ng If you like it and you're feeling extra generous, you can leave a donation.
Change that Twitter account. Do you have a RSS feed? How can I donate? Last but not least, your blog is unusable without JS. The posts are not links for some reason, why would you make such a paywall?
You can donate here -
https://buymeacoffee.com/chistev12
I don't have a RSS feed but I have a newsletter with a subscribe button.
What do you mean by posts are not links? You mean you can't click on them to get to the detail page?
Edit: What's wrong with my Twitter account?
Re: Why blog if nobody reads it?
#56Blog because you want to, Blog because you can.
I write both technical, and non-technical posts on mine. It is literally one of the few corners of the universe where I can say what goes, what shows, and how it all flows. It is a garden I tend for myself, but others are free to inspect.
Re: Why blog if nobody reads it?
#57Because writing is fun. Check out my personal blog https://rxjourney.com.ng If you like it and you're feeling extra generous, you can leave a donation.
I just spent an hour reading some of your posts, and wish you good luck in escaping the matrix, by transitioning more into tech :)
Thank you.
Re: Why blog if nobody reads it?
#58I blog because I have to find it very difficult to take arguments online in very few words without pictures without citation.
I blog because it forces me to understand the subject matter on a deeper level, to write long form, to keep things as interesting as as possible.. and of course the mere active writing increases my ability to retain information.
I don’t really care if you read it, though, if I’m having a disagreement online, I might care in those situations if you would read a specific post.
I really don’t need to be an online celebrity, it’s not important even in the slightest. Ego does not help for anything.
In fact, even when doing public speaking engagements, I often completely omit an introduction to myself. Because the subject matter should speak for itself, it should not be a reflection of my past accomplishments or the name that I have or desire to build into a brand.
Re: Why blog if nobody reads it?
#59so LLMs can pick it up and advance the reach of the human race
Re: Why blog if nobody reads it?
#60Publish a blog so an LLM can use it and make money for someone already wealthy.
I pretty much hate the mindset of don't do something if it might make someone else money even if you otherwise want to do it. One of several issues I have with the non-commercial creative commons license.