I do hope indie blogging makes a comeback. When the only objective of the post is for the author to ‘scream into the void’, it’s refreshing in this day and age.
Blogging in 2025: Screaming into the Void
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#12Shameless blog plug -
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#13I second the sentiment expressed. I used to blog often and cross post on Medium and Twitter.
At peak, every third post I wrote went viral. But then I stopped because I had no return from it.
I recently started writing on my blog again: https://shivekkhurana.com
The main reason was to get back into the habit of writing, and by extension thinking. ChatGPT has weakened my thinking capacity.
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#14Speaking about blogging, for those who run on WordPress at least, do you get lots of bot traffic from China and Singapore recently? They usually appear in pair. ( https://support.google.com/analytics/thread/378622882/google... ) I have two niche blogs( civilwhiz.com and mes100.com). Those bot traffics increase my visitor count in Google analytics by more than 100%. It's super annoying when the analytics are distorted…
I've been getting Singapore traffic like crazy
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#15Did I miss this magical time where every blogger was getting thousands of hits? Posting on the internet has always been screaming into the void.
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#16Shameless blog plug - https://www.rxjourney.net/
How AI is making us Dumber.
Fully agree. The brain is a muscle like any other, so atrophy is no different. I’ve started playing chess and a few other simple brain exercises.
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#17My website[1] will be hitting 25-years next year (2026 JUN 11). I stopped caring about comments, reactions, SEO, etc. for a while; I just post whatever I want these days.[2]
Of course, I like the fact that sites such as Adobe, Wikipedia, WordPress, IBM, the US Patent (mostly via Google), Russian and Chinese Websites, and quite a few other prominent websites maintains their links that points to some of my articles.
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#18Shameless plug as always when the topic comes up: submit your blog to https://indieblog.page to be discovered. subscribe to its RSS feed or mastodon account to discover indie blogs one random post at a time.
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#19My website[1] will be hitting 25-years next year (2026 JUN 11). I stopped caring about comments, reactions, SEO, etc. for a while; I just post whatever I want these days.[2] Of course, I like the fact that sites such as Adobe, Wikipedia, WordPress, IBM, the US Patent (mostly via Google), Russian and Chinese Websites, and quite a few other prominent websites maintains their links that points to some of my articles. 1.…
You’d be an excellent guest for my pepleandblogs.com
I love having people with “old” blogs on to hear their stories. Thank you for writing for so long, I’ll definitely get in touch.
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#20I second the sentiment expressed. I used to blog often and cross post on Medium and Twitter. At peak, every third post I wrote went viral. But then I stopped because I had no return from it. I recently started writing on my blog again: https://shivekkhurana.com The main reason was to get back into the habit of writing, and by extension thinking. ChatGPT has weakened my thinking capacity.
> But then I stopped because I had no return from it.
> The main reason was to get back into the habit of writing, and by extension thinking. ChatGPT has weakened my thinking capacity.
I can definitely relate, and find this true as well. While a (monetary) return has never a big focus for me. It's still hard to keep going over time with motivations around self improvement, accountability, etc.