I blog as if I'll have one reader: myself.
Why blog if nobody reads it?
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Re: Why blog if nobody reads it?
#102Earlier 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.
If I smell self-marketing, it reduces your credibility to me.
Re: Why blog if nobody reads it?
#103Pretty much how I approach this as well. My about page reads:
This website is place where I put some random notes.
It mostly serves to remind my future self of how I configured or solved things in the past, though it may occasionally be useful to others as well.Re: Why blog if nobody reads it?
#104I blog from 2000 circa. I do very little advertising on my articles in gioorgi.com
I write because I need to put down my throughts on a lot of different topics and/or just to take some notes.
I hope to be able to keep my blog alive for at least 30 years, and to retain my little freedom of saying everything I want.
I do not have adsense, just a bit of amazon affiliate link, used just ad a service to reader.
Re: Why blog if nobody reads it?
#105You blog because what you blog about has value because it interests you, you give it value with your energy and time and because you are thinking and writing about it, not others.
You blog to write.
You write to explore and develop your thoughts ideas and feelings.
You write publicly because you appreciate others who you found doing the same
Re: Why blog if nobody reads it?
#106apart from all the other points mentioned, the blogger can read it.
(I have not read all the comments yet, only a few, maybe someone has already said this.)
obviously you can do that on your own computer too, but with an online blog, you can read it from anywhere, on any usable device, with an internet connection.
you can read your own thoughts or code or whatever from 10 years or more ago.
and you can keep your blog private to yourself if you want, on those blogging platforms that support that.
Re: Why blog if nobody reads it?
#107Earlier quoted context omitted.
Same. I keep a couple of blogs on different topics and try to write up any challenge I come across. Not only does it help to cement ideas in my head and expose areas I'm foggy about, but I've referred back to my previous experience this way countless times.
Do you get any traffic? Does it feel worth the extra time compared to just doing local notes?
I don't know. I stopped bothering to look, since it's never going to drive income or anything. It's worth it to me because 1) I get to help others, which brings satisfaction and 2) I can read what I wrote from anywhere and send someone a link if necessary.
Re: Why blog if nobody reads it?
#108This post triggered a flood of thoughts that I added to my own "knowledge garden" at https://notes.kyletolle.com/notes/Why+Do+Anything
tl;dr - The author presents multiple ways to find a reason for completing work when you're missing a reason. I've found, though, that enjoying the act of writing itself is more meaningful for me. The completed works are incidental and not the end goal that makes it worthwhile. So I'd argue that you should blog because you enjoy writing the blog. If you don't enjoy it, no amount of readership will be worthwhile.
Re: Why blog if nobody reads it?
#109I say write for yourself. Not even 'future you'. The act of writing alone is rewarding which is why for ages now people have kept journals. Personally, I'd rather keep that stuff offline, but online or offline there's a lot to be gained from the process. Maybe no one else ever finds a blog beyond the AI and data brokers who will eventually scrape it, but that's no reason for people not to blog if it's something they enjoy.
Re: Why blog if nobody reads it?
#110Dance as if no one is watching, blog as if someone will read it someday.