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For myself, I've done a ton of writing[0], but my work seems to be too long-form for most. I don't really go out of my way to promote it. I basically have them up, so I can reference them in the odd comment.
Not the end of the world. I generally write for my own benefit; not for others.
I am afraid to blog. I could write about my career and my hobby, but those do not seem to be interesting for others. My opinion may be interesting, but it is risky because something I write may come back to offend others one day, or get me in trouble. One time ago I considered blogging anonymously about the economy but doing so anonymously felt disingenuous.
This is similar to the "managers don't want to talk to female employees". The solution is simple. Treat all people as people. If you can't, don't talk about them. Edit: Perhaps projecting my opinions I assumed you were talking about political correctness. However re-reading your post I am not so sure that's what you meant.
Which also means taking into account that some people are, in fact, unfair assholes and that you may fail to recognize them in time.
I support the effort, but I have seen these things generally devolve, fairly rapidly, once people figure out how to game the system. For myself, I've done a ton of writing[0], but my work seems to be too long-form for most. I don't really go out of my way to promote it. I basically have them up, so I can reference them in the odd comment. Not the end of the world. I generally write for my own benefit; not for others.…
[1] is exactly the kind of post that I include in my newsletter, but if it is not posted on HN, I can't see it
(there is a typo in the link you posted)
[1] https://littlegreenviper.com/miscellany/the-road-most-travel...
I am afraid to blog. I could write about my career and my hobby, but those do not seem to be interesting for others. My opinion may be interesting, but it is risky because something I write may come back to offend others one day, or get me in trouble. One time ago I considered blogging anonymously about the economy but doing so anonymously felt disingenuous.
I am afraid to blog. I could write about my career and my hobby, but those do not seem to be interesting for others. My opinion may be interesting, but it is risky because something I write may come back to offend others one day, or get me in trouble. One time ago I considered blogging anonymously about the economy but doing so anonymously felt disingenuous.
You could consider adding the sentence to your blog post: “I have written the above based on my present understanding, experience and maturity. As these improve over time, hopefully my opinions would improve too!”
One can also limit the list with the ?key= queryparam, like so: https://collection.mataroa.blog/?key=philosophy
Awesome, I agree, personal blogs are great. I can't help but notice all the blogs tagged "software" in the list (so far). In fact, I think if there was a filter to exclude software blogs, there might be only a few remaining? I missed out on the whole RSS thing when it was popular. My sense was that it solved the problem of knowing when, among a whole bunch of blogs, a site had new content. Perhaps it exists, I want a…
Awesome, I agree, personal blogs are great. I can't help but notice all the blogs tagged "software" in the list (so far). In fact, I think if there was a filter to exclude software blogs, there might be only a few remaining? I missed out on the whole RSS thing when it was popular. My sense was that it solved the problem of knowing when, among a whole bunch of blogs, a site had new content. Perhaps it exists, I want a…
I am afraid to blog. I could write about my career and my hobby, but those do not seem to be interesting for others. My opinion may be interesting, but it is risky because something I write may come back to offend others one day, or get me in trouble. One time ago I considered blogging anonymously about the economy but doing so anonymously felt disingenuous.