Because writing improves thought, and I like having a collection of my good thoughts.
Why blog if nobody reads it?
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#322I don't remember what I had for lunch a couple of weeks ago, but that's not important at all. At least, not to me. I didn't take the C-19 vaccine. I don't remember exactly why. For that I have a blog post I can go to and refresh my memory. My blog is my journal, but in a fancy format which makes it harder to be forgotten in a park or in a bus trip.
I'm not gonna make a statement about why you didn't take the C19 vax but that kinda feels like something you should be able to remember...
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#323I'm concerned about this one thing, if I write and share my thoughts on my blog (and the internet) wouldn't I become a source for AI training and modeling? Could AI end up resembling me by using my ideas and thought process? I wouldn't want my thoughts and ideas to be used in that way, creating a form of immortality.
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#324Totally tangential, but I was thinking this morning about my experience as a kid when my parents forced me to be an alter boy at our local church. There are these occasional observances where the church is obligated to put on a special service, part of a liturgical calendar. Sometimes these happen at like 11am on a Wednesday. It was nice to get out of school to go and burn some incense and follow the priest around wh…
Where was this? Because in Italy i've never heard of anyone allowed to miss school for that by their parents.
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#326Earlier quoted context omitted.
We need better timestamping services for this. I tried to write out an initial spec here, but I haven’t been able to write any implementations yet: https://github.com/sebmellen/proof-of-origination .
> We need better timestamping services for this. If I were to write a dozen blog posts today, and then straight up dump them on my blog, dating each of them so they're spaced roughly evenly since Jan 2021 to today, and start each of them with a preamble saying "I wrote this in my journal around [backdated timestmap]; publishing it now ([real timestamp]) as part of my 2025 blog revival commitment" - what would you say…
But you're still a liar. And 'calling you out' isn't a prerequisite to (correctly) suspecting it.
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#327Earlier quoted context omitted.
A dark pattern on your self hosted blogging website is to backdate blog posts and make yourself seem very good at predicting future trends. There is no reason why you have to write a blog over a long period of time, you could quickly pump out several blog posts and link to them to establish credibility quickly.
If some one is determined to find out the authenticity then it’s possible right? Like Waybackmachine or similar tools?
Lots of plausible deniability
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#328Writing on a blog is a very inexpensive way to establish your credibility about different subjects. This pays off later down the line when you can link people to things you've written in the past. Credibility is a very valuable commodity. It's worth investing in ways to build more of it. Don't assume people will stumble across your content (though they will eventually via Google). Actively send links to people who yo…
This is precisely why I am suspicious of most "free" online resources out there. When one writes to establish themselves as a credible source or as authority on a subject, they are flipping the target of the writing. They are making it all about the author, and not the reader/student. This is similar to what happens with academic writing, where using an approachable tone of voice can be seen as hurtful to the author's image of authority. Unfortunately, by the time someone actually tries to learn from this type of resource, a lot of damage is already done.
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#329Earlier quoted context omitted.
If I smell self-marketing, it reduces your credibility to me.
So okay for companies to market their products or services, but not okay for a person to market themselves?
It’s the same for companies when their presentation seems unauthentic (which is often the case).