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Really? Let's say you're a loyal reader. You have him RSSed, and you get excited whenever you see his posts show up in your feed reader. How would you feel if a
by jackowayed 17y ago
Really? Let's say you're a loyal reader. You have him RSSed, and you get excited whenever you see his posts show up in your feed reader. How would you feel if after a month or 2 you said "hm, Alex Payne hasn't blogged in a long time, wonder what the deal is."
You go to twitter: "@al3x why haven't you been blogging recently?"
"@you I decided to stop blogging"
Wouldn't you wish he had written one final blog post letting you know instead of waiting for people to figure it out?
To an outsider who just sees his posts occasionally on HN, it may seem dumb, but it makes more sense for his loyal readers, I assume.
A lot of HN readers and empathize like so: what if pg "just stopped" writing/publishing essays. Wouldn't you wish he had at least written one last amazing essay describing his rationale for stopping and letting everyone know?
- ramchip 17y agoThe real WTF, as they say, is that this would shoot up the HN main page. It's good for his loyal readers that he makes a conclusion posts, but there's not really a point in posting this on HN so that people who don't read his blog can know.
- al3x 17y agoThat's pretty much it. I have people who read my blog regularly, and if I didn't explain why I was taking a break, they'd want to know. I didn't intend the post to be on HN. I didn't submit the post to HN. I didn't upvote the post on HN.