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> You kept it going for so long and shut it down. Sometimes it's just time to move on. In the early days things were different, everybody had a blog, and you h
by Udo 10y ago
> You kept it going for so long and shut it down.
Sometimes it's just time to move on. In the early days things were different, everybody had a blog, and you had no trouble making mutual connections. I met interesting people, had interesting discussions, sometimes you'd meet fellow bloggers at events and find out you're subscribed to each other. One time, I spent a week of my holidays at a famous tech blogger's house, on a whim, even though I had never met the guy before.
People moved on to other platforms, but I never built a social presence, nor did I do anything to really grow my audience.
> Can you give more info on how many people you had and how it tapered off?
Traffic wasn't that great by modern standards. According to Google Analytics, a good post would generate maybe 10-20k within the first month, and then taper off sharply. A bad post would not generate more than a few hundred eyeballs. My stuff was never monetized, so I didn't track visitors that well. Sometimes I saw there had been a crazy spike like months ago ;)
> If you wanted engagement, can you have added engagement features?
It's a matter of commitment. If I ever start anything again, that would definitely be a focus.