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For a personal blog? Its free.

• rchaud 6y ago
  Only if the time required to research and write has no value. That is why personal blogs do not create content on the scale and depth required to be sufficiently high-profile and monetizable. If your blog can't be found on the first page of Google for questions people are asking, it may as well not exist to anyone but yourself.
  • tomjen3 6y ago
    I am thinking of things like Slate Star Codex. Scott would have continued to write even if he hadn't been able to run ads, because he can't not write. That is the kind of thing I want to see more of, instead of people creating content to get famous.
    • wpietri 6y ago
      Siskind is a guy who reportedly said, "Blog followers are useful to me because they expand important ideas and network with important people." Which sounds exactly like a person creating content to get famous.
  • wpietri 6y ago
    Exactly. I write to be read. Putting up a personal blog post is, regrettably, one of the lowest-ROI ways to spend my time. And that's true even if I don't care about revenue, but just want to create value. A solid blog post will take me a couple days of research, writing, and polishing.