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It could be as simple as 95% of people expected some sort of reward for blogging. This could be ads from traffic, comments saying how smart you are or just ton
by icefox 15y ago
It could be as simple as 95% of people expected some sort of reward for blogging. This could be ads from traffic, comments saying how smart you are or just tons of hits to stroke your ego.
I have a half dozen blogs for different things, my favorite is this one where I post my crazy ideas so I stop myself from actually implementing them and can come back to them later if I still like the idea a week/month later http://ideasfrommydreams.blogspot.com/ http://ideasfrommydreams.blogspot.com/
In the six years I have had it there has been a total of 3301 page views and maybe five comments and I am ok with that because that isn't where it provides me with value. If comments or page views mattered I would have abandoned this blog years ago.
- mol2103 15y agoHa! That blog is an awesome idea. So may ideas left to die (or...live on?) - I can completely relate...believe me. If you ever wanted guest contributors to THAT, I think there are probably a few others who can relate who read HN.
- icefox 15y agoHmm interesting idea. If anyone is interested in guest blogging on a blog with such "high traffic" shoot me an email. Or I could spin up an ideaplanet (like http://planetqt.org/ http://planetqt.org/) to aggregate blogs of such caliber.
- aw3c2 15y agoI am one of your feed subscribers for 1-2 years I think and I am happy every time there is a new post.
- diminish 15y agoi am sure 95% of school time diaries were also abandoned.. i abandoned mine at primary school.
- noarchy 15y agoI do wonder how many Moleskines are sold today that have more than a few pages used, if that? Blogs and diaries are a great example of what may be a bigger trend: people often begin projects with high hopes, but due to a lack of a clear vision and/or an overestimation of their long-term motivation, it fizzles.