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I get the feeling. When I felt like writing again after years of closing my previous blog, it though about it for a while before committing to https://bitecode
by BiteCode_dev 3y ago
I get the feeling.
When I felt like writing again after years of closing my previous blog, it though about it for a while before committing to https://bitecode.dev https://bitecode.dev.
But eventually, I realized that
- I also write for myself, not just for others.
- People like reading things without having to prompt for it. So they will read the blog because it's nice and topics come to them even if they don't think that they need to know.
- ChatGPT doesn't have opinion. It tries very hard to be balanced. Your blog will have an opinion.
- There is more to the experience you provide than just knowledge. You can add tools, exercises, videos, etc. Which GPT cannot, for now, replicate.
- GPT can replicate style, but will not by default. People will come for your style as well. And pics. And design. And jokes.
- People value the interaction they feel when they content seems like there is a person behind it. They get attached. They develop sympathy.
- A blog puts things in context. "If you want to know that, you probably need to know that". It also gives information about what happen right now.
- Humans curate. In a world where creating crappy content is very cheap, a good filter has tremendous value.
So yes, you will be scanned, and replicated. Doesn't mean you don't have value in writing what you do.
And making something of value is nice.
This may change in 10 years or so. Maybe the LLM will be able to do all that. But depriving yourself of a rewarding experience right now for the fear of what might happen is not worth it.
- 23B1 3y agoI'm not depriving myself of writing, not by any means! I'm just depriving the internet of it.