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I could not agree more with Scott. I still have the hardest time trying to convince people to start a blog. "I don't have time to blog" "I don't know what I'd w
by PStamatiou 14y ago
I could not agree more with Scott. I still have the hardest time trying to convince people to start a blog. "I don't have time to blog" "I don't know what I'd write about".. yet they end up posting lots of content casually on various social networks/forums.
Perhaps blogging tools need to adapt to more short form uses and have posting interfaces that seem more accommodating rather than a massive empty textarea with tons of options from slug to categories and tags.
The WordPress Prologue/P2 themes comes to mind.
- brandnewlow 14y agoI think both of those objections only partially convey their real meaning. "I don't have time to blog" = "The time it would take me to blog is worth more to me than the ROI I'd get from writing a blog." and "I don't know what I'd write about" = "I don't know who'd be reading my blog so as to make it easy to know what to write about." Facebook and Twitter address both objections by giving users a well-defined, sometimes really big audience. The idea of writing stuff they think no one's going to read isn't very appetizing to most people.
- dotdapple 14y ago"I don't have time to blog" "I don't know what I'd write about".. yet they end up posting lots of content casually on various social networks/forums. But status updates, tweets, etc. are usually short, disconnected thoughts.