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To each their own. At that point, I'd rather just write to myself without publishing so that I can be 110% candid, which I already do by journaling.
by ravenstine 1y ago
To each their own. At that point, I'd rather just write to myself without publishing so that I can be 110% candid, which I already do by journaling.
- derekzhouzhen 1y agoMy blog is essentially my journal; no one else reads it. However, knowing someone else _might_ read it is making me spend the effort to write in better style, to watch my language, so I would not be embarrassed by myself. That's the value of blog over journal for me.
- rhet0rica 1y agoIt sounds like the presumption that you would do this for money is the problem here—you don't have to "beg for scraps" if it's just a hobby done for fun. ...which is probably the most succinct way of describing where our dear Old Net has gone: swallowed up by the razor-thin margins of the professional creative economy.