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Tumblr lead developer on running a popular blog
- stijnm 17y agoI was hoping this was going to be a real breakdown and analysis of why things turned around for this blogger. For example, topics he wrote about then which he doesn't anymore or how his user base has changed compared to then. Unfortunately, it lacks any real content and depth - it may as well have been written for Reader's Digest.
- jonathandeamer 17y agoFair point - in fact, I suggested on my blog that it may be a bit simplistic (or a confusion of correlation/causation) to simply say "my blog is successful because I stopped trying to make it successful": http://ashotofjd.com/post/168062040/marco-i-now-have-a-decently-successful-blog http://ashotofjd.com/post/168062040/marco-i-now-have-a-decen...
- aw3c2 17y agoThe content of your blog post is less than your comment here. Please post your thoughts as comment directly next time. ;-)
- aw3c2 17y agoLet me conclude: At first I tried hard to make my blog well-integrated and popular. I used all the usual SEO techniques and developed a mass of followers. Once I was there, I stopped caring about these things and voila - I am still popular. My position as lead developer of Tumblr might be related.
- antonovka 17y agoI started reading Marco's posts because he wrote Instapaper, released an iPhone application, and generally produced. My expectation is that the less time he spent on gimmicky SEO crap, the more time he had to actually make things that someone like me pays attention to.