Edit: forgot to mention, it was only after making my previous post that I realized this author is the same person who wrote You Will Never Win an Argument On the Internet.
@small_cypress your interpretation about writing like this as a commercial move does track with my impressions, as well, though it’s also very strange to me because my main point of reference for writing professionally is academia, and that’s a context where not citing anyone else will come across to your peers as completely unprofessional.
Would this kind of post help to get more people blogging? Perhaps, for all I know. With that said, from where I’m standing, it feels like it has some audience issues. Waxing poetic about blogging and such seems like it’d be more effective at flattering people who already see themselves as bloggers, and after all that cynicism about people on social media having no patience to read long posts… I was left wondering who this post is for, you know?
Especially given the recommendations… The landing page for Ghost outright says “Turn your audience into a business,“ so it’s clearly intended for professionals, not hobbyists just getting started with their very first post. Write.as makes a similar impression. And unfortunately I already know too much about Micro.blog to recommend Micro.blog.
But anyway, thanks for the vote of interest in the blogpost-about-blogging idea.