https://andysblog.uk/why-blog-if-nobody-reads-it/
You’re not just writing for today’s invisible audience. You’re writing for:
- Future you. Your posts become a time capsule of your evolving mind.
- One right person. Maybe one day, someone stumbles across your words at exactly the right moment. And that changes something for them.
- The work itself. Consistency beats virality. A hundred posts with depth will outlast a single viral hit.
Yup
I agree! And as someone who is thinking about blogging more long term, what I want to capture sometimes is my journey through a thing. For example, my journey of exploring the indie Web, or my journey on my relationship to AI and how it evolves.
It’s probably going to be dead boring to the majority of existence. But maybe it’ll resonate / affect a few people. Or maybe it gets 0 views forever. Either way the purpose is to be a witness to my journey, and that goal is accomplished.
Walk the neighborhood,
Camera in hand, seeking
The flowering trees.
– A haiku I wrote long ago, in another lifetime
Felt. I don’t think anyone reads my blog- if someone does, they’ve never said anything, which is also fine if that’s the case. I’ve always wanted a diary but never been able to keep one. I update my blog pretty infrequently, but it’s as close as I’ve ever gotten to a consistent diary, and I do enjoy going back and reading the old entries.
@rina, the Wayback Machine has a copy.
There is a bit of lore behind that blogger, see this discussion for a bit more: 📝 Blogroll: Share your blog posts! - #1162 by xixxii
Basically, it turns out his hobby was less blogging for blogging’s sake than SEO farming for sport, and he found a recipe for getting a lot of traction in alt web circles by publishing these kind of pump-up takes (apparently AI generated in some cases?) about how the indie web is awesome and so are you. A little ironic to gain so much real traction with fake posts about authenticity! But you know, if the message resonates, we have to give it credit even if the take wasn’t coming straight from someone’s soul.
damn dude baited everyone
Wait a minute… Isn’t this the same person who wrote Blogging for traffic, not design and then quit Bearblog when most people didn’t agree with the post?
EDIT: It looks like he’s blogging on Medium now.
yikes tbh
about that post tho: id be offended too if someone told me to just use WordPress. ive made my blog myself, too
Medium’s the right place for him. The content is neither rare nor well-done.
you’re not wrong i suppose
