I read this post and strongly agree with it. I donโ€™t think thereโ€™s anything wrong with wanting to have engagement from your writing. Similarly to Joel, I love it when I get engagement from my posts - I enjoy the discourse that comes from them. The recommendations. The friendships. Itโ€™s great.

Sure, I write for myself, but I also write for you guys too. Does that make me an attention seeker, or an narcissist? Maybe, but so what. ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ

Thereโ€™s nothing wrong with hoping your content gets engagement on the web, and thereโ€™s nothing wrong with writing for that reason. The tipping point for me comes when people start writing to game the system for click-bait and โ€œSEOโ€. That shitโ€™s all bad.

Neither me or Joel do that, so I donโ€™t see the problem. If you own a personal blog and publish content with the hope that people will respond, you shouldnโ€™t be ashamed either.

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