🔗 Blogging Expectations
Joel reflects on why he blogs, admitting he enjoys the idea of people reading and reacting to his posts. He sometimes feels let down when there’s no feedback, but he still finds writing rewarding and sees value in being open about those feelings.
I read this post and strongly agree with it. I don’t think there’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. It’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. 🤷♂️
There’s nothing wrong with hoping your content gets engagement on the web, and there’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 “SEO”. That shit’s all bad.
Neither me or Joel do that, so I don’t see the problem. If you own a personal blog and publish content with the hope that people will respond, you shouldn’t be ashamed either.