Blogging.
Blogging should not be motivated by money or pressure from others, but it should be motivated by your want to write. Today I received a email comment from a fellow blogger telling me that I would be taken off their list of blogs because I wasn’t making daily posts. Now I have nothing against this blogger and I actually enjoy their blog, but to tell me that I’m no longer on there “read” list is confusing and frustrating.
My life currently balances school, work, and a social life. I’ve never meant for r3fresh to be anything more than a blog that gets a few new posts a week. If you want a blog that gets updated daily hourly go to a site where it’s there job to post (ie Engadget, TechCrunch). Blogging is not my job, it’s something I enjoy doing for myself and others. If you can remember one thing from this post remember that you are the creator and others should influence you, but not to the point of hating to write.
September 30th, 2007 at 3:33 pm
That’s kind of an odd thing to tell someone (that they’re unsubscribing from your feed for too infrequent posts). But people are weird, don’t stress over it.
September 30th, 2007 at 8:29 pm
Yeah I’m not going to worry about it. Thanks Ross!
October 1st, 2007 at 12:12 am
I agree whole-heartedly. Some people are serious about their feeds though. Still, you go to school and work also, thus it is quite obvious that you won’t post daily, unless you are trying to make a job out of blogging
Blogging should be fun, and I would prefer a blog that updated only sometimes and contained good content, than a blog that updated daily, and contained mediocre content.
October 1st, 2007 at 2:21 pm
Your blog is your personal outlet and it’s up to you when you write. As already said better to write once or twice a week with something worth reading than everyday as a forced and maybe dull entry.
I also have a busy life and it’s not always possible to blog everyday. It’s ridiculous for anyone to take you off the list for infrequent posts, as if they are not getting their moneys worth!