Comments on: Blogging your bliss, or blog like no one’s watching. http://decafbad.com/blog/2004/09/22/bloggingyourbliss It's all spinning wheels and self-doubt until the first pot of coffee. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:23:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0-alpha By: Ian Bicking http://decafbad.com/blog/2004/09/22/bloggingyourbliss/comment-page-1#comment-1351 Ian Bicking Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.decafbad.com/blog/?p=557#comment-1351 <p>The number of comments is probably related to the length of the article -- people don't want to comment on an article they don't finish, and if it's long even if they do finish it they might feel a need to move on to something else instead of spending more time to comment.</p> The number of comments is probably related to the length of the article — people don’t want to comment on an article they don’t finish, and if it’s long even if they do finish it they might feel a need to move on to something else instead of spending more time to comment.

]]> By: l.m. orchard http://decafbad.com/blog/2004/09/22/bloggingyourbliss/comment-page-1#comment-1352 l.m. orchard Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.decafbad.com/blog/?p=557#comment-1352 <p>Ian: That's definitely a good point. I was trying to think of another example without the length, but none came to mind. I had this sort of thing happen plenty of times on LiveJournal, where I post one thing that seemed important, post another thing that seemed a throwaway, and get all the comments on the second.</p> <p>Either way, the point is, don't make the traffic or attention your goal, make the writing your goal and the traffic and attention will come. You might have some success doing it in reverse for awhile, but it just won't be worth it.</p> Ian: That’s definitely a good point. I was trying to think of another example without the length, but none came to mind. I had this sort of thing happen plenty of times on LiveJournal, where I post one thing that seemed important, post another thing that seemed a throwaway, and get all the comments on the second.

Either way, the point is, don’t make the traffic or attention your goal, make the writing your goal and the traffic and attention will come. You might have some success doing it in reverse for awhile, but it just won’t be worth it.

]]> By: George http://decafbad.com/blog/2004/09/22/bloggingyourbliss/comment-page-1#comment-1353 George Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.decafbad.com/blog/?p=557#comment-1353 <p>Ian's comment sounds like an addition to Warnock's Dilemma. The solution is adding paragraph level comments; people can interject wherever. </p> <p>It may just enabling the fisker who should post their retort on their own site and trackback to the original, lengthy piece.</p> Ian’s comment sounds like an addition to Warnock’s Dilemma. The solution is adding paragraph level comments; people can interject wherever.

It may just enabling the fisker who should post their retort on their own site and trackback to the original, lengthy piece.

]]> By: l.m. orchard http://decafbad.com/blog/2004/09/22/bloggingyourbliss/comment-page-1#comment-1354 l.m. orchard Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.decafbad.com/blog/?p=557#comment-1354 <p>George: Heh, I was going to cite Warnock's Dilemma [1], but somewhere along the way while I was not-thinking-while-blogging, I forgot.</p> <p>[1] Original URL seems missing. Found a quote here: http://www.rolandTanglao.com/2003/07/14.html#a4838</p> George: Heh, I was going to cite Warnock’s Dilemma [1], but somewhere along the way while I was not-thinking-while-blogging, I forgot.

[1] Original URL seems missing. Found a quote here: http://www.rolandTanglao.com/2003/07/14.html#a4838

]]> By: Mad William Flint http://decafbad.com/blog/2004/09/22/bloggingyourbliss/comment-page-1#comment-1355 Mad William Flint Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.decafbad.com/blog/?p=557#comment-1355 <p>Now that's a damn fine post right there.</p> <p>Right on all counts. </p> <p>(and what's wrong with drinking, and whoring?)</p> Now that’s a damn fine post right there.

Right on all counts.

(and what’s wrong with drinking, and whoring?)

]]> By: Gabriel Mihalache http://decafbad.com/blog/2004/09/22/bloggingyourbliss/comment-page-1#comment-1356 Gabriel Mihalache Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.decafbad.com/blog/?p=557#comment-1356 <p>William: Nothing, but I <em>did</em> say "excessive", and besides, people at work or <em>gasp</em> at home are bound to find your blog, even if you write under a pseudonym.</p> William: Nothing, but I did say “excessive”, and besides, people at work or gasp at home are bound to find your blog, even if you write under a pseudonym.

]]> By: skipjack http://decafbad.com/blog/2004/09/22/bloggingyourbliss/comment-page-1#comment-1357 skipjack Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.decafbad.com/blog/?p=557#comment-1357 <p>keep bloggin the way you have, I like it. I really like the coding projects I learn so much from reading your code.</p> keep bloggin the way you have, I like it. I really like the coding projects I learn so much from reading your code.

]]> By: Individualism Links http://decafbad.com/blog/2004/09/22/bloggingyourbliss/comment-page-1#comment-1358 Individualism Links Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.decafbad.com/blog/?p=557#comment-1358 <p><strong>Blog like no one's watching</strong></p> <p>“Blogging your bliss, or blog like no one’s watching” is good advice, but you might still want to keep the drinking, whoring and VB programming to yourself....</p> Blog like no one’s watching

“Blogging your bliss, or blog like no one’s watching” is good advice, but you might still want to keep the drinking, whoring and VB programming to yourself….

]]> By: BlogBites http://decafbad.com/blog/2004/09/22/bloggingyourbliss/comment-page-1#comment-1359 BlogBites Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.decafbad.com/blog/?p=557#comment-1359 <p><strong>The way I perceive this whole blogosphere working, long term, is for bloggers to read some Joseph Campbell and “Follow Your Bliss”.</strong></p> <p>0xDECAFBAD Blog</p> The way I perceive this whole blogosphere working, long term, is for bloggers to read some Joseph Campbell and “Follow Your Bliss”.

0xDECAFBAD Blog

]]> By: linkage http://decafbad.com/blog/2004/09/22/bloggingyourbliss/comment-page-1#comment-1360 linkage Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.decafbad.com/blog/?p=557#comment-1360 <p><strong>http://www.littlefuckingrayofsunshine.com/linkage/old/2004_09.html#006361</strong></p> <p>Blogging your bliss, or blog like no one's watching....</p> http://www.littlefuckingrayofsunshine.com/linkage/old/2004_09.html#006361

Blogging your bliss, or blog like no one’s watching….

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