Comments on: The Echo Chamber: 10 worst reasons to blog, Part 2 http://chattydm.net/2008/02/18/the-echo-chamber-10-worst-reasons-to-blog-part-2/ A DM's quest for Nirvana (or Mechanus, or the Abyss...) Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:12:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: ChattyDM http://chattydm.net/2008/02/18/the-echo-chamber-10-worst-reasons-to-blog-part-2/#comment-1720 ChattyDM Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:43:12 +0000 http://chattydm.net/2008/02/18/the-echo-chamber-10-worst-reasons-to-blog-part-2/#comment-1720 No sweat friend, that will teach me to respond to comments when my brain screams for sleep! No sweat friend, that will teach me to respond to comments when my brain screams for sleep!

]]> By: Pegazus http://chattydm.net/2008/02/18/the-echo-chamber-10-worst-reasons-to-blog-part-2/#comment-1719 Pegazus Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:51:20 +0000 http://chattydm.net/2008/02/18/the-echo-chamber-10-worst-reasons-to-blog-part-2/#comment-1719 Should have thrown a couple of smiles in there as well. Too late to edit: :) :) :) Should have thrown a couple of smiles in there as well. Too late to edit: :) :) :)

]]> By: ChattyDM http://chattydm.net/2008/02/18/the-echo-chamber-10-worst-reasons-to-blog-part-2/#comment-1718 ChattyDM Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:07:29 +0000 http://chattydm.net/2008/02/18/the-echo-chamber-10-worst-reasons-to-blog-part-2/#comment-1718 Making you feel bad wasn't the intent. RSS feeds are just one way of keeping stats on a blog. Unique visitors and page views are another. I do the opposite of you. All the blogs I read I keep up in a RSS reader. The webcomics, I drop by to see if they updated. Making you feel bad wasn’t the intent. RSS feeds are just one way of keeping stats on a blog. Unique visitors and page views are another.

I do the opposite of you. All the blogs I read I keep up in a RSS reader. The webcomics, I drop by to see if they updated.

]]> By: Pegazus http://chattydm.net/2008/02/18/the-echo-chamber-10-worst-reasons-to-blog-part-2/#comment-1716 Pegazus Tue, 19 Feb 2008 04:13:21 +0000 http://chattydm.net/2008/02/18/the-echo-chamber-10-worst-reasons-to-blog-part-2/#comment-1716 Gee, now I feel bad about not subscribing to more RSS feeds. I only use them for webcomics since the other normal blogs post on a near daily basis. Across the top for me: Goblins, Darths & Droids, Chainmail Bikini and Looking For Group. Still not planning to get more RSS tho. Sorry! Maybe I'll click an ad to make up for it. Gee, now I feel bad about not subscribing to more RSS feeds. I only use them for webcomics since the other normal blogs post on a near daily basis. Across the top for me: Goblins, Darths & Droids, Chainmail Bikini and Looking For Group.

Still not planning to get more RSS tho. Sorry!

Maybe I’ll click an ad to make up for it.

]]> By: ChattyDM http://chattydm.net/2008/02/18/the-echo-chamber-10-worst-reasons-to-blog-part-2/#comment-1715 ChattyDM Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:58:33 +0000 http://chattydm.net/2008/02/18/the-echo-chamber-10-worst-reasons-to-blog-part-2/#comment-1715 Yeah tell me about it.... and I'm often surprised about the posts that do gather a lot of momentum. As for subject loop... that's why I have general Geekiness and Meta-blogging as minor subject on top of a bunch of series! Thanks for dropping by, I love the Wavatar plugin and so do the commenters by the way. Yeah tell me about it…. and I’m often surprised about the posts that do gather a lot of momentum.

As for subject loop… that’s why I have general Geekiness and Meta-blogging as minor subject on top of a bunch of series!

Thanks for dropping by, I love the Wavatar plugin and so do the commenters by the way.

]]> By: Shamus http://chattydm.net/2008/02/18/the-echo-chamber-10-worst-reasons-to-blog-part-2/#comment-1710 Shamus Mon, 18 Feb 2008 22:28:41 +0000 http://chattydm.net/2008/02/18/the-echo-chamber-10-worst-reasons-to-blog-part-2/#comment-1710 My site had more or less zero traffic for the first five months or so. I had a few dozen readers, at best. Writing posts is sort of like batting in baseball. Once in a while you'll luck out and hit on the right subject at the right time, and knock one out of the park. Suddenly your traffic shoots up. The trick is to keep swinging and not get discouraged no matter how many times you whiff. I think the feedback loop you mentioned in your previous post is a good one. I think the trick to avoiding burnout is to have more than one subject to write about. Get a few subjects together so you can switch when you start to get sick of one of them. My site had more or less zero traffic for the first five months or so. I had a few dozen readers, at best.

Writing posts is sort of like batting in baseball. Once in a while you’ll luck out and hit on the right subject at the right time, and knock one out of the park. Suddenly your traffic shoots up.

The trick is to keep swinging and not get discouraged no matter how many times you whiff.

I think the feedback loop you mentioned in your previous post is a good one. I think the trick to avoiding burnout is to have more than one subject to write about. Get a few subjects together so you can switch when you start to get sick of one of them.

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