To blog or not to blog
Yes, that is the question. I’ll spare you my half-baked paraphrase including “the slings and arrows of outrageous spam”. You can thank me later. According to the good people at Akismet, spam now accounts for 93% of all blog comments. I don’t know about you, but I find that discouraging. On this blog so far, I have 37 legitimate comments and 946 attempted spam comments (Akismet blocks them all thankfully). So my spam percentage is actually a little higher than 96% (946 / 983). Hooray…
I have to wonder which comes first… the audience or the blog? It’s not quite as memorable as the whole chicken and egg debate, but it is something that all bloggers face. I read recently that the readership of the average blog is one. Yes, you read that correctly… one person. Probably whoever the blogger happens to be. I guess I should find solace in the fact that at least three people read this blog. Hooray again…
No, I’m not going to give it up… at least not now. I’ll reassess the situation in a few months, but I still feel that I have some worthwhile things to say and this is probably the only blog in existence to focus on “Web development, open source, linguistics, Africa, and more”. I’d hate to disappoint my readers by throwing in the towel. Neither one of them would be very happy about that…
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Well, I just ended up turning off all comments on my blog because of spam. Well, this could actually be spam in itself if you didn’t already know about my blog.
You should try to invest in something like Insomnia. It does wonders for having ‘time’ to make posts. I think the majority of posts ive made on my blog have been during the early morning when no one’s up and Im bored out of my mind. heh.
You know Mr. Kent, as being one of your 3 readers, I don’t think it would be good idea to shut off your blog, I may decide to send you a box of kryptonite.
Average of one: how discouraging! I just started up my personal blog and have about the same number of readers you do.
Don’t be discouraged, a committment to blogging will pay off in the long-term. Think of it as your voice for participating in the Internet community. The trick is to continue to motivate yourself to blog despite the lack of a current audience. At least that is what I am telling myself - and myself should know - he’s my #1 reader!
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