That’s because we just keep on posting. The typical blogger, like most people who go on diets and budgets, quits after a few months, weeks, or in many cases, days. For some reason, we haven’t. In fact, if you look at the “Archives” chart to the right, you’ll see that by the time July is over, we will have blogged more this month than in any of the previous 16 months. I’d attribute this mainly to you — readers who take the time to read. And especially readers who send us interesting e-mails or links. Granted, it’s a little easier to keep up a blog when there are two people to share the load.
So even though Levitt and I may complain to each other occasionally about feeling compelled to feed the blog beast, the laws of economics tell me that we must enjoy it on some level or we would have abandoned it long ago.
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As you alluded to, the largest contributing factor is audience. A small percentage of bloggers only write to fulfill their own needs.
The rest that start blogging in an concerted effort to cater to an audience, eventually falter due to the fact that there is almost more bloggers than their are blog readers. Hence, the lack of a motivation to continue the chore that blogging on a regular basis can be.
But, it’s not like I am telling you something you already didn’t know.
As you alluded to, the largest contributing factor is audience. A small percentage of bloggers only write to fulfill their own needs.
The rest that start blogging in an concerted effort to cater to an audience, eventually falter due to the fact that there is almost more bloggers than their are blog readers. Hence, the lack of a motivation to continue the chore that blogging on a regular basis can be.
But, it’s not like I am telling you something you already didn’t know.
As long as you guys keep blogging we will keep reading. Keep it up; I look forward to reading your posts every day.
As long as you guys keep blogging we will keep reading. Keep it up; I look forward to reading your posts every day.
I have a blog on LiveJournal but only a couple people read it, so I don’t post much. Having a journal there also means that you can comment in other groups and communities, which is the fun part about LiveJournal anyway.
Also, I only really read blogs that post news about my interests or new pictures… and this one of course.
I have a blog on LiveJournal but only a couple people read it, so I don’t post much. Having a journal there also means that you can comment in other groups and communities, which is the fun part about LiveJournal anyway.
Also, I only really read blogs that post news about my interests or new pictures… and this one of course.
What that doesn’t take into account is reading privileges. At least 3 of my journals would show no activity to the casual browser, because they’re either friends-locked or entirely private.
Quite a lot of people on LJ have writing journals, which are used to store chapters of books in order to have a safer place to get to them.
What that doesn’t take into account is reading privileges. At least 3 of my journals would show no activity to the casual browser, because they’re either friends-locked or entirely private.
Quite a lot of people on LJ have writing journals, which are used to store chapters of books in order to have a safer place to get to them.