Blogger Observations
This summer my blog will be 5 years old! Wow!!!
Since I started blogging, I have gone through several blog content metamorphoses.
I started off talking about nothing in particular, then started talking about pop culture (mostly movies, weird news stories & music), then I started blogging about race, which is where I think I peaked in terms of reader interest.
When I blogged about race & inequality I started off with good intentions, but that soon grew into me blogging as an angry Black man.
During my blogging as an angry Black man period, I was getting 10k hits a month and this attracted all kinds of comments & interactions. Funny thing is, I didn’t realize that I was an angry Black man until mid 2009. This is about 2 years after I entered the angry zone.
I mentioned my reader drop off on Twitter earlier today & this is what some of my contacts there had to say:
“Anger sells, like sex. Maybe u shoud write abt sex?”
“ppl like fuckery”
“we went through the same thing…people like anger & controvesy more than pleasant isht for some reason. Look at reality TV”
Interesting… True???
Now I wonder if I was really writing for myself or for an audience. This brings to mind a quote by writer Cyril Connolly (thx Jovan)
“Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.”
Did I lose myself? I don’t think so but at this point, I guess it doesn’t matter.
After I got my mind right & calmed down is when I decided to change the tone & scope of my blog. Since that point, my traffic is looking more like 3k hits per month.
I’m OK with whatever traffic I get here on my blog/journal & I’m happy that I’m writing for myself.
Congrats on your five years. Great blog, and I look forward to your next posts.
Congratulations on 5 yrs. I am inspirer. You are truly helping others just by being you. look forward to more post and drama.
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Congratulations on 5 years! Your blog is the best that I have seen visually and content. I love reading your posts. You cover a lot of ground from your passion as a photographer (correct me if I am wrong) to day to day shibin (my word for sh*^). I’m becoming an addict. Thanks for sharing your a little of your life with us.
Shaz – Thx for checking me out. Ill keep giving it to you!
Ms Z. – Hey boo!!! You know Im a drama magnet. I need to figure out why though!
RobinC – Thx so much Robin. I am all over the place, it’s perhaps the undiagnosed ADD. If you’re getting hooked, that means that Im doing my job 😉 Just call me a non-writing pusher. LOL!
You should write for yourself, fuck what others think!!!
Simone Sweets – That = Bliss!