Comments on: Recycled Tip – Think About The Audience That Reads Your Blog

By: Bloggers Who Quit | Blogger For Hire

Bloggers Who Quit | Blogger For Hire — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 04:21:43 +0000

[...] Exit78 Mike looks at the comment section of an old post from 2007 and finds out that around 50% of the original commenters have stopped blogging. [...]

By: teeni

teeni — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:25:13 +0000

Hmm – I was pretty sure I posted a comment here but I guess I didn’t. Anyway, I found it very interesting about the comments and how many of them either “weren’t in business” anymore or were confusing. I wonder what the average life span of a blog is anyway. But as far as cursing, I probably don’t do it for real much. When I do, it’s usually with an accent or making fun of the word. Like “basstids” is how I’d say it – just the way I spell it. But once in a great while I’ll throw out a fancy four-letter one and the only reason for that is when it is the only way I can get a little satisfaction by venting it out like that. But it is not too often.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:02:20 +0000

Daisy – My kids are grown, but I still don’t like to have them hear me swear. The interesting thing, though, is that both girls tested me on this after they left home. I told them I’d rather not hear that kind of language and it stopped. Even more interesting was last fall when my younger daughter shushed me using a word in front of my grandson that I don’t usually consider to be swearing.

By: Daisy

Daisy — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:46:10 +0000

Interesting. First time here and came through Blogging without a Blog.

I too, don’t curse like a sailor on my blog because I think it is important for my blog to be ‘family-friendly’ as well. When my son grows up and starts reading it, the last thing he needs is to read his mother cursing and cussing at others. He doesn’t hear me do that at home, why should he need to read it on my blog later?

Even if it’s a personal blog, I think there’s something to be said about being professional.

Daisy

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 02:49:19 +0000

Michelle – You’re not confused. You just caught me in the middle of moving my blog from exit78.com/weblog to just plain old exit78.com.

Vered – The observation comments is especially interesting since I was in the process of moving my blog to a different directory. I intend to leave what’s left of the old posts there for a good long while, so I won’t have gone missing from there.

Jean – Yes, you have a very friendly little corner. I don’t stop in unfriendly places for the most part.

Ramana – I think that the blogs we frequent are more interactive than a lot and there is a lot of good commenting and discussion. However, there is a lot more that are by a very large margin.

Panther – It does take a lot of work and passion. The fact that so many had gone missing or stopped really didn’t surprise me either. What surprised me in a couple of cases was who they were. A couple of them had been hard chargers. All I can figure is that they either burned out on blogging quick or moved on to some other blogging endeavor. One thing that I didn’t post was that this article was originally part of a blogging community project of Darren Rowse at ProBlogger.net that generated a lot of traffic across a wide spectrum of blogs, most of which were about earning money online, a niche that was already over-saturated with a lot of wannabes.

By: Urban Panther

Urban Panther — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 02:18:45 +0000

Blogging is a lot of work, and it really takes passion to keep plugging away at something for the long haul. The Lion blogged for three months, then quit. Writing is not his passion. It doesn’t surprise me how many of the original commenters no longer maintain their blogs. How many things have I started and never finished? Many! But that’s okay, because I was checking out different experiences to see if they grabbed me. Most of them didn’t. Same with blogging. Very normal to try it, and very normal to find out it’s not for you. As for me? I’ll be around for a long time. I can’t not write. It’s in my blood.

By: rummuser

rummuser — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:26:27 +0000

Well, between 2007 and now, if any thing, the blog has grown into more of a personal one with some very good and regular visitors leaving sensible comments when they can. The policy is good and this is all that blogs like yours and mine look for. rummuser´s last blog post..How People Get Together.

By: Jean Browman--Cheerful Monk

Jean Browman--Cheerful Monk — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:25:04 +0000

I'm trying to make my little corner of the world a friendlier place. Hopefully that comes through in my posts. Jean Browman--Cheerful Monk´s last blog post..The Joys of Procrastination

By: Vered - MomGrind

Vered - MomGrind — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:23:59 +0000

A very interesting observation about the comments. I might write about this too.

By: Michelle Gartner

Michelle Gartner — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:22:51 +0000

Ummm am I confused or what- I thought you had a new look the other day but now it looks different again... I don't curse but once in a blue moon- so I don't curse much online. I prety much am the same online as offline. On OOaWKI I just blog about what interests me. If I had the time I would make it more of a resource for collectors- therefore thinking about more my audience and less about myself. Michelle Gartner´s last blog post..Vintage Toaster Bacon & High School Wrestling