Comments on: The Echo Chamber: 10 worst reasons to blog, Part 2 http://critical-hits.com/2008/02/18/the-echo-chamber-10-worst-reasons-to-blog-part-2/ The Journal of Gamer Culture Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:43:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ChattyDM http://critical-hits.com/2008/02/18/the-echo-chamber-10-worst-reasons-to-blog-part-2/#comment-47970 ChattyDM Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:30:38 +0000 http://chattydm.net/2008/02/18/the-echo-chamber-10-worst-reasons-to-blog-part-2/#comment-47970 @Sam: I see that you're digging deeper and deeper in my archives. I love when people do that. Yes, you should stop obsessing about your stats... but I'd be lying if I told you I didn't do it when I was at the same place you are blog wise. I still check stats about once a day. As for empty posts, well I do agree that they still freak me out when i get them... :) @Sam: I see that you’re digging deeper and deeper in my archives. I love when people do that. Yes, you should stop obsessing about your stats… but I’d be lying if I told you I didn’t do it when I was at the same place you are blog wise. I still check stats about once a day.

As for empty posts, well I do agree that they still freak me out when i get them…
:)

]]> By: Sam Erwin http://critical-hits.com/2008/02/18/the-echo-chamber-10-worst-reasons-to-blog-part-2/#comment-47969 Sam Erwin Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:47:44 +0000 http://chattydm.net/2008/02/18/the-echo-chamber-10-worst-reasons-to-blog-part-2/#comment-47969 I should just calm down about traffic to my blog, though I think I mostly have. I just hate it when I do get a spike and it's all 0 second visits. And then I love days like today where I can see that, even if it was in another tab or page part of the time, someone spent nearly 20 minutes on my front page. Still it's hard when no one says anything. It becomes exactly that: an echo chamber. .-= Sam Erwin´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.atreus-works.com/2009/08/18/my-new-campaign-or-we-are-the-champions/" rel="nofollow">My New Campaign, or “We are the Champions”</a> =-. I should just calm down about traffic to my blog, though I think I mostly have. I just hate it when I do get a spike and it’s all 0 second visits.

And then I love days like today where I can see that, even if it was in another tab or page part of the time, someone spent nearly 20 minutes on my front page.

Still it’s hard when no one says anything. It becomes exactly that: an echo chamber.
.-= Sam Erwin´s last blog ..My New Campaign, or “We are the Champions” =-.

]]> By: ChattyDM http://critical-hits.com/2008/02/18/the-echo-chamber-10-worst-reasons-to-blog-part-2/#comment-47968 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-47968 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://critical-hits.com/2008/02/18/the-echo-chamber-10-worst-reasons-to-blog-part-2/#comment-47967 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-47967 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://critical-hits.com/2008/02/18/the-echo-chamber-10-worst-reasons-to-blog-part-2/#comment-47966 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-47966 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://critical-hits.com/2008/02/18/the-echo-chamber-10-worst-reasons-to-blog-part-2/#comment-47965 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-47965 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://critical-hits.com/2008/02/18/the-echo-chamber-10-worst-reasons-to-blog-part-2/#comment-47964 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-47964 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://critical-hits.com/2008/02/18/the-echo-chamber-10-worst-reasons-to-blog-part-2/#comment-47963 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-47963 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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