Why I Hate Blogging
Note: This won't replace my soon to come one year anniversary post.
1. Everyone Can Do It
The biggest beauty of blogging is ironically its greatest downfall. Creating your "one of a kind" blog is as simple as an email address and five minutes. Websites and other bloggers promise that everyone can do it, but in reality they can't and probably shouldn't. As harsh as this sounds, some people are just plain boring (and I hope I'm not perceived as one of them).
2. It's a Number Game
This is my biggest pet peeve of blogging. Everyone's obsession is either directly or indirectly related to the numbers that appear on their blog's dashboard. And I've fallen prey to this compulsion once twice multiple times before, but I've noticed some people take these figures too far. It's a sucky realization that people aren't reading your blog as much as you want them to, but every once in a while we just all need to chill out and have a muffin. If you're writing for page views and followers, you're doing it wrong.
3. Comments are More of a Way to Promote Your Blog Instead of Your Thoughts and Ideas
I want to take back my first statement in #2, because I have changed my mind. THIS IS MY BIGGEST PET PEEVE OF ALL TIME BLOGGING OR NOT. This loops back to number two like a big Christmas bow because it's probably one of the most common pawns in the number game of blogging. People leave two word comments with their blog linked to the end of their not so insightful words. Don't get me wrong, people who leave meaningful comments and then put their blog's URL at the end don't bother me. It's more like those who say "nice post *insert blog*" and call it day.
I usually don't leave my blog's URL at the end of my own comments and I usually don't mind when others do, but there's a boundary between commenting to promote your blog and commenting because you have something to say. Luckily, I've never had a comment left on my own personal corner of the internet aka my blog where the commentor's sole purpose was to endorse their blog, but it doesn't mean I don't see it happen ALL THE TIME.
4. People Quit Writing
Sometimes I see blogs that have lost the meaning of writing a blog somewhere between them posting every single day and their 1,000 blog followers that they most likely accumulated from "love your blog do you think you could check out mine?" type comments. They crank out meaningless posts of random pictures and copy and pasted recipes like a blog writing factory with the saying "less is more" meaning nothing to them.
Instead of writing a thoughtful post once or twice a week, they find a way to copy and paste a post together every single day, completely defeating the purpose of a blog: to write.
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End rant, cue opposing sides' arguments and hopefully I few minds that feel the same as me.
And because I hate posting without leaving some pictures, here's a sneak peek of my soon to be written (because let's be real, I haven't started it) second fall post.
Have a fabulous day.
I guess I'm one of the few minds that feel the same as you. I hate my own obsession with numbers, but for some reason I can't let it go. And maybe I'm guilty of promoting my own blog through comments too, but at least I try to say something useful in that comment. But what annoys me even more is this: I spent time thinking about and writing down a 'good' comment, something sincere and kind, and the blogger never even responds to it! That's definitely my biggest pet peeve.
ReplyDeleteOh, I read your guest post on TBC by the way, and I thought it was really good :)
Thanks so much, I'm so glad you enjoyed my guest post! :) And I also completely agree with you about bloggers who don't respond to comments (not necessarily the generic ones, but the comments with meaning, good thoughts, and questions), especially bloggers who are obsessed with getting new followers, but don't treat their current ones well.
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