Comment by theletterf
Comment by theletterf 11 hours ago
I chose to make my personal site a blog. I guess they'd call it a nice blog, since I only write about technical writing. It's great for networking and your career. Personal brand and all that.
I would never return to personal blogging, though. That ship sailed around 2007, when social media appeared and trolls killed the last remaining personal blogs. The GeoCities safe haven vibe died then.
I have been hearing that blogging died since I started my personal website. The spotlight changed since social networking sites. That is all. Blogging is still alive and well.
And I wrote about this after RibbonFarm's retiring post as well - https://www.unsungnovelty.org/posts/10/2024/life-of-a-blog-b...