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Re:Reasons you aren't updating your personal site (2020) by freddie_mercury on Saturday September 17, 2022 @02:46AM (#32875329)
But that's just a private journal that could be a text file somewhere. People have been doing that for centuries without publishing it. If anything, it seems clear -- given natural human tendencies -- that an actually private journal that you don't think will be published seems more valuable.
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Re:Reasons you aren't updating your personal site (2020) by redanddead on Saturday September 17, 2022 @02:55AM (#32875370)
It's not the same. There must be an affirming feeling to putting your thoughts out there and not getting pushback on it, you feel more confident in yourself. You could imagine what good things come from confidence
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