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Re:Why Blog If Nobody Reads It? by ProllyInfamous on Monday February 10, 2025 @12:25AM (#42997206)
I ran a personal blog ~2007-2013, retiring it after one-too-many'a THC-infused evening of personal expression.

Several of my posts received 100k+ views, one with 1M+, typically exploring minor technical hacks. A couple posts resulted in minor sales of bespoke hardware adapters, which was a nice "side hustle" for a few years. None of this would ever had made me rich, but it was a neat introduction to information sharing.

My resumé still lists several articles written about my blogposts, in publications including Wired, Hack-A-Day, &c... although the links obviously haven't worked for over a decade.

I've recently registered a new domain for my next blog attempt, which will mostly just be a record of things I find interesting on that particular day. If you ever read Whole Earth Catalogue, my hope is for my own modern-day version of the excellent WEC-inspired https://kk.org/cooltools/ [not me/mine].

Re:Why Blog If Nobody Reads It? by 7bit on Monday February 10, 2025 @04:14AM (#42998371)
> Several of my posts received 100k+ views, one with 1M+, typically exploring minor technical hacks.

1M+ is definitely no one

Re:Why Blog If Nobody Reads It? by ProllyInfamous on Monday February 10, 2025 @02:27PM (#43004183)
You are correct, I am just another "no one" (with a few viral hits).