Blogging & stuff
Overall, blog traffic is down. That goes for my blog as well as others. I blame the election having ended. It got me to thinking about the nature of blogs (others and this one). Honestly, I don’t seem to enjoy it as much as I used to and the impact of that on my writing is obvious (at least to me). The blog has gone from longer posts about life, the universe and every thing to shorter posts and random commentary thrown in here and there. I still like to blog but, instead of writing about things that I want to, feel forced to add content daily regardless of whether or not I have anything insightful or relevant to add that hasn’t already been said. I repeat myself a lot. I’ve gone from thinker to linker. And the number of comments is also down which may indicate lost interest.
I may need to expand my horizons. I figure I need a new direction. I blog about guns roughly 30% of the time, which is probably dull to you non-gun readers. Politics doesn’t hold my interest much because it’s all more of the same and, to be honest, I don’t like the direction it’s going. Blame this guy or that. This issue or that. It doesn’t seem to matter which party is in control, the leviathan swells. There is no third party that has a legitimate chance of changing that. The partisan hacks continue to be hacks. Some bloggers have hung it up, some aren’t updating and some are still going strong.
I don’t know what direction SayUncle will be moving in. Maybe some readers will have some suggestions. I’m not saying that I’ll stop blogging or even that blogging will decrease. I’m just unsure of what’s going to happen. Sometimes, I just don’t feel it but write anyway. I’m also considering expanding the number of contributers. If interested, leave a comment with some links to your blog or stuff you’ve written. For the record, there are actually three bloggers here: myself, MX5 and Thibodeaux (And where the Hell are you guys?). Some people don’t seem to realize that and link to stuff here and credit it to me, even though the second line of each post names the author (maybe I should bold it or make it flash, or something.
So, there you have it. Stuff may change, or not. Or it may stay the same, or not. That was your non-update update. Any questions?
November 24th, 2004 at 5:22 am
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November 23rd, 2004 at 2:25 pm
Uncle, what you’re experiencing is a return to normalcy. Enjoy it.
A few weeks ago I decided to quit political blogging until at least the end of the year now that the election’s over. My output’s gone down, but that’s fine. So has everyone else’s. And I’m blogging about some things that I had neglected in the run-up to the election.
November 23rd, 2004 at 2:27 pm
Man, you are bumming me out. You are one of the guys that inspired me to start a blog, but looking at this post, I think I may have chosen the worst time to start.
BTW, the content seems to have maintained its level of quality, but I’m on the outside looking in.
Take care,
Benjamin
November 23rd, 2004 at 2:30 pm
I appreciate the kind words, benjamin. And don’t let me talk you out of it, keep it up if you enjoy it.
November 23rd, 2004 at 3:05 pm
FWIW, this is one of my top 5 favorite blogs. And I’m not saying that because I blog here—my contribution is still pretty small.
I really am glad to be able to post here, even though I don’t take advantage of it as much as I might. I’d say I don’t blog so much because of the baby, but that hasn’t seemed to slow you down, so I’d feel kind of lame saying that. 🙂
November 23rd, 2004 at 3:24 pm
Hmm, numbers are down?
Well, mine are up this month about 30% – with most of that increase coming post election.
Of course, my numbers were so low to begin with, they really didn’t have anywhere to go but up.
But seriously, this is one my my top 5 favorite blogs as well. Take your time, find your direction, and I look forward to the continued growth of your blog.
November 23rd, 2004 at 9:43 pm
I don’t read you for the gun stuff, though I like keeping somewhat informed this way, but because you’re an interesting person. If you want to write less in order to write better, do it! Don’t feel guilty for link-posts, it’s how stories others might not know about get spread. I do miss the stories about life and work that you used to post, though. It’d be fun to read them again.
November 24th, 2004 at 12:13 am
Well, I think my traffic is up as well, overall. But, like Countertop, it doesn’t have too far down to go, so that’s not saying much.
Just remember that, until your blog starts paying your bills (I mean, other than blogging bills) it’s just a hobby. So do what’s fun with it. You know, the whole “public utility” argument, and all that.
As far as being a “linker”. Hey, how much of Instapundit is just pointers. I feel the same way, often. But, like Mike says, sometimes it’s stuff we wouldn’t hear about otherwise, and I need to tell myself that too.
Personally, I’d like to see you keep up the pace on the gun blogging. Nobody else is I read is keeping the level of coverage up the way you do. And yeah, it’s gets tiring pointing out the same flaws in the same old tired canards from Brady, et. al., week after week. So I appreciate folks who do keep after them.
November 24th, 2004 at 8:58 am
Man, I’m so far behind by the time I hear news it’s already been blogged to death. What with the huge project I’m working on and the house buying and all… Hopefully by next week, I’ll at least be able to start blogging about paint swatches and carpet samples. Heh… But now you see why I’m co-blogging. I just can’t output enough to keep a one-man blog going.
November 27th, 2004 at 11:51 pm
Two words: More guns.
Also, if MX5 wants to car-geek out, that’d be a good thing too…