Blogger Burnout
Although I’ve been at it hard for almost exactly three and a half
years now (that milestone will hit officially Monday), I’ve managed to
avoid the “blogger burnout” that seems to afflict most bloggers. Sure,
it’s a ton of work and there are days when I feel like obligated to
simply crank out content just to get something up, those days
are still, fortunately, rare. I’m still a news junkie and sufficiently
curious about the world around me that I’m seldom long without
something of interest to opine about.My least favorite part of the “blog job,” though, is the incivility
in comment threads and the occasional cross-blog flamewar. While OTB’s
comment threads are quite civil compared to most blogs of comparable
traffic, there are a handful of regulars who forget the number one rule
of our site policies: “Remember that the people under discussion are human beings.” The
follow-on — “Comments that contain personal attacks about the post
author or other commenters will be deleted. Repeated violators will be
banned. Challenge the ideas of those with whom you disagree, not their
patriotism, decency, or integrity.” — is something that I’ve largely
refrained from enforcing, since it’s a lot of work and I hate to
alienate regular visitors.
James Joyner on blogger burnout [via]. I admit I too have been feeling under the weather lately, blog-wise. Like everything else, I hope this will pass too. If not, who cares?
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