{"id":2296,"date":"2004-04-03T12:20:38","date_gmt":"2004-04-03T16:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/dbnews\/2004\/04\/03\/blogging-is-not-for-everyone\/"},"modified":"2004-04-03T12:20:38","modified_gmt":"2004-04-03T16:20:38","slug":"blogging-is-not-for-everyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/2004\/04\/03\/blogging-is-not-for-everyone\/","title":{"rendered":"Blogging is Not for Everyone"},"content":{"rendered":"

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What do you say to a person who asks, "Why should I have
\n a blog? My friends\/students\/kids\/boss told me I should have a blog so
\n I started one. I created it on the web and got to the point where it
\n told me ‘Congratulations! This is your first posting!’ Then I stared
\n at the screen and couldn’t thnk of anything to write. Then I had to go
\n to work.  Who cares?"<\/p>\n

Is there any alternative to telling this person that their instincts
\n are correct, that nobody cares, and that they should never blog again?<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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