{"id":274,"date":"2010-02-04T19:31:13","date_gmt":"2010-02-04T17:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/boboh\/2010\/02\/04\/why_do_we_do_it_again\/"},"modified":"2010-02-04T19:31:13","modified_gmt":"2010-02-04T17:31:13","slug":"why_do_we_do_it_again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/boboh\/2010\/02\/04\/why_do_we_do_it_again\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Do We Do It? Again?"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s a meme! Steffi wanted to know our answers to several questions<\/a> and even my better half has joined in<\/a>, so I don’t want to feel left out.
\nBut first, the obligatory pet photo –
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\nDid you really mean to put us up?<\/em><\/p>\n


\nh3. What made you start blogging?
\nThat PZed. I was getting annoyed by his radical form of atheism, and decided that if I wanted to blog a response. I should make sure I had a blog running, so I knew what I was doing.
\nBy the time I’d been blogging long enough to feel I could comment on PZed, I’d given up on that whole issue…<\/p>\n

Is a sense of community an important part of blogging for you, or do you prefer blogging \u2018solo’?<\/h3>\n

For me the community is important – it makes it feel like I’m communicating to someone. Blogging is a social activity, or what’s the point? NN gives me a ready-made community, which I’ve not been able to drive off yet.<\/p>\n

Are there blogs you never look at? If yes, why (be nice and don’t name names)? [rephrasing this question: Are there blogs you stopped reading for some reason or that might be interesting, but turn you off right away? If yes, why?]<\/h3>\n

Yes, there’s a few that have popped in and out of my RSS feed, because I’ve become bored of them. There are also a few that turn me off for one reason or another, so I don’t read them.<\/p>\n

Who are you blogging for\/who are you talking to?<\/h3>\n

Largely me, and anyone who want to read my stuff<\/del> look at photos of The Beast.
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\nYes?<\/em><\/p>\n

Do you think you may be getting people exposed to some science through your blog who otherwise wouldn’t be?<\/h3>\n

Hahahahahaaa! That assumes I’m blogging sbout science.
\nI’m not sure many non-scientists read my blog, and those that do are probably too far gone. That’s OK: there are others who are much better at blogging for the public than I am, so I can fill a different niche.<\/p>\n

Do you think any non-blogger cares about any of the above things?<\/h3>\n

Some blog readers might, but almost certainly no one else.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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