dandelion

David asked → Do you tell people you blog?

What a great question. And, the answer is, everyone and no one. In that If someone actually asks then yes I tell them I blog and, again, if they ask, will tell them how to find me. But it’s not often anyone outside my close inner circle will ask. And those inside the circle know I blog but, as far as I know, none of those people have ever visited or, if they have (and read the post of the day or even more) have said anything to me to the effect. 

Like most answering this question, it’s not that I’m secretive, or hiding my blog, everyone I know online (via Mastodon) knows who I am (online) and where to find my blog. Hell, a lot of them even subscribe to my feed and follow along and chat about this or that post or whatever’s caught their attention. 

But it’s true, like many, I don’t go around with a loudspeaker hailing my blog or posts, or hand out business cards with my blog address on loudly proclaiming this is where to find me. Like the blogging of me is a business. Believe me, it ain’t. But we’re a funny old bunch aren’t we. We love it when someone stops by and reads, and even chats about a post, but we’re not exactly touting for business hawking our posts to more than a small handful of fellow bloggers on our preferred social site, Mastodon. 

I think it’s all about being quietly social about our blogs, our posts, and ultimately, ourselves; we’re talking to like minded people who stop on by the community Water Cooler, as it were, throughout the day to chat. 

It’s public but also, it’s our safe space. 

And you, who knows that you blog?

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