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title: "Blogging elsewhere than into the void"
date: 2025-05-09T13:51:00-07:00
url: https://blog.lmorchard.com/2025/05/09/blogging-elsewhere-than-into-the-void/
author: Les Orchard
tags: [metablogging, writing]
---

# Blogging elsewhere than into the void

The thing about blogging -  and why I want to do more of it and more often - is that [a blog post is a very long and complex search query to find fascinating people and make them route interesting stuff to your inbox](https://www.henrikkarlsson.xyz/p/search-query). It's why I used to blog so much, back before Twitter ate my brain. It actually brought me good fortune and favorable outcomes - friends, acquaintances, writing opportunities, job interviews.

When I'm posting just the occasional too-long-didn't-read entry, I'm not getting many hits returning from my search queries these days. 

That could just be because no one reads blogs at all, these days. [Except bots, maybe.](https://blog.lmorchard.com/2024/03/11/dance-for-the-bots/) Still, I don't think my few shots at posting have been interesting enough to justify the time to read.

I might get more hits if I can better balance frequency, length, and interestingness. And I think I can write more often if I write shorter things. As for the interestingness part - well, I think I just need more "[shots on goal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shot_on_goal_(ice_hockey))" to see what lands, rather than put forth a bunch of effort on one thing that lands to the sound of crickets.

This kind of sounds like I'm ruminating on some "engagement hacks" - kind of icky and I guess a product of my marketing-tech-poisoned brain. But also, I would actually like to connect with folks and not just shout into the void. I also really like writing and would like to find ways to work with my ADHD brain to make it happen more often in public.