Recently I have been talking up blogging, and I do think it’s great. But there are some reasons not to blog. As with anything, there are two sides of the coin, and here is the other side. 3 Reasons NOT to blog…
1. It takes time
Updating and maintaining a blog takes time, the initial time to set it up, as well as the time to write posts, as well as the time to respond to comments. It all takes time.
2. It can become a master
Abraham Piper says
“For good or ill, most committed bloggers live with the constant question in their mind: Is this bloggable?”
If your mind is thinking about what to blog, then you may not actually be thinking about what you are hearing. So in a sermon, focus could be taken away from the message to something like “What would be a catchy title?”. The same thing can happen with Twitter
3. Who cares?
About 50 million words are written each day on wordpress.com sites. Who actually reads this? A friend of mine (Gav Crossley) recently gave me this quote.
“Never before have so many people with so little to say said so much to so few.”
Blogging is not always the greatest thing… but if you would like to know why I do it, read “4 Reasons to Blog”
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Hey Calum,
how do you know Gav Crossley? It’s a very small world, I’m working at his old church at Villawood…
S
I know Gav through Steve Morrison, Gav commented on one of the facebook notes with that quote.
I know Gav through Steve Morrison, Gav commented on one of the facebook notes with that quote.
I was going through some of your old posts Calum, and I really like that quote. I think it’s very true of many online forums, such as Facebook, Twitter and blogging. But I think there’s a flip side of it. Sure, there’s a lot of rubbish out there, but it just makes it that much sweeter when you strike gold
Too true, looking forward to reading your gold.