WordPress Direct Misses The Point
Nov 26, 2008 blogging
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Mashable tells us about WordPress Direct, which has apparently reached ten thousand users.
What do I think of this? I think it’s really sad – the number of people who don’t get it.
Yes, you can probably make a blog with decent content using a plugin like that (albeit by stealing it from others). And yes, you probably can earn money from it, because it’s optimized and all. And it doesn’t take that much work.
But in my opinion, in doing so, you miss the whole point of blogging. Blogging shouldn’t be about making money. Far from it. It shouldn’t even be about the content per se.
More than anything, in my opinion, blogging is about the community.
It’s about who you’re reaching, who you’re interacting with. It’s about the connections you make, and the people you can influence or inspire. It’s about connecting with like-minded, intelligent people and improving each other.
That’s the value of blogging, in my opinion. It’s about the people, the community.
Why do you blog?
Tags: community, People, Plug-in, relationships, wordpress, Wordpress Direct
