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Patrick McKenzie

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I work for the Internet, at @stripe, mostly on accelerating startups. Opinions here are my own.

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    1. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 Feb 12
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      Patrick McKenzie Retweeted ᴅᴀᴠɪᴅ ᴘᴇʀᴇʟʟ  ✌

      I think I would endorse the truth of multiple of these arguments at various points in my career. My ambient impression is that folks think blogging is "so saturated right now" and: a) blogging is a terrible form factor for impact and value b) virtually no one writes enough well.https://twitter.com/david_perell/status/1227612675334660099 …

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      ᴅᴀᴠɪᴅ ᴘᴇʀᴇʟʟ  ✌ @david_perell
      Writing online is a superpower. Here’s a list of people who should start writing online. 1. The Niche Hobbyist The Internet rewards people with obscure interests. Writing online will help you find other like-minded hobbyists who you wouldn’t be able to find in real-life.
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    2. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 Feb 12
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      Blogging autocommoditizes itself via the branding of the form factor suggesting "hobbyist in their bathrobe." Blogging makes the date of publication (and sequence of posts) central to perceived value of the piece, causing it to depreciate to ~0 for *no darn reason* within days.

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    3. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 Feb 12
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      Blogging sets people up on a content treadmill, and if you get off the treadmill you have a "dead" blog, which makes you a failed blogger in many's eyes. I wrote a book once. I haven't written a book since. Nobody has ever suggested I am a failed author.

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    4. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 Feb 12
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      Because all of the above are known about blogs, it is excessively difficult to cause non-blogging decisionmakers in your life to value them effectively for the purpose of deciding to collaborate on them, reward you professionally for professional work done in making them, etc.

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    5. lvh‏ @lvh Feb 12
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      So: write a blog, call it a book?

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      Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 Feb 12
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      Blogging software is fine; call the artifacts "essays"; write a lot less of them than a mediocre blogger but make them a lot better than the median blog post; devote tens of minutes to trivial edits to URL structure / template to avoid making publication dates super salient.

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