In the case of Tacit's pages or Poly Percolations, you'd be tapping into an already-existing well-known site. Which get you more readers, generally.
As for other blogging systems, they just seem to get more viewers, in my experience. Formal blogs have various systems for searching and rating that tend to bring people to you, and more importantly there's a common habit of creating a blogroll of similar blogs, something that is lacking on LJ, or at least that people rarely do. Since I've started blogging on WordPress, my stuff has received a circulation that it never got on LJ or on my personal website. It is common for me to meet someone totally new and hear "oh yeah, I read your blog", something that never happened before.
So yeah, it all boils down to more viewers and more exposure. Which may not be your goal. As you've pointed out, it can come with drawbacks, like flames.
I do want to say that I like your writing because you take hard stances on hard subjects. Which attracts flames, but is very important to do. Sometimes flames are a sign you are doing something right, hitting a nerve to the extent that people feel the need to say defensive things. (This happened to me with the poly "sex vs. love" war on my blog.)
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Date: 5/12/08 09:34 pm (UTC)From:As for other blogging systems, they just seem to get more viewers, in my experience. Formal blogs have various systems for searching and rating that tend to bring people to you, and more importantly there's a common habit of creating a blogroll of similar blogs, something that is lacking on LJ, or at least that people rarely do. Since I've started blogging on WordPress, my stuff has received a circulation that it never got on LJ or on my personal website. It is common for me to meet someone totally new and hear "oh yeah, I read your blog", something that never happened before.
So yeah, it all boils down to more viewers and more exposure. Which may not be your goal. As you've pointed out, it can come with drawbacks, like flames.
I do want to say that I like your writing because you take hard stances on hard subjects. Which attracts flames, but is very important to do. Sometimes flames are a sign you are doing something right, hitting a nerve to the extent that people feel the need to say defensive things. (This happened to me with the poly "sex vs. love" war on my blog.)