原文：Nobody cares about your blog.

I started writing on my blog a few years ago, and I've had plenty of reasons to stop writing since then.Here's a list of why nobody cares about your blog:

• Your blog is not original.There are hundreds of blogs out there, what makes you think your blog stands out?You may just be repeating what you've read elsewhere.
• You are not an expert in your field, otherwise you would not be blogging, but writing essays and giving interviews.
• You are just showing the world how stupid you are.You are just showing the world how stupid you are. If what you say is worse than silence, then you better shut up.
• If anyone cares about your blog at some point, they will only criticize it.Your work is garbage, and exposure will reveal that you are garbage too.

But all of that is not a problem because you shouldn't care what other people think.Here is why I should care about your blog:

• You can use it as a note to your future self.In a few years, you'll have a beautiful journal of how you've evolved over the years.Rereading old texts is like communicating with your past self.
• Free your mind of ideas and the ones you need to get rid of.Even if no one cares about them, writing them down can be a cathartic process.
• Learn to write and express complex ideas.The best way to learn is to teach (even if no one is reading you).As Paul Graham says, writing about something, even if it's something you know well, usually shows that you don't know it as well as you think you do.
• Even if the ideas you share with the world are not original, you can enrich them with your personal perspective.As Bill Thurson says, all of us have a clear understanding of some things, but a vague idea of many more.There is no way to exhaust the ideas that need clarification.
• If you've wasted time solving a hyper-specific problem, you need to write it down and one day you might be a hero.It's also possible that you'll run into the same problem again, and then you'll be a hero in your own right.
• Maintaining a blog is cool, even if it's just from a technical standpoint.It's satisfying to own something completely, even if it's just a few bytes on a remote server in this fantasy world.
• You can say whatever the fuck you want.It's your blog, you don't have to follow any rules.I just cussed and you can't stand by and do nothing because it's my blog and I do what I want.It will give you a sense of freedom, and with all due respect, that's really cool.

P.S..I was about to publish this post and then I started thinking "Why am I publishing this?Who's going to waste their time reading this crap?"But you know what?I just don't care what you think, it's my post and there's nothing you can do about it :)

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几年前我开始在博客上写作，从那以后我有很多理由停止写作。以下列出了为什么没人关心您的博客：

• 您的博客不是原创的。那里有数百个博客，是什么让您认为您的博客与众不同？您可能只是重复在其他地方读过的内容。
• 您不是您所在领域的专家，否则您不会在博客上发表文章，而是写论文和接受采访。
• 您只是在向世界展示您是多么愚蠢。如果您说的话还不如沉默，那您最好闭嘴。
• 如果有人在某个时候关心您的博客，只会批评它。您的作品就是垃圾，曝光了也会让人发现您也是垃圾。

但所有这些都不是问题，因为您不应该关心别人的想法。以下是我为什么应该关心您的博客的原因：

• 您可以用它作为未来的自己的笔记。几年后，您将拥有一本精美的日记，记录您多年来的发展情况。重读旧文本就像与过去的自己交流。
• 释放您头脑中的想法，以及您需要摆脱的想法。即使没有人关心它们，把它们写下来也可能是一个宣泄的过程。
• 学习写作和表达复杂的想法。最好的学习方法是教（即使没有人在读您）。正如保罗·格雷厄姆所说，写一些东西，即使是您很了解的东西，通常会表明您并不像您想象的那样了解它。
• 即使您与世界分享的想法不是原创的，您也可以用您的个人观点来丰富它们。正如比尔·瑟森 (Bill Thurson) 所说，我们所有人都对一些事情有清晰的理解，但对更多事情却有模糊的概念。没有办法耗尽需要澄清的想法。
• 如果您在解决一个超具体的问题上浪费了时间，那么您需要把它写下来，有一天您可能会成为英雄。也有可能您会再次遇到同样的问题，然后您就会成为自己的英雄。
• 维护一个博客很酷，即使只是从技术角度来看。完全拥有某物的感觉确实令人满足，即使它只是这个虚幻世界中远程服务器上的一些字节。
• 您他妈想说什么就说什么。这是您的博客，您不需要遵守任何规则。我只是骂了一句，您也不能袖手旁观，因为这是我的博客，我做我想做的事。这会给您一种自由感，恕我直言，这真的很酷。

附言。我正要发表这篇文章，然后我开始思考「我为什么要发表这篇文章？谁会浪费时间读这些废话？」，但您知道吗？我只是不在乎您怎么想，这是我的文章，您对此无能为力:)