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 :)

几年前，我开始在博客上笔耕不辍，打那以后，我有无数个理由想要停笔。

以下列出的，是为什么没人在乎你的博客：

• 你的博客缺乏原创性。 外面有成百上千个博客，凭什么你觉得你的与众不同？你大概率只是在复读你在别处看过的东西罢了。
• 你并非领域内的专家。 否则你就该去写论文、做访谈了，而不是在这儿发博客。
• 你只是在向世界展示你有多蠢。 如果你说的东西并不比保持沉默更有价值，那你最好闭嘴。
• 即便有人在某个时刻关注了你的博客，那也只是为了批评它。
• 你的作品就是垃圾。 把它公之于众，只会让人们发现你也是个垃圾。

但是，上述这些统统不是问题，因为你压根就不该在意别人怎么想。

以下列出的，是为什么你应该在乎你的博客：

• 你可以把它当作给未来自己的备忘录。 几年后，你会拥有一份记录自己历年演变的精美日志。重读旧文，就像是与过去的自己对话。
• 释放你脑中盘旋的想法，让它们有个出口。 哪怕没有别人在乎，写下来本身就是一个宣泄的过程。
• 以此学习写作，表达复杂的观点。 最好的学习方式就是教学（哪怕并没有人在听）。正如保罗·格雷厄姆（Paul Graham）所言，针对某事进行写作——即便是你自认为很熟悉的事——通常会让你意识到，其实你没自己想的那么懂。
• 即便你分享给世界的观点并不原创，你也可以用个人视角去丰富它。 正如比尔·瑟斯顿（Bill Thurston）所言，我们所有人都只对少数几件事有清晰的理解，而对更多概念只有模糊的认知。需要澄清和阐释的观点是用之不竭的。
• 如果你为了解决一个极其具体的问题浪费了大把时间，那你必须把它写下来。 说不定哪天你就成了某人的救星。当然，也可能发生的情况是：你自己再次遇到了同样的问题，然后你成了自己的救星。
• 维护一个博客本身就很酷，哪怕只是从技术角度来看。 这种对某样事物拥有完全掌控权的感觉真的很充实，哪怕它只是这个虚无缥缈的世界里、某台远程服务器上的一堆字节。
• 你爱他妈说啥就说啥。 这是你的地盘，不需要遵守任何规则。我刚刚就爆粗口了，而你拿我一点办法也没有，因为这是我的博客，我想干嘛就干嘛。依我看，这能给你一种超酷的自由感。

附言：
我正准备发布这篇文章时，脑子里突然冒出一个念头：“我为什么要发这篇文字？谁会浪费时间读这种垃圾？”

但你知道吗？我才不在乎你怎么想呢，文章我就放这儿了，你也拿我没办法 :)