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Your Blog Is A Failure

Posted by cibol on 7:26 AM
Recently I came across this blog post on Nuffnang innit. It says something like my blog is dead or something like that. "My Blog Is A Failure" And I must say that this kind of post irks me to my spine. It's annoying. Annoying in a sense that you drag everybody along into your melancholy and your infinite sadness. Seriously, I think the writer should have not blog and get a better life instead.

She blogs about giving it all up just because there's simply not enough hits for her blog to make money. Duh! What a way to grab attentions. Well, it works - it does grab my attention and I can't help but to feel sorry for this poor little soul and it kinda remind me of this song "I'm Just a Kid" by Simple Plan. Typical SGD, being kiasu all the time. Patheticly, utterly, totally useless.

Let me just reply to all that :

First and foremost, say you want more hits on your blog right? So I'll ask you this question, what did you do to deserve more hits? If you right a post and just sit there and hoping that hits will fall of from the sky, don't dream of it, don't even think of it 0- it won't get you anywhere because in this context you want hits and hits will bring you more money (since you mentioned that you want to have more money from advertisement) and I presume that you right good stuffs that at least half of the tennants of planet earth would be dying to google for your articles online, am I right? 

But sadly - No. You don't have a niche market. You write ... Oh well, not worth mentioning but seriously, if you want it to be good, work on it. And why am I talking about niche market here? It's insane.

Anyway, is not all about making money and getting hits unless you're a serious full time blogger and you make a living out of it. It's a hobby, a passion and something you can live without as per say. You blog because you want to, because it's a new way of socializing, interact with people, with friends and like talking to your audience and if there is no audience it's like a diary, a diary that you want someone to read about and to remind you of what have you done, what you've accomplished and what not.

If you think that money is the focus of you blogging, then treat it like a business and stop buying HOPE! *period

21 Comments

alice says:
May 27, 2009 at 8:23 AM

heavy lecture. ouch.

watikus says:
May 27, 2009 at 8:57 AM

hehe.. I thought what seh.. anyway thanks for sharing.. My blog also not good my english very poor keke..

Jordan says:
May 27, 2009 at 10:05 AM

When someone goes out and openly (indirectly) brags bout shit like she did yesterday, she's bound to receive critisms like this. It's something I'm sure she's well aware of and have already precalculated, so yeah it's no big deal for us neutral observers. Cheers

Clare says:
May 27, 2009 at 10:20 AM

Heavy heavy...I'll come back later... *tiptoe off*

Hayley/Shu Fen says:
May 27, 2009 at 11:36 AM

Hello, the target of your lashing is here :)

For people to reference the post, it's here: Vicissitudes of LifeLet's do a thorough analysis of your gratuitous criticism.

"It says something like my blog is dead or something like that" Well it certainly does not say so. ^^ Please check, it doesn't hurt to refer back and get your facts right, right?

"you drag everybody along into your melancholy and your infinite sadness" The tone of my post is far from melancholic, it is one of relief. You need to be better at deciphering tones :)

"She blogs about giving it all up just because there's simply not enough hits for her blog to make money." Please enlighten me where I blogged about "giving it all up"? Because the last time I checked, I didn't. ^^

-Grammatically correct version-
"What a way to grab attention*. Well, it worked* - it did* grab my attention and I can't help but *feel sorry for this poor little soul and it kinda remind me of this song "I'm Just a Kid" by Simple Plan. Typical SGD, being kiasu all the time. Pathetically*, utterly, totally useless." I have nothing to say about your baseless accusations, but if you insinuate that I'm a kid...then you are basically verbally abusing a poor child right now :D

"First and foremost, say you want more hits on your blog right?" Once again, where did I say that I want more hits? :) It's easy to make accusations and don't even let people refer to the original to verify them right? ^^

-Grammatically correct version again-
"So I'll ask you this question, what did you do to deserve more hits? If you write* a post and just sit there and hoping that hits will fall off* from the sky, don't dream of it, don't even think of it 0- it won't get you anywhere because in this context you want hits and hits will bring you more money (since you mentioned that you want to have more money from advertisement) and I presume that you write* good stuff* that at least half of the tenants* of planet earth would be dying to google for your articles online, am I right?" No you are not right. Like I said, I did not say I want more hits, and you are in no position to judge whether I deserve it or not since you have NO IDEA of my efforts. Again, I did not say that I want more money. I said I shall be contented with whatever I'm earning. Thank you for presuming I write good stuff, but you are in no position to judge.

"But sadly - No. You don't have a niche market. You write ... Oh well, not worth mentioning but seriously, if you want it to be good, work on it. And why am I talking about niche market here? It's insane." Lol, it's really amusing how you assume the simplest thing and write a whole bullshit out of it, whilst trying to throw some sarcastic remark in here and there.

"Anyway, is not all about making money and getting hits unless you're a serious full time blogger and you make a living out of it. It's a hobby, a passion and something you can't**** live without as per say. You blog because you want to, because it's a new way of socializing, interact with people, with friends and like talking to your audience and if there is no audience it's like a diary, a diary that you want someone to read about and to remind you of what have you done, what you've accomplished and what not." What a nice story you have here...irrelevant. No one said it was all about getting money and hits, no one.

Seriously, you come across as an overly critical person who doesn't even bother to get your facts right before you criticize. I suggest you do that next time, and get a spell checker. :)

I think I will respect you a little bit more if you actually publish this. Do try to save yourself some integrity. :)

Nigel Tee says:
May 27, 2009 at 1:57 PM

totally owned. actually shu fen is just trying to say that the whole idea of gaining traffic n stuff is killing her n she wish to quit. so yeah =)

wj says:
May 27, 2009 at 5:46 PM

What the hell are you talking about man? You have TOTALLY misinterpreted the message written by Shu Fen. She wrote to declare an end to her blog promotion. Nothing more, nothing less. She NEVER said she would stop blogging. She NEVER said she did it for money. She never even said she was MELANCHOLIC or SAD??!! She is relieved from the fact that she is no long under the stress of blog promotion, and compromising her content along with it. It was a post of self-discovery, which is NONE OF YOUR FREAKIN' BUSINESS to criticize. And yet, you dare claim she "should have not blog and get a better life instead" ???

From what I see, the only mistake she made was that her title was left too vague fr interpretation. And sure enough, You went ahead to interpret it in WHATEVER way you bloody wish, without any consideration for the author of the post.

Furthermore, it is obvious she has put in her heart and soul into her blog and getting the most out of it. So u ask the question of "what did you do to deserve more hits?" How do YOU know if she doesnt deserve the hits?? How do you know she doesnt work her ass of in writing interesting articles? What bloody right do you have in criticizing other people's effort when you have no idea of the effort in the first place?

Bloggers have always tried to find the balance in keeping the originality of their content and getting as much hits as possible. Surely, you, as a blogger and a member of Innit, understand that struggle? So why flame a fellow blogger who is going through the same thing? Do you see yourself superior to her??

suituapui says:
May 27, 2009 at 6:47 PM

Hah! Busy busy poke your nose into other people's business! *tiptoes off with clare...Wait for me, clare! LOL!!!

goolooloo says:
May 28, 2009 at 1:03 AM

omg Cibol! Hmm by now u give hits to Shufen, cos im going to visit her blog.

Anonymous says:
May 28, 2009 at 3:56 AM

dude.. you misunderstood! ;)

jaewalker says:
May 28, 2009 at 5:43 AM

Here's a tip for you: go brush up your english coz it's pretty obvious your power of english, or rather the lack of it, is really bad. But I don't really blame you for having poor english, I mean, after all you're just a Malaysian. Really typical Malaysian: bad in english.

I'm actually glad your so-called typical Singaporeans are kiasu all the time. Without this so-called kiasu-ism, Singapore will never be where we are now. We'll probably be as laid back as your countrymen, trying to improve our economoy (but obviously not trying very hard) & our exchange rate would probably be even. I mean if you think being kiasu is a bad thing, then pray do tell, why do your people keep coming over & applying to be PRs? If you wanna come over here, then stop complaining about the locals being kiasu & all. Be grateful that we even graciously accept & welcome you here.

Just one more thing: If you come over to Singapore (& pls tell your fellowmen as well), try not to spread your bad english around. It's really really not good for my country, and in return, I will tell my fellowmen not to EVER spread kiasu-ism to your country.

Can you even understand what I just said or what I'm trying to say??????

suituapui says:
May 28, 2009 at 8:22 AM

Good grief! What on earth is this "power of english"? I thought normally we refer to one's fluency or proficiency in the language?...I rest my case.

bongkersz says:
May 28, 2009 at 8:46 AM

Hey, I take offense over the remark..

"Really typical Malaysian: bad in English."

Especially coming from someone blabbering on the 'power of English'.Hmm, I wonder how's my 'power of English' eh?

Muahahahahhaha!

suituapui says:
May 28, 2009 at 2:52 PM

Yes, and you're good or bad AT something...but unfortunately, in Singlish and for that matter, Manglish too, people tend to use the preposition "IN" instead. Touche!

Anonymous says:
May 28, 2009 at 5:47 PM

Get your facts right before criticising!

Anonymous says:
May 30, 2009 at 5:22 AM

I don't think there is nothing bad about wanting to generate hits to your blog for whatever reason---money or readership. There's really nothing wrong even about posting a sad story . She might be just venting out her frustrations. Whatever reason she posted that, it's her privilege ---it's her blog. You totally got it all wrong and all so worked up in just one post of hers. There's really nothing to get upset about her post. In case you don't notice, there are a million blogs which generally express their discontent and frustration and also blogs that express how they aim to get hits.
I think you misinterpreted everything. That's very dangerous . If you missed the point and blog it with a fiery angry tone here in your blog, you may create a negative impression not only of your blog but also of you , as a blogger.

Alex Allied says:
May 30, 2009 at 1:26 PM

why is traffic so important when they're only writing stuffs that concerns herself and her friends around her?

Think again, why do you deserve the traffic?

Ask yourself, do you have quality content to attract traffic in the first place? If you write a bad book, obviously, no one's gonna buy and read it.

chris says:
May 30, 2009 at 8:19 PM

Mmm...sounds you're not what you're claiming to be. You're a banker, doesn't seem like you're one. Don't you have anything to write about other than picking on others' posts about her dilemma about traffic. Does it relate to your blogging intentions? Seems you are so insecure by trying to put others down when they don't even relate to your life or purpose. Are you using your brain or your balls? My gosh, it's pretty amazing people like you could be so shallow. Get a life , man.
The blogger has got nothing to do with you nor she is a big blog-celebrity you have to mind business with. I guess you really have nothing to say except bitch around.

wahlaitoi says:
June 8, 2009 at 12:21 AM

cibol, iboh ko peduli sidak tok. aku tanga jak perkataan "Singapore" tok ba blog Vicissitudes ntah menatang hapekebende tok terus ku label sebagai - "orang pulau yang sik tauk air yang diminumnya datang ari negara seberang juak". sukatinya lah mok polah apa, yang penting ko teruskan perjuangan ko sebagai blogger kegemaran aku. kimak juak induk nyak, eh english aku burok pun sik hal juak, dapat juak orang paham. orang pulau ya ingat dirik nya orang eropah jak, malu ngaku dirik orang asia - sesunggohnya penyakit orang pulau ya.

-BeemerGh4yClub-

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