I don’t know if you know this or not, but there are blogs out there that are…hmm…shall we say—more popular than Medium Happiness. Yes. While we average 30 or so views a day, other blogs get thousands, if not tens of thousands of hits a day. I am learning, however, that these blogs also have a lot of man power behind them: multiple people writing full time, often all night long, all in the name of exclusivity and timeliness. I will not do this, not for free at least.
Here are some excerpts from the NY Times article, In Web World of 24/7 Stress, Writers Blog Till they Drop:
“Two weeks ago in North Lauderdale, Fla., funeral services were held for Russell Shaw, a prolific blogger on technology subjects who died at 60 of a heart attack. In December, another tech blogger, Marc Orchant, died at 50 of a massive coronary. A third, Om Malik, 41, survived a heart attack in December.”
“The site has brought in millions in advertising revenue, but there has been a hefty cost. Mr. Arrington says he has gained 30 pounds in the last three years, developed a severe sleeping disorder…”
“He says he sleeps about five hours a night and often does not have time to eat proper meals. But he does stay fueled — by regularly consuming a protein supplement mixed into coffee.”
NFT
No Fucking Thanks
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No need to be crazy, agreed. It does bother me, however, when i wake up at three in the morning–hungry for individually wrapped slices of American cheese–log onto Medium Happiness, and find that your lazy ass hasn’t written since 6 PM the eve before. Man. It makes me SO PISSED.
Chill out, bro.
Cheese. Cheeeesari.
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