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When I write, I’m not looking for hooks to current events — for me, that’s now a reason _not_ to write about something. I don’t promote my writing on social media, and I don’t ask anyone else to do so either. I’ve become the writerly version of the family in _The Quiet Place_, trying not to attract the attention of the uncomprehending and incomprehensible aliens.

Source: POS, not POSSE by Alan Jacobs

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I appreciate your point about POSSE Alan. I remember the days when I would Tweet and Retweet my posts, in the hope that someone would read it, I guess. These days, I only POSSE when I feel it is applicable. For example, if I see something online, whether it be a blog (like yours) or a social media post, I will write on my site and syndicate if required. Most times it is not required, so I just leave it to chance. Although I sometimes fear I have become a recluse in the digital woods living in the small hut that is my own website, just talking to myself as the local habitat walks on past wondering what I am doing. I think it has been important in realising why I write here, first and fore mostly for me. If someone wants to follow, they can easily follow via RSS. It makes me wonder about the future of Eli Pariser’s ‘online parks’.

P.S. Austin Kleon told me you were here, blame him.

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