As I’ve stated before, writing regularly and publishing your work has many benefits. There’s one thing, though, that I didn’t really have on my radar, but that probably brings me the most joy.
Every now and then, a piece of writing resonates with someone and that person even decides to share it. Either by posting a reply or a link to the piece on their website, or by reaching out directly via email.
I’m using Plausible Analytics on this website. Not so much for the numbers, but more so for the referrers. Whenever I see an unknown personal website in this list, a sense of wonder arises: “Who is this person and why have they decided to share or write about my posts?” This usually leads to discovering more great personal websites.
And then, there’s email. It doesn’t happen that often, but when I see one from someone in my inbox who reaches out in response to a post1, it’s always a pleasure to read. For example, I’ve had someone reach out and recommend me more similar books when I published “Inconveniences of everyday life”. What a pleasant surprise!
The internet is smaller and more personal than you think. Even a bigger blogger (namely Rahul from Hulry) has reached out a couple of weeks ago, which felt almost surreal.
It’s just interesting to see, how many great and likeminded people you get to know, once you start putting yourself out there.
To spread the word, I decided to put together this small list of people with awesome personal blogs, who have personally reached out to me over the last year or linked to mine from their site2. Just click on their name and pay them a visit!
Thanks y’all for making the web a better place 🫶
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- JCProbably :prami_pride: commented on this on
@dominik thank you for including me on this!
I agree that one of my favorite things about posting is finding others who can relate, who write their own version on a topic, or a response to mine. I try to do better with responding to all emails when I can, but definitely read ALL of the ones that come through my inbox
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@dominik thank you, it means a lot to be included on your list.
You’re right, once you put your things out there and share them (especially on places like Mastodon), suddenly a small community of likeminded people invites you in and you feel seen in a way you didn’t know you needed.
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@dominik thx, gonna push few more little updates soon ;)
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@jedda thank you for everything you do for the community!
I feel like you already do a great job with the comments feature on your blog. It's always interesting to read the different angles on a topic that people have sent you
- Dominik commented on this on
@amxmln Of course!
That's so true. Discovering the indieweb and its community this year was one of my highlights :)
- Toni Lijic commented on this on
@dominik thx Domi for featuring me, really means a lot! Now I'm motivated even more to finish my last post for this year!
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@tl Oooh, looking forward to that
Btw, your about page is really nice, especially that photo stack animation
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@dominik I used Cabin Analytics for a while and enjoyed seeing the connections. I was squashing performance issues and turned it off at some point and enjoyed the freedom from knowing. Though one day I'd love to have connections for conversation as you do on the Fediverse! (Also, thanks for the shout out! There is so much joy in those!)