Thank you so much for putting this out in the world.
I speak for myself when I say that I am slower to fully grasp an idea or concept. It's wonderful to move slower and mull something, to understand its true nature, and there is an immense amount of complexity and nuance you can find spending time with superficially simple looking ideas. Naval Ravikant speaks about this... his favorite books being the kind you can read a page of and then spend a few hours thinking about. When you post, I know that there is no way I will not read it and spend time with it. I appreciate that the content is thoughtful and nuanced, and that's what makes it special. For other authors I subscribe to, I will scan the headline and see if it pulls my interest. I think this speaks to the results you are seeing in the way content is produced, with some posts going viral being a function of larger sample size. But as you point out I'm not sure that's the "best" approach. For an author with a core group of subscribers that they are very connected with, it seems more thoughtful content lands better. In the age of information it is easy to forget that less can be more.
When I have a slower publishing cadence my blog grows faster
Thank you so much for putting this out in the world.
I speak for myself when I say that I am slower to fully grasp an idea or concept. It's wonderful to move slower and mull something, to understand its true nature, and there is an immense amount of complexity and nuance you can find spending time with superficially simple looking ideas. Naval Ravikant speaks about this... his favorite books being the kind you can read a page of and then spend a few hours thinking about. When you post, I know that there is no way I will not read it and spend time with it. I appreciate that the content is thoughtful and nuanced, and that's what makes it special. For other authors I subscribe to, I will scan the headline and see if it pulls my interest. I think this speaks to the results you are seeing in the way content is produced, with some posts going viral being a function of larger sample size. But as you point out I'm not sure that's the "best" approach. For an author with a core group of subscribers that they are very connected with, it seems more thoughtful content lands better. In the age of information it is easy to forget that less can be more.