Frequency Of Posts

13 commentsWritten on December 11th, 2009 by
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The frequency of my posts tends to depend on how much i feel like writing posts, how busy i am, and whether or not i feel like i have something interesting to post about.  In some cases, that means that i don’t post for a couple of days and in other cases it means that i post a lot in a short time span.  For instance, i already published 12 posts this week alone.

Now, what i’m wondering is: do you, as the reader, prefer it that i sort of try to spread my posts a bit more? I know i sometimes find it annoying when a blogger posts too much in just a few days, and i already try to schedule my posts so that there are typically a couple of posts per week, and never more than one each day.  Then again, sometimes i really just want to publish as soon as its written, so that sometimes leads to a lot of posts in a short time span or even multiple posts per day.

So anyways, would love some feedback on this from you :)

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  • Jason Meckley

    I enjoy getting 1-2 a day (morning and afternoon). if something pressing comes up you can always post immediately.

  • http://davybrion.com Davy Brion

    heh, don’t expect it to be like 1 or 2 a day all the time ;)

    i generally try to keep an average of at least between 2 and 4 posts a week, though there are obviously often weeks where i don’t post at all

  • http://www.juanformoso.com.ar Juan Manuel

    If I don’t feel like it, I don’t read them and that’s it, but it’s my choice (and I can make the choice because the posts exist)

    On another note, I’d love it if you capitalized the “i” when you use the first person… but perhaps it’s just me :)

  • http://davybrion.com Davy Brion

    you’re definitely not the first to mention the “i”-thing… i know i should, but i just think it’s a rule which requires too much effort while writing, so i’ve chosen to consistently ignore it ;)

  • http://ayende.com/blog Ayende Rahien

    Davy,
    I run into the same problem, I solved it by introducing a posting queue, where every post I make goes to the head of the queue.
    It means that even if I spurts five posts a day (not infrequent), I don’t have to worry about overloading the readers.

  • alwin

    I like Ayende’s post queue.

    And I always find it odd that when writing English, I have to capitalize the word that refers to me, kind of egocentric :)

  • Doug

    Davy,

    My suggestion is to post as you have something to say. You’ll get faster feedback, which is always interesting, and spark the thoughts of your readers and other bloggers earlier.

    I can manage my queue of your posts as I see fit. If I get “brion” withdrawals when you haven’t posted in a while, I can re-read some of my favorites. Thanks for the time you put into sharing your thoughts and experiences.

  • http://www.vitruvi-mente.be/ Tasha

    Hi Davy,

    I agree with Doug. I think you should post with the frequency you feel comfortable with. Blogging should be fun and when it became an obligation, better slow down or make a break. If you have something to communicate, it will be our pleasure to read ;-)

    Thanks for investing your time :)

  • Neil

    I agree that 1-2 a day is a good pace except for when the posts share a related topic, then I dont see why more cant be published in a short time span… or you could have a bit of fun with it and add in a cliffhanger at the end making everyone wait a further day to read your next enthrawling post :)

  • kilfour

    And I always find it odd that when writing English, I have to capitalize the word that refers to me, kind of egocentric

    For unknown reasons I have absolutely no problem with this :D

  • http://davybrion.com Davy Brion

    @Kilfour

    LOL :)

    @Neil

    1-2 a day will always be the result of a temporary increase in productivity… i’d never be able to keep that up for more than a few weeks :)

  • http://www.sjmdev.com Simon

    I’m very happy with the ‘stream of consciousness’ approach; a fixed schedule seems too arbitrary to maintain – so keep on posting as and when you feel like it.

    Keep at it :)

  • cb

    Saving posts sounds painful… post as it happens. The quality of the posts are what I appreciate. No talking for talking sake, ayende has great post, but suffers from this.

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