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Do you post things on Tumblr that you know your followers will be interested in or do you post for yourself and the followers, well, follow? I guess what i’m asking is who are you blogging for?

Do you post things on Tumblr that you know your followers will be interested in or do you post for yourself and the followers, well, follow? I guess what i'm asking is who are you blogging for?

samahill

In 7+ years of blogging, I’ve always figured if I stick to posting things that I’m genuinely curious about and interested in, it might not attract the largest number of people, but it’ll attract the right *kinds* of people—the people I’d want to hang around because we share common interests. And I figure if they dig what I’m linking to, they might dig the stuff I make, too. It’s worked so far…

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5. talewaggercreations said: Good answer. I find that’s the best motivation that works for me as well.
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