# What happened to blogging for the hell of it? | wiwi blog

<https://whiona.weblog.lol/2023/10/what-happened-to-blogging-for-the-hell-of-it>

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## What Jamie wrote

This simple post struck a huge chord with me, it is exactly how I like to think about blogging.

> Why is that the end goal of blogging? Of writing? Just to make money and grow our followers? To increase our traffic so we can expose our visitors to 300 repetitive ads that take up their entire phone screen? To "convert" our readers into our customers, because them reading and enjoying what we have to say simply isn't enough? Personally, I want nothing to do with it. I'm sick of everything having to be a hustle now, even something personal like sharing our ramblings with strangers on the internet.

Strong agree. Take your "hustle" somewhere else.

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