TLS Survey
Taking a quick break from Konkon posts (yes, there'll be more) to answer broomhead's survey...
Goals:
* Why do you blog?
Because in a distant week last year, I was feeling very bored while I waited for something new to appear on IntlWota or anywhere else, and blogging seemed like a nice solution.
* What long-term goals do you hope to accomplish, if any at all?
Right now my goal is to promote my favorite idols and all cool stuff I can find related to them, especially when I think these things aren't already out there. Not sure if I'd call it a long-term goal, My interests change, my blog and its goals change accordingly. Although I'll never stray too far from H!P subject, since that's what drives people here (through IntlWota links)... I'd probably open a new blog if I wanted to talk about anything else.
* If you do have goals, what will accomplishing them do for yourself?
Nothing. I'll just have fun in the process.
* What do you want to gain out of blogging? A creative outlet? Praise from others? Personal satisfaction? Money?
Praise from others is always good, and gratitude makes me happy too.
* Do you feel that your blog should meet a requirement for amount of entries? Do you feel any particular entry should be a certain length?
No.
* For any particular entry, what motivates you to start and finish blog posts?
I do most posts on a whim... I find something I want to share, so I do it.
* Do you actively consider long term goals for each individual post?
Sure. I look for topics that I can't find good info already available anywhere (like musicals), and promote things I like, mostly scenes from H!M when I do birthday posts...
Subject Material:
* What do you blog about?
H!P.
* Would you be keep a blog even if it wasn’t about the subjects you tend to cover?
I have other interests outside H!P, and I'd write about them... But if this question is talking about something I'm not interested in, then no, never.
I could think about it if money were involved, but who would want to pay me?
* Do you write about the material to promote it to others?
That's my goal.
Readership:
* How much do you care about readership?
Vox doesn't work well with any tracking sites, but I think there's about a hundred a people reading this post, and that's good enough to me. Especially since most of my posts are mainly videos and images... I'm happy that I can reach way more people on YouTube, it's pretty moving when you see your videos get more views in a day and a half than your whole blog did since its beginning... Although this wasn't that impressive when you put it into perspective (I'm afraid of MorningBerryz's stats on YouTube)
* Does it satisfy you to know people are reading, even if they don’t comment?
Of course.
* What effect does receiving a comment have on you?
It makes me remember life is beautiful =)
* Do you write with a particular audience in mind or an unspecified general audience? Why?
I guess H!P fans are already a particular audience...
* If you write for a particular audience, is it International Wota? If yes, why?
Yeah, that's indirectly true since I don't see many other ways for people to know my blog exists... Although I can't see the right referrer URLs here on Vox, I'm quite sure 90% of the people reading this came here through IntlWota.
Community: (The International Wota section)
* If International Wota didn’t exist, would you blog?
No idea. My reasoning in the beginning was pretty simple: if it's up on IntlWota, then there's lots of potential readers seeing the summary there, and some of them will eventually read the post. It meant there was an audience, and a certain way to reach it. But not having that doesn't mean I wouldn't try to start a blog. It'd just be more difficult.
* When IW covers an entry of yours, are you encouraged to blog more or less?
* When IW does not cover an entry, are you encouraged to blog more or less?
When a post is not covered, it's as if it didn't exist, readership-wise. One or two friends see it, plus some anonymous readers, but that's it. Not much I can do about it, so I just keep going and maybe the next post will have more luck.
* How often do you read other blogs?
I read almost everything that appears on IntlWota about H!P. And if this includes other subjects, there's more than fifty other blogs in my RSS reader. I read them daily.
* How often do you comment on other blogs?
No comments lately... I've been low on time, so I started commenting less.
* If another blog covers a topic that you wanted or wished to cover, do you still blog about that specific topic? Why or why not?
Not likely, only if I think I have something to add. I mean, more than just my opinion.
Commitment:
* How serious is your attitude towards blogging? Do you consider it just as something to do for fun?
I'm not being paid, which means I'm doing it for fun. There's no point otherwise.
* How often do you blog? How often would you like to blog?
* Do you see yourself blogging in 6 months? Why or why not?
As often as I feel like and have the time, and as long as I have something to say/show.
Personal:
* Would you say you blog for yourself?
No, if it wasn't read by anyone I wouldn't waste the effort.
* What is your feeling after posting an entry? Is it relative to the time and effort you put in an entry?
I used to feel anxious to see if it would appear on IntlWota, but I don't care anymore. Now I just let my posts go online and forget about them. I'll go back to answer whatever comments I get if any, but other than that my thoughts are on the next post.
* Do you consider yourself a writer?
No.
* Do you consider yourself good at writing? Good at blogging?
I believe I'm good enough so that others understand what I write, but I'm not sure of anything more than that.
* How much of your personal life do you share on your blog? If none, why do you leave this out?
None. Why talk about me when I can talk about Konkon?
