{"id":715,"date":"2009-08-16T08:02:18","date_gmt":"2009-08-16T12:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mpomy.com\/?p=715"},"modified":"2009-08-16T08:02:18","modified_gmt":"2009-08-16T12:02:18","slug":"the-meta-post-or-blogs-nobody-reads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mpomy.com\/?p=715","title":{"rendered":"The meta- post, or blogs nobody reads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mpomy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/meta-serif-for-thinktiv.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-716\" title=\"meta-serif-for-thinktiv\" src=\"http:\/\/mpomy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/meta-serif-for-thinktiv-300x206.gif\" alt=\"meta-serif-for-thinktiv\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mpomy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/meta-serif-for-thinktiv-300x206.gif 300w, http:\/\/mpomy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/meta-serif-for-thinktiv-1024x706.gif 1024w, http:\/\/mpomy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/meta-serif-for-thinktiv.gif 1253w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"http:\/\/mpomy.com\/seeemilyplay\/wordpress\/\">Emily<\/a> begins to take flight and <a href=\"http:\/\/fretbuzz.net\/\">FBdN<\/a> spreads its wings to fly in a more individual direction, I am compelled to revert to the meta-post.\u00a0 A rumination on blogging will hardly display the intense compactness and focus of one of Em&#8217;s entries, or the articulate and erudite humor routinely found at FBdN.\u00a0 In the latter&#8217;s case, there can be no dispute that a profession in writing was inevitable.<\/p>\n<p>No, the meta-post (the one that seems like it&#8217;s never going to get started &#8211; this one!) is boring to others and extremely self-indulgent.\u00a0 But, since so few people read this blog (or even know about it), I am safe from any real consideration of audience.\u00a0 Or am I?<\/p>\n<p>It is not a child&#8217;s journal, hidden safely in a closet or under the bed.\u00a0 This is a more public space.\u00a0 Family and friends presumably know that you&#8217;ve staked a claim to a certain corner of the virtual universe.\u00a0 They are not barred from reviewing you innermost secrets, should you choose to share.<\/p>\n<p>An that&#8217;s the funny thing about writing.\u00a0 It reveals so much, often without meaning to.\u00a0 So while I&#8217;m posting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/96771362@N00\/sets\/72157622047837104\/show\/\">pictures of vacation<\/a>, promoting a political point of view, or suggesting <a href=\"http:\/\/\">a new collection of Brazilian music<\/a>, I may let my guard down.\u00a0 I may want to.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Emily begins to take flight and FBdN spreads its wings to fly in a more individual direction, I am compelled to revert to the meta-post.\u00a0 A rumination on blogging will hardly display the intense compactness and focus of one &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/mpomy.com\/?p=715\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[337,666,503,665,653],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mpomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mpomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mpomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mpomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mpomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=715"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/mpomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":717,"href":"http:\/\/mpomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715\/revisions\/717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mpomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mpomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mpomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}