An anonymous critic posted a comment on the Empress Theatre blog criticising me for turning the Empress Theatre blog into my "personal" blog. I always find this type of criticism to be amusing, but rarely of any real worth. I've found that people who hide behind the veil of anonymity in making such comments are generally afraid that, should their identity be revealed, they would be publicly embarrased as fools.
At the same time, since I have no idea who wrote the comment, I am free to speak my mind in response. I don't even have to get into serious flaming.
Writing for a blog is a personal experience. Yes, I could stick strictly to a formal style and to a limited range of content, but that defeats the purpose. In fact, I could write strictly about the Empress Theatre and promptly bore everyone to death with it. (How many of you really want to know about our licensing deal with ASCAP or the details of work we're doing with Salt Lake County to pseudo pave the parking lot?)
I think, and the numbers seem to bear me out on this, that relating personal experiences and thoughts that are related to the Empress is more interesting to the casual reader. In this case, the original post was published on June 24. That day's visit total was the third highest since we started tracking. If the purpose of having a blog is to attract visitor traffic, then my "personal" post appears to have done a pretty good job.
At the same time, since I have no idea who wrote the comment, I am free to speak my mind in response. I don't even have to get into serious flaming.
Writing for a blog is a personal experience. Yes, I could stick strictly to a formal style and to a limited range of content, but that defeats the purpose. In fact, I could write strictly about the Empress Theatre and promptly bore everyone to death with it. (How many of you really want to know about our licensing deal with ASCAP or the details of work we're doing with Salt Lake County to pseudo pave the parking lot?)
I think, and the numbers seem to bear me out on this, that relating personal experiences and thoughts that are related to the Empress is more interesting to the casual reader. In this case, the original post was published on June 24. That day's visit total was the third highest since we started tracking. If the purpose of having a blog is to attract visitor traffic, then my "personal" post appears to have done a pretty good job.
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