Has anyone ever deleted a blog?

[vixengrl]

I mean, start one, or even a diary or a Myspace page, get sick of the notion, and just--bag it? I blogged for about three months, just lost interest, and decided to jettison the thing. I just felt it was substandard somehow--so I deleted it. If you ever did that, did you find it difficult? Did you experience a phantom-blog desire to write something after you quit? Did you think you might blog again?

[billyoc]

1. delete

[Shine]

2. I don't even know how to start one, let alone delete one!

:rofl: seriously. :eyes:

[vixengrl]

6. I feel you--but if you go to

https://www2.blogger.com/start

it's insanely easy, and any hipster doofus with a kvetch and a keyboard can get to it. This is how my predicament began--kvetches...keyboards. I needed to vent.

[Shine]

9. I don't even keep up with my journal at home, in my bedroom

so I doubt I'd have the inclination to do a techie version of one. On the other hand, venting is a good thing. I know. :hug:

[LeftyMom]

3. Yeah

I still have plenty to say on the topic, but I went back to school and simply don't have the time to put the effort into quality thought and writing that I wanted to do. So I'll get back to writing on the topic as I get the chance, but probably not in that format, I would rather use a format that lends itself to longer, more detailed pieces and less frequency, likely something in print. But I'm too busy to make that happen anytime soon.

[vixengrl]

7. Time was my big concern, too--

all the things I read about trying to keep a blog going made it seem clear you had to be prepared to post regularly, but my work-life and homelife didn't lend iself to that--with my commute, my "work-time" is about ten-hour days, and since I share my computer with the hubboo--I get it for about 1-3 hrs a a day--not enough time to scope out and be "learned" on my topics, not enough to really do good writing. And I do feel like longer and detailed posts are what's what--why else blog?

[gmoney]

4. I just killed off a secondary one...

Have a photography blog, and decided to have a "private" blog for pictures I didn't want to share with the great unwashed masses. Only had about 20 people signed up for the private one, and for various reasons, I decided I didn't want to keep it going, so I've hidden all the entries and just left up a "sorry, it's closed" message. Maybe I'll revive it if the spirit moves me...

Did sign up for LJ just so I could comment on friends blogs, but didn't feel compelled to keep mine updated.

You'll be OK. You're just ahead of the curve.

[vixengrl]

8. Thanks for that--

I think I will be OK--I just need to give myself time to figure out what I want to say publically, and when I have my message down, I'll be able to try again. I had maybe 280 visitors to my blog (via Sitemeter), but really, I posted for me. If I can make what I want to post match what folks want to read, I think I'll be onto something. But I'm just not there.

[gmoney]

11. most blogs can be set to private

Just for you or a select group of invited friends... I kind of like to keep my writings around in some shape if possible. Or maybe it's too late. No biggie. You'll have newer, better ideas in the future.

[Omphaloskepsis]

5. I have deleted a few blogs.

I still have a tumblelog for neat things I find on the Internet. And I have a few blogs that are specific to certain computer related areas. I don't blog about the stupid shit that I do all day. That is what Twitter is for.

[mokawanis]

10. I had a blog for quite a while

where I raved and ranted against the neocons and other hideous creatures. I posted commentary daily for about 6 months and was picked by Peter Daou to be featured blog on the Salon site for nearly a week...and then I just got burned out and stopped writing. A few months after that I deleted everything I'd written, without bothering to save the material. I can't tell you how much I regret doing that.