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Less is more

CJ Antichow
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Question: do most of you have your WP linked to social media? So that when you post on WP it shows up on FB/Twitter/X/Instagram etc?

I would like to do that in order to get more readers but I’m a bit too scared to have a lot of people I know read my blog. Not many of my friends and family even know I have a blog. Some of the things I write are personal and I’m okay with strangers knowing these details but not my family and some friends.

I would like to get even more personal but I’m not yet ready for that. My three older kids know I have a blog and although they don’t regularly read it, I cannot spill my guts completely here.

I only wish I could be as brave as Megan Miles and “write like no one’s reading”.

Old pic with my three oldest kids

15 responses to “Less is more”

  1. jvenable18 Avatar
    jvenable18

    Have you tried a platform like Quora.com? You don’t have to use your real name and you can share to your heart’s content. There are topics for pretty much anything you can think of. There are other private sites for victims of toxic relationships.

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    1. CJ Antichow Avatar
      CJ Antichow

      I’ve never heard of it, thanks! I will check it out!

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  2. MyGenXerLife Avatar
    MyGenXerLife

    I get it. I’m pretty anonymous here. I’ve shared with only a few people but asked them to keep a lid on it. It’s easier for me this way.

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    1. CJ Antichow Avatar
      CJ Antichow

      I’m really an open book type of person and honestly I tend to over share, even to the McDonalds drive thru guy, so it’s hard for me to keep secrets. It’s just not in my constitution, but I guess right now I have to.

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  3. Life in Japan and Beyond Avatar
    Life in Japan and Beyond

    I manually share my posts so I can write captions.

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    1. CJ Antichow Avatar
      CJ Antichow

      Thank you!

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  4. leturos Avatar
    leturos

    Once in a while I post something to my leturos account on Twitter.. My site is in my profile. In the old days, I had more than 35000 followers there. I deleted that account and didn’t go back for a couple of years. Now I have a very small account. I get a couple of views if I post there. I’ve posted to Facebook a couple times but I prefer to keep leturos separate from my real identity.

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    1. CJ Antichow Avatar
      CJ Antichow

      So do friends and family know that Leturos exists here?

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  5. leturos Avatar
    leturos

    I just told a woman who lives with her sister across the road about it. I only have a couple friends and they live far away. They don’t know about it. Since I’ve posted on FB once o twice, my family probably knows but they don’t pay attention. I’m only close to one sister.

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    1. CJ Antichow Avatar
      CJ Antichow

      That’s so funny, I am the same, I can easily tell random strangers or very casual coworkers about my blog, probably because I know they don’t care and won’t be looking it up. Different story with family and close friends though.

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  6. Stephanie Avatar
    Stephanie

    I have very little overlap, for similar reasons you describe. I have one WP connection I follow and who follows me on my (private) IG, and one with TikTok. I don’t use FB almost at all anymore and Twitter only occasionally, so that’s not much of an issue. My kids are not going to take the time to read this blog unless I pass away suddenly or something like that.

    It isn’t ideal. I’d love to think I could have all the doors and windows open in every SMS site I use, but I don’t know that i have the wherewithal to regulate the boundaries and keep up. Also, like you mentioned on another post (or comment?) the journaling nature of a lot of what many of us are going is quite particular. To blog for a following would (for me, if I were going to and I have thought about it) mean reformatting my site and connecting more SMS, cross publishing, getting MUCH better at SEO, etc. 🙂

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    1. Stephanie Avatar
      Stephanie

      *many of us are doing

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    2. CJ Antichow Avatar
      CJ Antichow

      Thank you Stephanie!

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  7. nostalgicitalian Avatar
    nostalgicitalian

    If I have something I write that I want others to see, I might post it on my Facebook. I have a setting on there that only allows certain people to see the post. After my divorce from my first wife, I created it so that mutual friends wouldn’t see it and tell the ex. Not even my boys from that marriage see those posts because I know that their mom would be all over it. Many of the faithful readers subscribe to the blog, so they get a notification of new posts.

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    1. CJ Antichow Avatar
      CJ Antichow

      Something to consider for sure, thank you!

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