Value
It has to provide value to me. Value could be an emotion or a piece of information. But there has to be something there
Tone To The Reader
To me, one of the most off turning aspects of a blog is if it's too arrogant or degrades the reader. Some of this I'm pulling off a my comment/discussion from here.
For example, articles that bully or is rude to a reader, but justify it in 'the name of developer advocacy' are a prime example. "You should know this, if you don't, then you are a bad person" kind of tone I think are poor ways to convey a point of view.
I'm OK with catchy titles, we all do those. But when there is a lack of 'compassion' in discussing a POV (that not everyone needs to share), then compassion has a bigger impact then just sound like a jerk.
hmm, my top two are:
Value
It has to provide value to me. Value could be an emotion or a piece of information. But there has to be something there
Tone To The Reader
To me, one of the most off turning aspects of a blog is if it's too arrogant or degrades the reader. Some of this I'm pulling off a my comment/discussion from here.
For example, articles that bully or is rude to a reader, but justify it in 'the name of developer advocacy' are a prime example. "You should know this, if you don't, then you are a bad person" kind of tone I think are poor ways to convey a point of view.
I'm OK with catchy titles, we all do those. But when there is a lack of 'compassion' in discussing a POV (that not everyone needs to share), then compassion has a bigger impact then just sound like a jerk.
Yeah, Totally agree with you here. Everyone needs to have this concept that their POV is a POV after all.