[wasureru]

One of the questions I always ask successful bloggers is: what motivated you to start?

The answer is always the same: I did it for myself.

This is an example of survivor bias; those who start a blog with the aim of attracting a following will lose motivation and grow impatient with the short term results. Successful bloggers have the personal confidence and passion for the topic to document and share stuff they think is cool.

I feel like a step is missing here. Is the survivor bias related to a similarly named logical error (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias)? Or is it the “good” kind of bias in the sense that survivors are predisposed to have certain traits compared to non-survivors?