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by freedomben 899 days ago
If you're writing anything useful, then you will get some negative feedback. IMHO the key is to use it to your advantage. I treat it like a game (maybe similar-ish to chess), basically I made the first move, and here's a counter-move. It's now up to me to use my critical thinking skills to determine if the criticism is valid or not. If it is valid, I can change my thinking and grow as a person. If it's not valid, I can still grow as a person by identifying any fallacies and really figuring out why it's invalid. Win/win.
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> will get negative feedback

I strongly disagree. The most likely feedback will be zero, zilch, none. So, you should clearly write for your own sake only.

Also: I'd bet that 95% to 99.9999% of your visitors the first three to five years will be bots only.

Do it for your own sake, if you feel like it. Otherwise don't. Blogging is not anything to be afraid of, and you should really not think that your blogging matters to anyone but yourself until you have proof of that.