[stephenhacking]

I used to think the same way. But, propagation of your content is a lot more important than just feeling good that it's hosted on your own blog.

[reginaldjcooper]

I would argue, as a modern professional, propagation of your FQDN is also very important.

[marcuspovey]

Even if you no longer own or control the content?

[grinich]

What use is owning it if nobody reads it?

[minimaxir]

You'd be surprised at how much traffic you can get if your blog is properly indexed on Google.