[HN Gopher] Writing Is Networking for Introverts
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Writing Is Networking for Introverts
Author : whoisnnamdi
Score : 43 points
Date : 2021-11-21 21:36 UTC (1 hours ago)
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| scottcodie wrote:
| This can be better said as 'Writing as communication to an
| anonymous audience is an introverted activity', which is almost a
| tautology.
| m0zg wrote:
| I don't see how it would be - most of what's written is never
| read.
| version_five wrote:
| This sounds more like "socially awkward but want to talk to lots
| of people" than strictly introverted (which itself generally gets
| used to mean many things). I have some "introvert" traits:
| talking to people tires me out, I have no interest in low quality
| conversations - I dont like chit-chatting with strangers. If this
| is what's going to happen at an event I'd rather avoid it
| altogether than have a pretext for people to come talk to me.
|
| But I'm not socially awkward really (imo) more just conserving my
| energy because I do find talking tiring.
|
| So all that to say I'd rather focus on high quality interaction -
| smaller groups with mutual interests, vs make bulk unsolicited
| networking easier for me. I can see the article makes sense for
| the author and would work for people who for some reason want to
| have idle banter with others.
| blowski wrote:
| I agree. The whole introvert thing is so loosely defined that
| it covers everyone to some degree.
|
| For example, I find smalltalk with people I don't really know
| to be extremely challenging and tiring. And yet with people I
| do know, or in conversations on topics where I feel confident,
| I struggle to shut myself up.
|
| I wouldn't consider myself to be either introvert or extrovert,
| merely some set of personality traits.
| jstx1 wrote:
| I change my opinions way too frequently for it. Reading stuff
| that I wrote as recently as a year ago is mildly painful and
| annoying.
| nawgz wrote:
| How do you hold an opinion if it has no basis that can persist
| over time? I personally imagine for reading one's own writing,
| just like listening to my own singing, the exact "pain points"
| you feel would also be felt by any audience and therefore are
| the most valuable feedback you could possibly receive...
| jstx1 wrote:
| It's mostly due to learning more things and having different
| interests. Sometimes it's a change of opinion, other times
| it's more like "is this even worth talking about" or "I would
| phrase things differently if I was writing this now".
| nawgz wrote:
| > "I would phrase things differently if I was writing this
| now"
|
| This is the point that matters most, and I would pay
| careful attention to and hone this instinct. It is the one
| that would truly reduce the "pain" of consuming your own
| efforts. Otherwise, I am not sure what to say, it is of
| course possible to write for different reasons and with
| different efforts and expectations, so I would not fret too
| much about how much you "care" about something over time,
| just how much it interests you to read your own points
| about it
| belval wrote:
| Not the person you replied to, but it's usually more of a
| shift in desired tone/writing style than just a general
| objective evaluation.
|
| For example I can write a post and feel the tone is good,
| then come back to it and find it too informal, not expert-y
| enough. Then I'll write a new article and some time later
| find it too academic and not engaging enough.
|
| That might just be me though.
| codazoda wrote:
| This is often described by authors. They sometimes suggest
| letting the writing rest a while. Come back to it a while
| later and adjust it into a final draft. This advice is
| often talking about longer form material, like books, but I
| wonder if it's similar to what you're experiencing.
|
| If so, maybe it's that your drafts lack something because
| you're just trying to get all the words out.
| Ralo wrote:
| People learn new facts about topics and change their minds
| all the time. A 5 year old may be of the opinion that eating
| candy for breakfast, lunch, and dinner is a well balanced
| meal until they have their first candy "hangover".
| nawgz wrote:
| > People learn new facts about topics and change their
| minds all the time
|
| I view it as inappropriate to put pen to paper to publish
| about something I've only put passing thought and research
| into, so this point is a bit facile.
|
| > A 5 year old
|
| This one even more so.
| codazoda wrote:
| I learn by writing about things in detail because it
| causes me to think through them. So, I'm the opposite,
| sometimes, where I write about things I'm not an expert
| in. I also publish a blog, so I do it in public fairly
| frequently.
| Kvasier wrote:
| I would argue, that the basic discussion about introverts and
| extroverts is to easy. I think it is way more complex than just
| two groups. And when we use these two categories, than please
| JUST to distinguish the basics. But you can not argue with it it
| this case.
|
| I personaly do not know any "classic" intro- or extrovert...
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