Regarding titles, ultimately, the content is what is most important. Titles can be just a way to remember where a certain blog post is or to tell someone else where it is. Even if it doesn’t make sense initially, I imagine after your content is read it is likely that the reader will see how the title fits the content.
Regarding coming across as a “know-it-all,” I would say just put in caveats and notes about the limitations of your knowledge. Perhaps you could make the posts somewhat open-ended in that regard and edit them later with updates.
Regarding readability, maybe you could experiment with sending a draft of your post to different people to have them rate how readable/understandable it is, and then make appropriate adjustments.
Regarding it not being read, maybe it is valuable to be out there if at least somehow does eventually read it.
Regarding potentially looking like you are advertising yourself, I would say not to think about it and let your posts be people’s basis for making judgements about your intent. This might be related to trust. Trust takes time to build, so it might take a while for people to realize you’re not just advertising yourself.
Regarding the first two EA concerns, my response would be that EA is supposed to be a self-correcting community. It should be expected that they will have thoughts about what you post. It is helpful to the EA community that you have disagreements.
Regarding changing opinions, maybe you could make posts that are updates to previous ones and somehow make it noticeable that it is typical for you to make posts that are updates to previous posts.
Regarding getting things wrong, I would offer the same advice as for the issue of coming across as a “know-it-all.”
Regarding your doctor title, people may seem it as normal that a doctor would have a blog. My understanding is that all kinds of people write opinion pieces/blogs.
Regarding the stereotype about doctors, maybe don’t think about it and let your writing eventually lead to whatever judgements people may make of your understanding about mental health. If you express yourself well enough, they should form an accurate impression of your view of mental health.
I can tell you my experience with setting up a blog, and maybe you can glean something from that.
I had made my own Reddit page so I could write about the mission of The Borgen Project. I was interning for them and thought that a blog would be a helpful way to draw attention to them and their cause. I didn’t have much in mind that I would write about, but I was having difficulty fundraising for them so I was just trying random things.
For the Reddit blog, I listed various statistics about global poverty and raised various questions and speculations in the hopes that I would bring about a large conversation. No one responded to my posts. I am not sure whether anyone read the posts. I did not make many posts. The blog wasn’t that productive maybe because of the underlying reasons I had for making it in the first place. I did get somewhat excited when I was working on it. I thought that it might develop into a lively discussion.
Regarding titles, ultimately, the content is what is most important. Titles can be just a way to remember where a certain blog post is or to tell someone else where it is. Even if it doesn’t make sense initially, I imagine after your content is read it is likely that the reader will see how the title fits the content.
Regarding coming across as a “know-it-all,” I would say just put in caveats and notes about the limitations of your knowledge. Perhaps you could make the posts somewhat open-ended in that regard and edit them later with updates.
Regarding readability, maybe you could experiment with sending a draft of your post to different people to have them rate how readable/understandable it is, and then make appropriate adjustments.
Regarding it not being read, maybe it is valuable to be out there if at least somehow does eventually read it.
Regarding potentially looking like you are advertising yourself, I would say not to think about it and let your posts be people’s basis for making judgements about your intent. This might be related to trust. Trust takes time to build, so it might take a while for people to realize you’re not just advertising yourself.
Regarding the first two EA concerns, my response would be that EA is supposed to be a self-correcting community. It should be expected that they will have thoughts about what you post. It is helpful to the EA community that you have disagreements.
Regarding changing opinions, maybe you could make posts that are updates to previous ones and somehow make it noticeable that it is typical for you to make posts that are updates to previous posts.
Regarding getting things wrong, I would offer the same advice as for the issue of coming across as a “know-it-all.”
Regarding your doctor title, people may seem it as normal that a doctor would have a blog. My understanding is that all kinds of people write opinion pieces/blogs.
Regarding the stereotype about doctors, maybe don’t think about it and let your writing eventually lead to whatever judgements people may make of your understanding about mental health. If you express yourself well enough, they should form an accurate impression of your view of mental health.
I can tell you my experience with setting up a blog, and maybe you can glean something from that.
I had made my own Reddit page so I could write about the mission of The Borgen Project. I was interning for them and thought that a blog would be a helpful way to draw attention to them and their cause. I didn’t have much in mind that I would write about, but I was having difficulty fundraising for them so I was just trying random things.
For the Reddit blog, I listed various statistics about global poverty and raised various questions and speculations in the hopes that I would bring about a large conversation. No one responded to my posts. I am not sure whether anyone read the posts. I did not make many posts. The blog wasn’t that productive maybe because of the underlying reasons I had for making it in the first place. I did get somewhat excited when I was working on it. I thought that it might develop into a lively discussion.