A Blog Is Like A TV Series

• Some start with a big splash.
• Others start quietly and slowly build an audience.
• Some die in infancy.
• Some are popular but hated by intellectuals.
• Some are loved by critics but are truly dreadful.
• Some will go on for years and years and years.
• Some fans are fanatic, other fans are lukewarm.
• And the fans are more fickle than you might think.
• Some truly great work goes unnoticed and unappreciated.
• Just OK work can be wildly overpraised.
• Keeping up quality work can be a real challenge.
• It can be hard not to "hit the wall" at the 4 to 5 year point.
• Ending the thing can be tough if it's popular.
• When it ends, the star may show up right away in a new one.
• Or the star may go away for a little while.
• Sometimes the star just wants to do something completely different after a long run.
• Often the star just needs a break.
• Just because the old one was successful doesn't mean the new one will be, even with the same star.
• Long term success requires periodic tweaking, freshening, and re-invention.
• The star may be known around the world.
• When an old one dies, a new one will take its place.
• Even after they're gone, the good ones are still remembered.

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[Fred]

And some times the jump the shark.