deleting posts that no longer resonate

I've done this a lot

I’ve deleted a ton of posts from my blog, and if you run a blog you can too! I’ve deleted at least 50 posts in the years I’ve been running this blog.

I delete posts for reasons like:

• I disagree with the post on the object-level

  • subcategory: I also feel embarrassed about the post

  • subcategory: wild statements with wtf evidence

• I disagree with the aesthetic that generated and pervades the post, even if the actual post seems otherwise ok

• I find the post to be unsurprising

• I find the post to be incoherent

• I find the post's topic to be overly specific, and I believe there's a more general concept that's more important to understand/ naturally derives the more specific notion

• I realize that my motivations for having the post were not what I want to perpetuate

• update: here’s the main reason (it took me a long time to articulate!)

But I keep writing anyway:)