{"id":11707,"date":"2015-05-20T09:00:46","date_gmt":"2015-05-20T14:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/?p=11707"},"modified":"2017-01-24T18:54:20","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T23:54:20","slug":"do-people-really-like-pictures-of-puppies-rather-than-posts-about-saints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/2015\/05\/do-people-really-like-pictures-of-puppies-rather-than-posts-about-saints.html","title":{"rendered":"The Truth About Blogging (And Blog Readers)…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Cody, bane of package deliverers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>
That\u2019s one of the observations Thomas L. McDonald had regarding blogging.<\/p>\n
F\u2019rinstance, CARA<\/a> would have us believe that the posts people want most are on church history and the saints. Um \u2026 no. Really\u00a0not even close<\/em>. Those are what people\u00a0think<\/em>\u00a0they should want, because what they\u00a0really<\/em>\u00a0want are snarky posts, scandals, celebrities, sex, media reviews, and puppies.<\/p>\n
*Hit counts don\u2019t lie. Survey results do.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n*
*Read the rest of the post* *from his archives<\/a>.<\/p>\n*
*By the way, doesn\u2019t my dog look fabulous? Look deep into those eyes!<\/p>\n*
Speaking of dogs, check out this little tune (tissue alert!).<\/p>\n<\/iframe>\n<p>Get back to work!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That\u2019s one of the observations Thomas L. McDonald had regarding blogging.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":140,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[232,36],"tags":[678,8,53,14],"class_list":["post-11707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-learning","category-living","tag-dogs","tag-funstuff","tag-other-blogs","tag-saints"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Truth About Blogging (And Blog Readers)...<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"That's one of the observations Thomas L. McDonald had regarding blogging. 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