2012-11-27     Is Catholic blogging a waste of time?

From Nov 26, 2012 BlogWatch by Michael Mullins

Those in the already thin ranks of the Australian Catholic blogosphere appear to be experiencing something of a dark night of the soul, with its most prolific members going quiet. Two weeks ago, Australia Incognita announced she was “going on a blogging break for a while” and requested her readers to keep her in their prayers. The blogging of Country Priest has been sporadic in recent months, and last week he provided the explanation.

Only 5 per cent of respondents [in a US survey] said they read or follow blogs on the Catholic Church. ... There must be a sizeable minority who think it’s a contemptible waste of time — a group I sometimes identify with myself. There are many ways to exercise the apostolate, and blogging isn’t at the top of my list ... Still, I’ll persevere. When I’ve got something interesting to ponder, I like blogging. But long gone is the naive resolution to post daily, or at least several times a week, just for the sake of maintaining an audience. That’s not a good use of time.

It seems the ball is in the court of his readers to persuade Country Priest that blogging is not a waste of time.

Anyone like to comment on all this? 
Is Catholic blogging a waste of time?