I think people may have forgotten how powerful internet publishing was 10-15 years ago.

I got every job I had because of my writing. I was invited to conferences or expos because of a post or two I wrote. People would email me regularly and we'd become friends based on things I wrote. Sharing my thoughts with the world on a blog I owned led to so much direct and indirect opportunity.

That hasn't happened in years now. The beautiful ecosystem that gave me so much is dead.