Excellent advice and very efficient strategy.
In your description of the difference between blog and academic writing, something could be said about the assumptions of academese.
Formal academic writing should not read like a conversation. It should also be fully referenced (especially in English-speaking academic contexts). And there’s an expectation that every statement has been carefully weighed.
Nothing wrong about these assumptions. They make sense in the current academic climate (especially with publications in English). But isn’t there some room between blog-style conversations and academic publishing? A place where we can discuss academic issues without needing to use the most formal style possible?
In my experience, academic mailing-lists have often been the most adequate context for these. And private conversations (on- or offline). Maybe we’re ready to integrate these informal models in other settings?