This started out as a pros v. cons list for a writers website and expanded from there into a poem like state. So enjoy and add to it if you like.
The drawbacks are plentiful so lets get to them firstly, when you go online, you can't help it, but everybody knows when it's your birthday.
Exposure is nice; devoid of it you're rolling the dice.
A website gives you a recognizable face, for all to come and admire, also to get family and friends off your back, showing you have the talent to inspire.
Without reaching to employers, readers alike, your career can be stymied and possibly falter and how else are you supposed to correspond with your Great Uncle Arthur?
If you've caught up on your fees and paid your dues in the online community, building up your internet cred...Some see it as depressing but you'll have something to leave behind, well after you're dead.
Having a professional site will keep you current and up to task. So make sure to create a page, for questions frequently asked.
