nice, because you are obviously not in it for the advertising revenue Just because you link to your blog doesn't mean you are getting ad revenue (ex, my blog h

nice, because you are obviously not in it for the advertising revenue Just because you link to your blog doesn't mean you are getting ad revenue (ex, my blog has no ads). I personally feel that Ask HN posts are weaker because they are transient. To Ask HN is to have a discussion that lasts maybe a day with a small number of (relatively) like-minded people. A blog post will be more visible for "longer" (I don't recall any Ask HN posts showing up on Google, so their lifespan is basically their front page time), and represents a stronger commitment to the point made. Not all blogs have comments, but generally they do, and are open to a wider audience than HN.