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Not really. There is something bigger going on here. When is the last time you saw an article on the front page of HN/Reddit with blogging advice, or making th
by Alex3917 10y ago
Not really. There is something bigger going on here.
When is the last time you saw an article on the front page of HN/Reddit with blogging advice, or making the case for developing a personal brand? Who are the top ten most up-and-coming bloggers of the last year? It's not just Twitter that's underperforming, the whole social media space right now is super fragmented and lacking in direction.
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- adrianN 10y agoBack when "the social media space" was people's blogs, a blogroll and pingbacks (or before that, when it was basic HTML and webrings) it was super fragmented, yet somehow the quality was a lot better, the protocols were open and you didn't have to give anyone your private information to participate. Maybe we can go back to that.
- 205guy 10y agoHear, hear! Add the rss protocol and feed readers, and who needs Facebook either. Short tweets or long form, you can write either or both on your own blog.
- pjc50 10y agoIndeed - I'd almost say that "fragmentation" was good. What's the opposite of fragmentation? Homogenisation? Centralisation? Fragmentation allows "scenes" to develop without instantly being overwhelmed by tourists. It allows experimental weird subcultures.
- trahn 10y agoConcentration?
- thenomad 10y agoBuilding a personal brand in 2016 is much less about blogs than it ever has been. Most of the people I know building big-ish personal media properties in 2016 are doing it on a siloed platform: YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Medium. Building an independent blog from scratch is probably the hardest it's ever been. It can still be done if you're talking to a tight-knit community and you know where they hang out, but "viral" / "social" brands are much more dominant right now.