I was tempted to try Medium and even made an account, but more and more I value hosting and controlling my own content. So many popular blogging platforms have

I was tempted to try Medium and even made an account, but more and more I value hosting and controlling my own content. So many popular blogging platforms have come and gone, if I jumped on every bandwagon over the years I'd have gone through a ton of painful data exports/imports/restyling/maintenance/etc. Hosting my own bypasses all that. However, there can still be a benefit in certain audiences. Medium isn't that thing for me, but for example I sometimes repost my content on another website's blog section - this gets more niche views and most importantly feedback from a group of people relevant to the topic. I always make sure to check that this is actually allowed and mention that this content is reposted for the sake of transparency.