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This is an interesting set of options as it points towards a couple different things. One is the technical infrastructure needed to host the blog (and several c
by kentlyons 4y ago
This is an interesting set of options as it points towards a couple different things. One is the technical infrastructure needed to host the blog (and several comments here are discussing that).
Another key difference is discoverability of the blog/content. Something like LinkedIn leverages the platform so the post gets in front of people (however how that happens is outside your control). A self hosted website does not have any direct way to attract/retain the audience (you need a way to get inbound traffic, and then a way to get people to keep coming back). To me, this part seems like the more challenging bit relative to the tech stack and I'm curious what other perspectives folks have here.
- SenHeng 4y agoFor the latter bit, I've noticed many tech blogs use a 'comment on HN' link. I don't really care for discoverability and don't want to deal with comments anymore so I don't do anything. Maybe one day I'll restart my twitter account and tell people to tweet at me or something?