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It seems that self hosted blogs are out with this new Twitter Notes feature, I can even see that Medium is pretty much in trouble here as well. Is there any po
by colesantiago 4y ago
It seems that self hosted blogs are out with this new Twitter Notes feature, I can even see that Medium is pretty much in trouble here as well.
Is there any point to starting a self hosted blog now that this exists for non technical people?
- dflock 4y agoYou can own the farm, or be a share cropper on someone elses farm.
- rockbruno 4y agoFor starters, your content will not vanish when Twitter inevitably dies or decides to suddenly kill this feature.
- vincentmarle 4y agoOr when they suspend you for no reason...
- yellow_postit 4y agoIf this ends the thread unrolling apps and posts that are clickbait headlines for 1/x to continue it’ll be good as a user but probably bad for Twitter’s engagement volume.
- barrell 4y agoAnalytics, design, freedom of speech, durability, interoperability, privacy, different writing UI, monetisation, independence, possibly domain management and surely much much more. It's a nice feature to finally have but I wouldn't undercut the decades of work that entire teams have devoted to blogging tools. Network effects aren't that powerful, plus twitter's network effects aren't even all that strong in all domains
- jdminhbg 4y agoI think self-hosted blogs and Medium (and Substack) are in as much danger from Twitter Notes as Instagram stories were from Fleets.
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- kulor 4y ago> Is there any point to starting a self hosted blog now that this exists for non technical people? Yep, personal brand & audience ownership & control
- yellow_postit 4y agoAdding on — if you are building an audience you should be investing in platform diversification and alternative ways to reach otherwise you are a ranking or feature whim change away losing access.