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Does everyone need to be discoverable? What would a blog engine look like with zero discoverability? You can't say they wouldn't have any readers, to an extent
by aliqot 4y ago
Does everyone need to be discoverable? What would a blog engine look like with zero discoverability? You can't say they wouldn't have any readers, to an extent Gumroad and other similar services have no discoverability.
example: I don't go to Gumroad.com to find random people to give money to, a creator who has captured my through other means directs me there.
- waboremo 4y agoServices like Gumroad can have zero discoverability because other services have decent discoverability. So somewhere, discoverability is a crucial service and it's probably best to have control over that rather than assuming a third party service will continue as-is. Take Twitter for instance, prohibiting the promotion of other platforms. This impacted discoverability for a lot of people because they relied on Twitter as the funnel to get people to patreon/gumroad/their site/etc. Apparently that policy at Twitter is now gone but you get the point. I don't fully agree with the above idea that discoverability is the main problem however when it comes to blogging. Tumblr solved that for a long time (although now discoverability is a bit rubbish), most still don't use Tumblr so there are greater factors at play here.
- aliqot 4y agocreators will always find a way to promote. discoverability has never affected that. this isn't the internet of stmbleupon anymore, we use aggregators and influencers.