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> 1. Putting things on the web means your words are public, so they can be archived forever, and anyone can look at them. > 4. Most people don't want to put th

> 1. Putting things on the web means your words are public, so they can be archived forever, and anyone can look at them. > 4. Most people don't want to put the effort into writing/posting anything beyond basic food/vacation photos or whatnot. Nobody cares about opinions of some dipshit. There are literally millions of experts in the world. We want to hear from them. > 3. If you don't want to bother with hosting your own site, you are at the mercy of platforms... Wikipedia & sister sites. StackOverflow. I am pretty sure there is space for more open-content sites, especially ones run by non-profits. > 5. It's lonely running a website! Comment sections help a lot. Blogs can also have multiple authors.

xdennis 3y ago
> Nobody cares about opinions of some dipshit. One individual, sure, but the opinions of millions of non-experts are valuable. They form the majority of buyers so their aggregate opinions matter to marketers. And they often trust the opinions of non-experts more.
plewd 3y ago
> Wikipedia & sister sites. StackOverflow. I am pretty sure there is space for more open-content sites, especially ones run by non-profits. How does this contradict the point that you're at the mercy of platforms?StackOverflow could very well go down the same route as Reddit, for example.