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There are still a few people who try to post long form text (and appropriate code and documentation in a code repository) for any project they deliver primarily
by geerlingguy 3y ago
There are still a few people who try to post long form text (and appropriate code and documentation in a code repository) for any project they deliver primarily through one of the big media platforms.
I know I appreciate having the transcripts of all the Practical Engineering episodes, and I enjoy channels like Ben Eaters' where there is often supplemental material given.
The thing that annoys me about Twitter/Mastodon/similar is it is rare someone will post the same thoughts separately on a blog or in long form, so it can be difficult to follow a full story there, especially if you are linked into a reply to a reply (not to mention the requirement for an account to read things on some platforms).
- jsemrau 3y agoI write long form paper reviews and coding example for autonomous agent tech on my substack (Encyclopedia Autonomica). In my highly subjective experience High velocity social like Twitter or LinkedIn (where I maintain a digest with about 350 subscribers) do not at all provide traffic to my posts. Reddit, where content exists longer since people are discussing about it works better. What I enjoy about Substack compared to Medium (where I am in the Partner program and was a top 5% global business writer) is that I own the distribution list and can configure the economic benefits. Media in 2024 is changing, and we have reached a point where some established Youtubers, Podcasters, and Longform writers have established more clout than established papers like the Los Angeles Times or similar.
- LegitShady 3y agoI think the subreddit paradigm means that you can collect groups of niche users who are interested in something a particular niche author has to offer. On Twitter everything just sort of mashes together. I don't know about LinkedIn - I don't use it.