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This is why you must self-host. And use HN for comments. You may think I'm joking, but my pure self-hosted website can get more attention through HN if I put e
by gavinhoward 2y ago
This is why you must self-host. And use HN for comments.
You may think I'm joking, but my pure self-hosted website can get more attention through HN if I put effort into blog posts.
I have two blog posts that say the same thing, one with a ragebait tone, and one that is moderate. HN loved the moderate one.
I love this site.
Anyway, I think he hit on the reason: other platforms give you bad signals for their own benefit. HN still gives a good signal, and self-hosting avoids bad signals from bad platforms.
- trust_bt_verify 2y agoHacker news seems to love rage bait and may just align with your biases better than other tech sites. This has certainly been my experience, I often find people I agree with more reasonable before any personal reflection.
- gavinhoward 2y agoThat may be true, but my biases are towards more professionalism in the industry, and the VC-backed HN community may not like that.