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Let me guess, you are a web programmer? Because for those of us that are not, WordPress is a pretty easy and pretty capable way to self host something. Without
by 1over137 2y ago
Let me guess, you are a web programmer?
Because for those of us that are not, WordPress is a pretty easy and pretty capable way to self host something. Without it, lots more stuff would be centralized with Big Tech.
- wmf 2y agoIf WordPress didn't exist there would be other blogging software.
- bdcravens 2y agoWP has emerged as a de facto standard, but there were alternatives before, and there will be alternatives to come.
- leonidasv 2y agoIf you can self-host something, you can run a SSG*-based blog platform (Hugo, Jekyll, etc). And static webpages are even simpler to self-host. If you are willing to bend a little bit for big tech, you can just host them dropping generated files in any S3-like object storage. *Static Site Generator
- timeon 2y ago> S3-like object storage They are not web programmers maybe not even in devops. So It is easier to just buy basic shared hosting wit button 'install wordpress' in hosting-admin. Statically generated site would be better (especially for readers of the site) but they still need some CMS.
- throwaway984393 2y ago[dead]