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There are still tons of websites (more now than ever) not owned by gigantic corporations. It's not their fault that you and the masses mostly stopped going to
by sneak 2y ago
There are still tons of websites (more now than ever) not owned by gigantic corporations. It's not their fault that you and the masses mostly stopped going to them in favor of facebook and twitter and instagram and, of course, apps.
(You're on one right now, naturally.)
I get the same feeling when people say "RSS is dead". I read dozens of websites via RSS and my RSS reader still works fine. Very few blogs I want to read don't support RSS.
- unmotivated-hmn 2y agoCould you share a few that you frequent? I'd love to read!
- kqr 2y agoThis happens with programming languages also. Lots of people cry "Perl is dead" because its market share is decreasing. But its absolute user count is increasing! It's not a competition for a limited size of pie; the pie is still growing at a frightening pace, along with all its pieces.
- OccamsMirror 2y agoAlthough there used to be a time you could be a "successful blogger" and make enough money from advertising that you could focus on it full time. Those days are long behind us.
- darkwater 2y agoThose days brought us to successful blogs/websites to be acquired by bigger corp and then enshittified. Moreover, what used to be a successful blogger is now a successful YouTuber, no? Because generally speaking, masses prefer to watch and listen to things rather then read.
- OccamsMirror 2y agoOr maybe a successful Substack author?
- bookofjoe 2y agoThere are a few, such as https://kottke.org/ https://kottke.org/ (started in 1998)
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- pronik 2y agoI'm firmly on the RSS bandwagon though. The shift comes from much more limited time and I need to filter what I can use it for.
- linhns 2y agoActually, it’s making a comeback now somewhat, thanks to the inherent capability to filter and select only wanted content and weed out the noise in this world.