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Ask HN: Where are people sharing their blogs these days?
I really like blogs, and I've started blogging again like this past week. I want to share what I write but get some nice reading lists going to.
Today I basically use HN as my blog curator, but I yearn for more.
Where do you find a blogging community nowadays? How to discover new blogs and how to share your content?
- bobbiechen 1y agoBesides Hacker News, I mainly discover new blogs via links from blogs I already read. As for sharing my own blog, it's mainly here for me as well, or in open comments sections where that's encouraged. So... I'd also love suggestions on other ways!
- chistev 1y agoWhat's your blog?
- defrost 1y agoAs you're aware, HN users have an editable about section in their profile. eg: https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=bobbiechen https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=bobbiechen announces https://bobbiechen.com/blog https://bobbiechen.com/blog
- chistev 1y agoSorry, I didn't think to check lol
- bobbiechen 1y agoThanks! I also write a topic-based blog on APIs, platforms, and more at https://digitalseams.com/ https://digitalseams.com/
- chistev 1y agoPeople share their blogs here occasionally. Both technical and personal blogs. Also, your social media algorithm might have adjusted to feed you blog related content. Having said that, here's my own personal blog - https://www.rxjourney.net/ https://www.rxjourney.net/ If you're feeling extra generous, you can leave a donation.
- vunderba 1y agoFor finding blogs I either pick them up organically here or on lobste.rs. The more niche your blog is, the more chances you'll have at sharing it on highly specialized subreddits - otherwise you can always drop links to your blog in HN conversation threads if it feels relevant. That's how I developed a bit of readership on mine. And in the interest of sharing blogs, a classic is "Old New Thing" written by Raymond Chen. It's highly technical around Microsoft/Windows but I enjoy how incredibly thorough it is. https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing
- chistev 1y agoWhat's your blog, I want to see it.
- vunderba 1y agoSure. It's in my profile but I can attach it here: https://mordenstar.com https://mordenstar.com
- foobarbecue 1y agoI think I'd like to try lobster.rs -- would you move sending me an invite? (Email in profile)
- wingerlang 1y agoTry to submit your articles to email newsletters within your topic. Example: https://iosdevweekly.com/ https://iosdevweekly.com/
- krapp 1y agoI use Mastodon as a microblog and link long form content to my actual blog.
- wannabebarista 1y agoI mainly discover new blogs from links from other blogs I read or from HN. I share my blog on HN and Bluesky and a few niche communities like Mander (when it makes sense). Most of my traffic right now comes from chatbots citing my posts, StackExchange, or links in documentation. My website is https://bcmullins.github.io https://bcmullins.github.io
- yen223 1y agoFor me, Reddit and HN
- vintageclothldn 1y agoThere's a lot of great ideas here already. The only other source I regularly use is marginalrevolution.com, although it's somewhat niche.
- wannabebarista 1y agoI've discovered (and rediscovered) several blogs through MR over the years. I'm not a fan though of the recent trend of linking to X threads and essays. While I much prefer blogs to exist outside of walled garden-type websites, I've begrudgingly come to terms with Substack.
- 1024kb 1y agoSome time ago @revskill posted a request for peoples blogs here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36575081 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36575081 The responses were aggregated and posted to Github here: https://github.com/outcoldman/hackernews-personal-blogs?tab=readme-ov-file https://github.com/outcoldman/hackernews-personal-blogs?tab=... You can download the OPML file and load it up into your RSS feed. I did start visiting the various blogs to find some i'd enjoy reading, but there are so many!
- mmphosis 1y agoI recently found: The highest-ranking personal blogs of Hacker News https://refactoringenglish.com/tools/hn-popularity/ https://refactoringenglish.com/tools/hn-popularity/
- marand12 1y agohttps://blogroll.org/ https://blogroll.org/
- runjake 1y agoI've been liking https://minifeed.net/ https://minifeed.net/
- brynet 1y agoHN. Mostly a few static articles, my machines (openbsd), mastodon feed, but.. it's blog-like! :-) https://brynet.ca/ https://brynet.ca/
- dostoynikov 1y agoFrom blogroll sites, webrings and blogroll pages of other bloggers. When you get into small web, indie web world you will discover lots of nice blogs. If you do not mind checking mine, you can discover a lot via my webrings and cool links pages actually. https://dostoynikov.com https://dostoynikov.com
- Turboblack 1y agomy page http://elpis.ws http://elpis.ws located on web 1.0 hosting http://web1.0hosting.net/ http://web1.0hosting.net/ This is a community of ascetic bloggers and web builders that can be seen as sites from the 90s, there is access to HTTP (it was very important for me because I would like the site to open from absolutely any piece of iron, given its direction and subject). I am writing about the old Internet, the formation of the Internet, and what is happening at this time in small web. Perhaps you will be interested in this course as a direction, this is not neosities, it is more minimalistic and rough (but only in a verd look)
- lauriewired 1y agoIt takes a bit of curation, but I find substack's algorithm to be quite good at recommending other bloggers I'd be interested in. It's also pretty trivial to find what writers other bloggers enjoy based on the "reads" list tab. My algorithm is: -> Find blogger you like -> Check their substack "reads" for other writers -> Repeat