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Does anyone read blogs anymore? Social media seems to have completely replaced them.

asa400 1y ago
If all you measure is "what is mainstream culture doing" then yes, social media dominates. But there are tons and tons of topics that have active bloggers, tech among them, certainly. A lot of the blogs in my RSS feed get regular updates.
Swizec 1y ago
> Does anyone read blogs anymore? Yes. We call them newsletters now. Podcasts, if they're audio. Many are both.
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Apocryphon 1y ago
It's more like Medium, then Substack, have replaced the old Blogger-type services.
ireadmevs 1y ago
I do! And not only that, but I only read them through RSS.
bayindirh 1y ago
My blog’s stats show that there is a sizable readership. Considering I also follow a few blogs, there are a silent crowd who reads blogs.
MarcelOlsz 1y ago
I would I just have no idea how to get everything I want to read in one place. Yeah sure RSS etc.
taude 1y ago
Yeup. I just went through my Feedly, currated my lists, and even started poking at some other RSS readers. RSS is still alive, and if you're the type of person who doesn't just want the alg telling you what to look at next, then it's still valuable. There's some many content creators right now, for example, who are specializing in sharing AI knowledge.
wrs 1y ago
Maybe someone can do a query of URLs posted to HN to see how many are blogs, but...it's a lot of them.
petercooper 1y ago
I’d make a guess almost 50% of front page posts on HN are to blog posts, so I imagine so.
FromTheArchives 1y ago
I still read a ton of blogs. Try this for size: https://github.com/kilimchoi/engineering-blogs https://github.com/kilimchoi/engineering-blogs
- indigodaddy 1y ago
  The fact that Simon Willison's blog isn't listed here instantly reduces this directory's credibility imo
  - FromTheArchives 1y ago
    Just for you: https://alexsci.com/rss-blogroll-network/blogrolls/br-8da940851a665bf7e2ba1a0682fc7fa7/ https://alexsci.com/rss-blogroll-network/blogrolls/br-8da940...
bachmeier 1y ago
You read blogs and scroll through social media posts. One is not a substitute for the other. So yes, I and many others still read blogs.
indigodaddy 1y ago
So I've been recently just skimming through (next post -> next post etc) Kagi Smallweb and it's been a lot fun. Good way to discover new stuff easily. I actually wish they had more content though.
lylo 1y ago
Yes! See https://kagi.com/smallweb https://kagi.com/smallweb and https://ooh.directory https://ooh.directory. So many good blogs!

If all you measure is "what is mainstream culture doing" then yes, social media dominates. But there are tons and tons of topics that have active bloggers, tech among them, certainly. A lot of the blogs in my RSS feed get regular updates.

Swizec 1y ago

> Does anyone read blogs anymore? Yes. We call them newsletters now. Podcasts, if they're audio. Many are both.

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Apocryphon 1y ago

It's more like Medium, then Substack, have replaced the old Blogger-type services.

ireadmevs 1y ago

I do! And not only that, but I only read them through RSS.

bayindirh 1y ago

My blog’s stats show that there is a sizable readership. Considering I also follow a few blogs, there are a silent crowd who reads blogs.

MarcelOlsz 1y ago

I would I just have no idea how to get everything I want to read in one place. Yeah sure RSS etc.

taude 1y ago

Yeup. I just went through my Feedly, currated my lists, and even started poking at some other RSS readers. RSS is still alive, and if you're the type of person who doesn't just want the alg telling you what to look at next, then it's still valuable. There's some many content creators right now, for example, who are specializing in sharing AI knowledge.

wrs 1y ago

Maybe someone can do a query of URLs posted to HN to see how many are blogs, but...it's a lot of them.

petercooper 1y ago

I’d make a guess almost 50% of front page posts on HN are to blog posts, so I imagine so.

FromTheArchives 1y ago

I still read a ton of blogs. Try this for size: https://github.com/kilimchoi/engineering-blogs https://github.com/kilimchoi/engineering-blogs

indigodaddy 1y ago
The fact that Simon Willison's blog isn't listed here instantly reduces this directory's credibility imo
- FromTheArchives 1y ago
  Just for you: https://alexsci.com/rss-blogroll-network/blogrolls/br-8da940851a665bf7e2ba1a0682fc7fa7/ https://alexsci.com/rss-blogroll-network/blogrolls/br-8da940...

bachmeier 1y ago

You read blogs and scroll through social media posts. One is not a substitute for the other. So yes, I and many others still read blogs.

indigodaddy 1y ago

So I've been recently just skimming through (next post -> next post etc) Kagi Smallweb and it's been a lot fun. Good way to discover new stuff easily. I actually wish they had more content though.

lylo 1y ago

Yes! See https://kagi.com/smallweb https://kagi.com/smallweb and https://ooh.directory https://ooh.directory. So many good blogs!