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"all the other benefits of hosting the content yourself" Other than it not being associated with my domain name? "create your own hosted independent blog. You
by mgkimsal 11y ago
"all the other benefits of hosting the content yourself"
Other than it not being associated with my domain name?
"create your own hosted independent blog. Your blog..."
But it's not 'my blog'. My blog is already hosted on my own system.
How about something which aggregates my blog content in to your platform, allows commenting, but pushes those comments back to my blog as well, so readers at either end of the pipeline are getting the whole picture?
"For blogging platforms the advantage is obviously the built-in audience." It's only a benefit when there's a particular ratio of users to content. Otherwise it's a hindrance.
"and what challenges I will face if I pursue it"
1) getting people to use it
2) dealing with spam
3) getting people to use it
4) dealing with spam
- chjohasbrouck 11y agoI have plans to eventually write an open source competitor to WordPress that will do exactly what you're describing. Maybe even a WordPress plugin? I've written those before. It might be unfeasible to standardize the posting format for a plugin though..
- mgkimsal 11y agoPlugins for wordpress, joomla, etc... in to an aggregator with two-way communication - that's been on my back-burner for a couple of years. There are loads of people who are existing bloggers already - trying to get them to change platforms for some potential benefits, vs giving them benefits without having to switch - that's a more lucrative nut to crack, I think. But hey, you shipped something, and I haven't in this area, so kudos. I do really think that you'll have a hell of a time trying to get any moderate momentum to justify moving forward in the current incarnation, hence my response to your 'challenges'. Getting people to notice, care and use a system is by far the biggest challenge in almost all cases. Good luck.