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If I could bring one thing back to the internet it would be blogs

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Re: If I could bring one thing back to the internet it would be blogs

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Post by ljm »

dewey wrote: post #32

Blogs are still there, just not easily findable through Google as most of the ones you find are low-value SEO blogs aiming at search engine traffic. Discovery is a problem but I just subscribe to blogs when I find them via RSS (Blogs still have RSS, it's hard to find one without which is surprising but I'm glad that's the case), over time I build up my list of blogs I like and they usually link to other blogs and the…

RSS is truly a blessing, and it's such a shame that the side effect of Google is to essentially corrupt a vast portion of the internet such that most of the stuff you see and read has the sole purpose of pleasing the search engine, not the reader. That relationship is the wrong way round.

I'm just re-setting up my own blog (to complement a Youtube channel). Without designing one from scratch (with a static site generator or some such), it's quite difficult to get an off the shelf one that isn't bloated as hell though. I should suck it up but design isn't my strong-suit, and I'd rather just get straight to writing and recording.

Re: If I could bring one thing back to the internet it would be blogs

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Post by 5986043handy »

gk1 wrote: post #12

Today’s vlogs are similar to the blogs of 10 years ago. They’re day-in-the-life snippets from normal people doing mundane or semi-interesting things. Some of them are famous and are run like businesses with financial motives, but most aren’t. And you can find vlogs on all kinds of topics: travel, parenting, running, and even unicycling. If you miss the old days of blogging I think you’ll enjoy watching vlogs.

What are some good vlogs?

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Post by dotmanish »

christiansakai wrote: post #36
ordinaryradical wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’d really like to see a “Medium minus the bullshit” service. Those pages are so full of js garbage they just feel awful to read and most of the interactions Medium tries to lead you toward are even more painful.

I’m curious. Have any company or anyone implemented something like this? Basically let people blog and let author themselves pay (instead of being paid by ads) subscription fee to pay cloud machine that hosts their content. I think something does exist in Ethereum platform but why it doesn’t exist out there anywhere else.

Letting authors pay for hosting/infra is what commercial plans for WordPress.com do.

Re: If I could bring one thing back to the internet it would be blogs

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Post by marpstar »

christiansakai wrote: post #36
ordinaryradical wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’d really like to see a “Medium minus the bullshit” service. Those pages are so full of js garbage they just feel awful to read and most of the interactions Medium tries to lead you toward are even more painful.

I’m curious. Have any company or anyone implemented something like this? Basically let people blog and let author themselves pay (instead of being paid by ads) subscription fee to pay cloud machine that hosts their content. I think something does exist in Ethereum platform but why it doesn’t exist out there anywhere else.

Ghost.org offers hosting

Re: If I could bring one thing back to the internet it would be blogs

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Post by radmarshallb »

gk1 wrote: post #12

Today’s vlogs are similar to the blogs of 10 years ago. They’re day-in-the-life snippets from normal people doing mundane or semi-interesting things. Some of them are famous and are run like businesses with financial motives, but most aren’t. And you can find vlogs on all kinds of topics: travel, parenting, running, and even unicycling. If you miss the old days of blogging I think you’ll enjoy watching vlogs.

Personally I hate the trend toward video content. I prefer to read as I can skim and highlight the important content as I see fit.

Re: If I could bring one thing back to the internet it would be blogs

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Post by Mizza »

Flip side: I would destroy Twitter.

Twitter is absolutely the worst thing to happen to the internet. Low effort, inherently self-aggrandizing and standoffish, literally impossible to express a complex or nuanced thought. The only people I know who regularly engage with Twitter are extreme narcissists and conformist thinkers, and yet all of Twitter considers themselves to be the Important People. This mentality has crept into all spheres of public life.

Good blogging requires effort, effective communication and something interesting and original to say. Those days are long gone.

Re: If I could bring one thing back to the internet it would be blogs

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Post by pmlnr »

gk1 wrote: post #12

Today’s vlogs are similar to the blogs of 10 years ago. They’re day-in-the-life snippets from normal people doing mundane or semi-interesting things. Some of them are famous and are run like businesses with financial motives, but most aren’t. And you can find vlogs on all kinds of topics: travel, parenting, running, and even unicycling. If you miss the old days of blogging I think you’ll enjoy watching vlogs.

I always disliked video content with minor, rare exceptions. Text survived hundreds (sometimes thousands) of years; I don't think video will.
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