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If I could bring one thing back to the internet it would be blogs (2020)

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Re: If I could bring one thing back to the internet it would be blogs (2020)

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Post by bthallplz »

bthallplz wrote: post #262
m-i-l wrote: post #84

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You can also search personal websites on https://searchmysite.net/ - kind of like wiby.me, but searching whole sites rather than individual pages, a little more transparent about what is in the index (e.g. queries to list all indexed domains), and with a moderation layer.

For mobile users, I couldn't see the search form on the website until I enabled "Desktop Mode"/"Desktop site" in my mobile browser. Cool site and helpful! (I just emailed the site about this.)

The site owner has since fixed the issues that were making the search form get hidden on smaller screens. :) (The issue was fixed screen elements.)

Re: If I could bring one thing back to the internet it would be blogs (2020)

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Post by iainctduncan »

lonk11 wrote: post #288
iainctduncan wrote: post #192

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This is a really nice idea. If I may make a suggestion, scrolling down takes a lot of scrolling because each link takes up so much vertical screen space on account of really big whitespace gutters, size of the thumbnail, and the general layout. I wind up being able to see only 3 on a screen compared 16 on HN! I would be much more likely to adopt this regularly if you changed the layout to pack more previews in to a v…

Would it work if we had an option for a "compact" mode that shows items without no thumbnail and description? Or would you change something else? I don't know if I can get rid of the bottom part with the buttons since this is where the collection selector is - where you pick what collection the item you like should go to.

yeah a more compact mode would be good!

Re: If I could bring one thing back to the internet it would be blogs (2020)

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Post by lonk11 »

derekzhouzhen wrote: post #317
lonk11 wrote: post #316

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Thanks for the idea! LinkLonk already has a concept of a "list of links" - collections. When you upvote a link you put it into one (or more) of your collections. What you are suggesting is similar to another idea I had ( https://linklonk.com/item/9146000221282140160 ): "An option to generate a publicly visible url for any of your collections. This could help you share your collection of liked items with other people.…

Thanks for considering it. my email address is derek _at_ 3qin.us. Shoot me an email if you want; I may have more ideas.

The initial version of sharing collections by link is done: https://linklonk.com/collection/programming-yUlhkwDXFb

RSS would be the next step.

Re: If I could bring one thing back to the internet it would be blogs (2020)

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Post by hopesthoughts »

OK well that was 2020. Maybe fast forward to 2021, and blogs are here again. Or still here, I guess that depends on how you see things. To me blogging never died, but then again I don't go around randomly surfing blogger either. You're likely to run into spam that way.

Re: If I could bring one thing back to the internet it would be blogs (2020)

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Post by hopesthoughts »

d3nj4l wrote: post #56

As a minor counterpoint: I've come to dread blogs and newsletters because so many of them are written by grind culture freaks who only write faux-insightful SEO'd content as a way to build an audience to sell snake oil to. These days the only blogs I trust are the ones I see on the top of HN or lobsters, which is unfortunate because I have interests beyond tech and I find it very, very difficult to find good blogs I…

I've been personal blogging since 2003, and I still do so, although a lot shorter form these days. Not everyone blogs just for SEO purposes, I couldn't care any less about SEO. In fact, I don't even pay attention to analytics.

Re: If I could bring one thing back to the internet it would be blogs (2020)

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Post by hopesthoughts »

lonk11 wrote: post #79
d3nj4l wrote: post #56

As a minor counterpoint: I've come to dread blogs and newsletters because so many of them are written by grind culture freaks who only write faux-insightful SEO'd content as a way to build an audience to sell snake oil to. These days the only blogs I trust are the ones I see on the top of HN or lobsters, which is unfortunate because I have interests beyond tech and I find it very, very difficult to find good blogs I…

Discovery of good sources of information such as blogs is hard. And I think the biggest problem is the lack of trust. Everyone wants to grab your attention [1]. So how do you know that others won't waste your attention? To solve this problem I am building https://linklonk.com that cultivates trust as you rate content. When you upvote a link you connect stronger to the feed that posted it (which could be a blog's feed…

Can I dump my OPML into this, and you recommend me feeds based on what I'm already subscribed to?

Re: If I could bring one thing back to the internet it would be blogs (2020)

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Post by hopesthoughts »

lonk11 wrote: post #323
derekzhouzhen wrote: post #317

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Thanks for considering it. my email address is derek _at_ 3qin.us. Shoot me an email if you want; I may have more ideas.

The initial version of sharing collections by link is done: https://linklonk.com/collection/programming-yUlhkwDXFb RSS would be the next step.

RSS for everything would be epic!!
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