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Your Words are Wasted

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Re: Your Words are Wasted

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Post by antidoh »

aj700 wrote: post #25

I prefer a domain and my own server. But nobody will see what I write. The average user can't use G Reader. They can use twitter and facebook. Why hasn't this issue been solved? I want a network with friends who are users that gives me control. Contradiction in terms?

email and attachments.

Either use a distribution list, or have someone in your group set up a forwarding address that forwards to all the people in your group.

No, there's no place to go to, but it's much more conversation oriented than openly stalking your friends on their social network pages.

I don't want to look at my friends or their stuff, I want to talk with them.

Re: Your Words are Wasted

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Post by politician »

It's intriguing hear Scott echo RMS. Although Scott limits his argument to the consequences of relying on corporations for services, a similar argument can be made regarding the behavior of governments (domain name seizures, for example).

I'd be interested in hearing where/how he draws the line.

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Post by dotdapple »

PStamatiou wrote: post #10

I could not agree more with Scott. I still have the hardest time trying to convince people to start a blog. "I don't have time to blog" "I don't know what I'd write about".. yet they end up posting lots of content casually on various social networks/forums. Perhaps blogging tools need to adapt to more short form uses and have posting interfaces that seem more accommodating rather than a massive empty textarea with to…

"I don't have time to blog" "I don't know what I'd write about".. yet they end up posting lots of content casually on various social networks/forums.

But status updates, tweets, etc. are usually short, disconnected thoughts.

Re: Your Words are Wasted

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Post by schrijver »

aj700 wrote: post #25

I prefer a domain and my own server. But nobody will see what I write. The average user can't use G Reader. They can use twitter and facebook. Why hasn't this issue been solved? I want a network with friends who are users that gives me control. Contradiction in terms?

It’s simple really. Whenever I write a blog post, I post a link on my facebook page. I get pretty decent click-through rates. And at the same time, the post is there for the rest of the web too.

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Post by larrys »

"Own your space on the Web, and pay for it."

"You want control? Buy a domain and blog there. "

And at the very least if you don't want to pay or setup your own hosting site (and want to go the free route) at least register your own domain and have it pointed by cname or web forwarding to any of the free hosting providers out there. (Making sure to keep a backup of course).

Of course since true web hosting can be had very cheaply today (this isn't 1996) there really isn't any reason to just not setup your own site. If you are going to take the time to write something you can spend .50 per day (or less) on web hosting. What's your time worth?

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Post by LiveTheDream »

mechanical_fish wrote: post #30

So many things one could say. Maybe I'll try to blog some of them. If I can overwhelm my irritation at my blogging software. Why does paying App.net a bit over four dollars a month make me a member of an elitist "country club", while paying much more than that for my own domain and hosting and backups and uptime monitoring and rapid application of security patches and the talent needed to manage all that makes me a s…

The money argument doesn't hold; it's $10/year for a domain name and hosting is free on github pages or heroku.

Re: Your Words are Wasted

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Post by par »

mechanical_fish wrote: post #30

So many things one could say. Maybe I'll try to blog some of them. If I can overwhelm my irritation at my blogging software. Why does paying App.net a bit over four dollars a month make me a member of an elitist "country club", while paying much more than that for my own domain and hosting and backups and uptime monitoring and rapid application of security patches and the talent needed to manage all that makes me a s…

Archiving can provide a ton of seo value, especially given the right topic.

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Post by gambler »

Your words are most likely wasted on a blog too. If the choices are social network or blog, we're kind of screwed. I used to read paper magazine articles because they were interesting to read. I bought a magazine and read it like a book, like a collection of stories. There is almost nothing that comes close to that experience online. Some forums, maybe, but that's it. Nowadays you have to scan through several hundred items to find one interesting article to read, and even that will be short, time-sensitive and optimized for skimming rather than reading.

Re: Your Words are Wasted

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Post by [deleted] »

LiveTheDream wrote: post #36
mechanical_fish wrote: post #30

So many things one could say. Maybe I'll try to blog some of them. If I can overwhelm my irritation at my blogging software. Why does paying App.net a bit over four dollars a month make me a member of an elitist "country club", while paying much more than that for my own domain and hosting and backups and uptime monitoring and rapid application of security patches and the talent needed to manage all that makes me a s…

The money argument doesn't hold; it's $10/year for a domain name and hosting is free on github pages or heroku.

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Re: Your Words are Wasted

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Post by khyryk »

gambler wrote: post #38

Your words are most likely wasted on a blog too. If the choices are social network or blog, we're kind of screwed. I used to read paper magazine articles because they were interesting to read. I bought a magazine and read it like a book, like a collection of stories. There is almost nothing that comes close to that experience online. Some forums, maybe, but that's it. Nowadays you have to scan through several hundred…

Also optimized for self-promotion, which is targeted at a certain minority that I am and probably will never be a part of, such as employers.
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