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Re: Medium is not the home for your ideas

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Post by retor »

thn-gap wrote: post #173

I've been thinking recently on the idea of writing for the sake of sharing (be it a short story, some thoughts, or any tutorial), but I like anonymity. For this, I'd like to not host my content, but maybe have some fake profile on social media, and share my writings, which could be hosted on Telegram's telegra.ph. Is there a better platform for my use case, or a reason not to use telegra.ph?

Thought about the same for a while. I didn’t compare them much, but I was leaning towards write.as. Maybe something to check out.

Re: Medium is not the home for your ideas

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Post by twelvechairs »

MangoCoffee wrote: post #141

"It’s always better to own your platform" - 100% i listen to some Joe Rogan's podcast when he got some interesting guests. i don't remember which one but Joe mentioned Twitter ban Zuby for a reply to someone with "OK, dude". i look up Zuby and yup. Twitter ban Zuby for saying "OK, dude" to someone. how the fuck is "OK, dude" hateful? Joe said Zuby is the nicest guy that he ever meet and Joe is right. they come for Zu…

If you are interested in this side of free speech the history of the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) is worth looking into.

This kind of free speech is their fundamental. They were founded in opposition to the anti-leftist Palmer Raids in the 1920s however have also supported the freedom of speech of right wing (notably Ku Klux Klan and Neo-Nazis)

However they have been criticized strongly for their defense of some issues e.g. posession of child pornography [not creation], prevention of a registry of gun owners, defense of neo-nazis and kkk freedom of speech.

There was a leaked internal memo which gets to the crux of a core problem where someone internally was of the strong view was "Speech that denigrates [minority/marginalized] groups can inflict serious harms and is intended to and often will impede progress toward equality". In what seems to be alignment with this, in 2017 they had to announce "the ACLU will no longer defend hate groups protesting with firearms."

They have also been criticised over time in not following their own beliefs clearly (simple as they may appear on the outside), notably for not defending Paul Robeson in the 1950s from McCarthyism.

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Post by solarkraft »

jiggawatts wrote: post #55
joelrunyon wrote: post #16

I've been yelling about this for years, but please start & own your own blog. Use webflow, ghost or whatever you like, but wordpress is good enough for most people. HN audience can likely handle their own, but if ease-of-setup is an issue - I created StartABlog.com to help people do this (and we'll actually set up your site for you for free - https://startablog.com/start ). Own your platform. Own your content. Own yo…

What's the best static site generator that meets the following requirements: a) Doesn't use node.js. b) Has built-in syntax highlighting for C#, SQL, PowerShell and Rust at a minimum. c) Is also good at "photo journals" or galleries. I played around with Hugo, but the themes were ugly and it was very weak at managing pictures associated with an entry instead of the entire site.

I personally like Hugo, but there are lots of static site generators. https://staticgen.com has a good overview over the most popular ones.

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Post by mastazi »

joosters wrote: post #184

Even though Medium reinstated my profile, I stopped publishing on the platform and moved to my blog again. There's some history re-writing going on here. The tweet from Medium about unblocking his account was in July 2018 - the author replied with 'Happens. No worries. Thanks for resolving the issue guys', so they clearly weren't too bothered about this at the time. They then went on to post over ten further articles…

You can be annoyed at something and take action after some time, what’s so strange about it? I wanted to get off Gmail for a long time but it took me a while before I actually did it. Migrating off a platform is not something you do in the blink of an eye, there is always friction involved for obvious reasons

Re: Medium is not the home for your ideas

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Post by badsectoracula »

boramalper wrote: post #38
badsectoracula wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Another easy solution, both for hosting and ownership, is using a static site generator/editor. I like desktop-based visual WYSIWYG tools so i use Publii[0] (example[1], though i really need to write something more :-P or at least move some older articles i had in now-defunct blogs that were hosted by others). I'm not a big fan of the program though (i dislike how it is based on Electron while not even taking advanta…

Publii looks great! Just out of curiosity, do you know any other WYSIWYG alternatives out there?

No, other (desktop-based) stuff i know is WYSIWYG editors from the 90s. Well, there is BlueGriffon but last time i used that it felt very clunky.

But if there was something else i'd probably try it too.

Re: Medium is not the home for your ideas

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Post by badsectoracula »

nicbou wrote: post #171
badsectoracula wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Another easy solution, both for hosting and ownership, is using a static site generator/editor. I like desktop-based visual WYSIWYG tools so i use Publii[0] (example[1], though i really need to write something more :-P or at least move some older articles i had in now-defunct blogs that were hosted by others). I'm not a big fan of the program though (i dislike how it is based on Electron while not even taking advanta…

Personally, I prefer a good ol' CMS. I manage my website by visiting a URL. I edit the content in a WYSIWYG editor, and it goes live when I press "Save". I don't need to install anything on my machine to write new content. With a properly set up cache, your website will be serving static files anyway.

Well, this is claims to be a CMS too though it seems to be more mainly for blogs than something too generic. I guess you are supposed to make "posts" for individual pages and use the custom menus to make navigation. But personally i only wanted the blog feature so i never bothered setting up the menus or anything like that.

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Post by axegon_ »

nicbou wrote: post #176
axegon_ wrote: post #143

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If the content is of any real value, I'd be more than happy to pay for it with money. 10 bucks? Sure, here you go. A much better option than getting emails such as "20 lessons I learned from my job interview" or whatever.

Everyone says they'd do that, but I find really hard to believe. I create rare, valuable information that saves people money and headaches. On a good month, 2% of my revenue will come from donations. Usually, it's 0%. At best, it pays for a meal and a beer. This website has 135k page views per month. If that's how much I get from teaching people how to navigate German bureaucracy, I doubt you'll make anything from yo…

Some of us actually do. A quick scroll through my paypal, I've donated somewhere over 1000 euros in the past two years to various foundations and individual content creators.

And having some experience with German bureaucracy and taxes, and also having never lived in Germany nor speaking German, I'm fully aware how convoluted and complicated this can be and I could definitely see myself donating/paying for useful information if I didn't have a good accountant at my disposal.

I agree, on the grand scheme you won't make a whole lot but even with a population of 83 million, even if you add another 1 million like myself, your content still fits a relatively narrow niche. I'd love to give some advice but I honestly have no idea.

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Post by ACow_Adonis »

joosters wrote: post #184

Even though Medium reinstated my profile, I stopped publishing on the platform and moved to my blog again. There's some history re-writing going on here. The tweet from Medium about unblocking his account was in July 2018 - the author replied with 'Happens. No worries. Thanks for resolving the issue guys', so they clearly weren't too bothered about this at the time. They then went on to post over ten further articles…

...or maybe...tweets aren't an accurate representation of an author's mindset? Especially ones in a customer-company relations context responding to a recent account blocking/unblocking? I know I'm always polite when communicating in that context (it does little good to respond in a hostile fashion even if you think the person on the other end is the lowest of the low).

i mean, the blog post might not honest be either, maybe there is another motive, but i'd put the company-directed communications and tweets at about the bottom of the authenticity/trust hierarchy myself.

Re: Medium is not the home for your ideas

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Post by tarkin2 »

joosters wrote: post #184

Even though Medium reinstated my profile, I stopped publishing on the platform and moved to my blog again. There's some history re-writing going on here. The tweet from Medium about unblocking his account was in July 2018 - the author replied with 'Happens. No worries. Thanks for resolving the issue guys', so they clearly weren't too bothered about this at the time. They then went on to post over ten further articles…

“Cancel culture”...

Some want others censored? This is as old as the hills. “Culture”? We need to claim exaggeration of a normal facet of human society?

Those who use term portray themselves as white nights, from what I’ve seen, to try to claim a free pass.

You disagree with a private company agreeing with your censorious critics? Then continue to argue your point elsewhere. That private company owes you nothing.

Claiming to be a victim of society seems defeatist at best, and suspicious at worst; it makes me think the user is trying to procure sympathy to gain support for their contentious argument.

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Post by amelius »

joosters wrote: post #184

Even though Medium reinstated my profile, I stopped publishing on the platform and moved to my blog again. There's some history re-writing going on here. The tweet from Medium about unblocking his account was in July 2018 - the author replied with 'Happens. No worries. Thanks for resolving the issue guys', so they clearly weren't too bothered about this at the time. They then went on to post over ten further articles…

Well, I can fully understand this if they were still making money on the platform.

Like if your boss is an asshole, you might not want to shame them until you found a new job and secured your income.

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