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'Expert Twitter' Only Goes So Far – Bring Back Blogs

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Re: 'Expert Twitter' Only Goes So Far – Bring Back Blogs

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Post by Icathian »

The devil is always in the details. Deciding who pays to host new platforms, who gets to gatekeep content, etc ad nauseum, would likely sink any such effort.

Frankly, that seems like a long way to go for what is effectively twitlonger. If you buy the premise that Twitter is effective at amplifying the right voices (very much still up for debate), and the problem is the interface for long-form content, then it seems to need a much simpler UX fix rather than trying to invent a separate-but-joined platform from whole cloth.

Re: 'Expert Twitter' Only Goes So Far – Bring Back Blogs

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Post by yuyangchee98 »

pgt wrote: post #4

If you are an expert reading this considering writing a blog - whatever you do, please don't start publishing on a paywalled medium like Medium.

What alternatives do you recommend? I'm starting to write, and Medium seems like the best option to me because how else am I going to get readers?

Re: 'Expert Twitter' Only Goes So Far – Bring Back Blogs

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Post by kirubakaran »

yuyangchee98 wrote: post #5
pgt wrote: post #4

If you are an expert reading this considering writing a blog - whatever you do, please don't start publishing on a paywalled medium like Medium.

What alternatives do you recommend? I'm starting to write, and Medium seems like the best option to me because how else am I going to get readers?

Static website (Hugo/Jekyll) that you host yourself and share on Twitter, relevant subreddits, and Hacker News?
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