Host Your Own Content

Re:Host Your Own Content by NeutronBoy on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @03:39AM (#14085615)

Four upvotes and the page is already Slashdotted... I guess this is why people don't host their own content!

(I think that's the point of the article, not having read it)

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Re:Host Your Own Content by srikz on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @05:10AM (#14086024)

The author is basically saying 'Own your content'

Goes on to say 'And when I say host it yourself, I don’t mean you need to run the server yourself or be a programmer. I mean, host it somewhere where you control the domain, the content, and the experience.'

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Re:Host Your Own Content by tomfluff on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @03:47AM (#14085651)

He just seems to be talking about not letting other people make money off your content.

https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:TSfwlW...

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Re:Host Your Own Content by nippples on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @05:05AM (#14086006)

He's definitely also talking about having control over your own content, which seems to be a big issue with huge sites, such as Facebook or YouTube.

> Hosting your own content means you have control over it and the reader’s attention. By writing, you are creating value so harness it instead of giving it away for free.

Not to mention that by hosting yourself, you're not subject to "changing at our discretion" terms of service.

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Re:Host Your Own Content by purrcat259 on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @04:00AM (#14085712)

Maybe there's space for a "shadow-HN" which just mirrors current HN links but through google's caches...

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Re:Host Your Own Content by omgtehlion on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @03:57AM (#14085696)

Wanted to recommend putting cloudflare (or another cdn) in front of the site. In the meantime page finally loaded with

Cloudflare's Always Online™ Error 522 Ray ID: 34dc60943d004f26 • 2017-04-11 07:54:20 UTC Connection timed out

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Re:Host Your Own Content by nbrempel on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @11:08AM (#14088553)

Haha, how comedic...

At least I can point the finger somewhere else https://status.digitalocean.com

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Re:Host Your Own Content by merb on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @04:15AM (#14085780)

well hn is a pretty good scale indicator.

best thing to make a performance test is getting the hn crowd on your site ;) "pre production test"

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Re:Host Your Own Content by purrcat259 on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @04:18AM (#14085788)

I was about to comment the same... "Host your own content!" keels over with HN weight

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Re:Host Your Own Content by 6stringmerc on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @04:34PM (#14092192)

Meanwhile I've seen the HN pop over on my Medium writings and it can be minor or major. Stats are interesting like that, because I do a minimum of targeting submissions / referrals and have a general idea of what places have driven traffic. Getting 1-2K views in 24 hours is easily possible, which might not sound like much, but I'd say it's pretty decent for Amateur Hour Writings of mine.

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