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Re:If I could bring one thing back to the internet it would ... by solarengineer on Monday September 20, 2021 @06:42AM (#28592260)
How do you all discover blogs?

I used to discover blogs via the Yahoo Directory, blog rolls (where we mention others' blogs as external links to follow up), Live Journal's listing, and cross-referencing of blog posts. Google search used to surface blog posts too.

Now it's all on Medium - where I don't grudge those who want reliable hosting+discoverability and want to get paid for content, and where Medium charges for this. But I dislike that the content is "locked up" at Medium. I don't quite know how to explain this dislike, and I welcome any points of view that might help make this dislike go away.

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Re:If I could bring one thing back to the internet it would ... by Lex-2008 on Monday September 20, 2021 @08:06AM (#28592877)
probably worth mentioning this HN thread: "Ask HN: Favorite Blogs by Individuals?" with 273 comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27302195
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Re:If I could bring one thing back to the internet it would ... by nxpnsv on Monday September 20, 2021 @06:43AM (#28592271)
I have discovered many blogs reading HN...
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Re:If I could bring one thing back to the internet it would ... by s_dev on Monday September 20, 2021 @06:49AM (#28592301)
Yeah -- off the top of my head:

danluu.com, plover.com, ciechanow.ski, essays by pg and many others have very high quality writing and are insightful.

I don't accept there is a shortage of blogs.

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Re:If I could bring one thing back to the internet it would ... by flybrand on Monday September 20, 2021 @07:53AM (#28592773)
I’ve got one topic that gets a lot of referral traffic, and then people follow the other more rambling personal stories. Twitter and YouTube drive a lot of traffic too.
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Re:If I could bring one thing back to the internet it would ... by manuelmoreale on Monday September 20, 2021 @08:20AM (#28593001)
I had the same experience. Have a few very popular posts that rank quite high even on Google (with absolutely no SEO bullshit done to them) but they represent maybe 5% of what I wrote about.

People find me through those posts and end up sticky around for the more personal/rambly stuff.

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Re:If I could bring one thing back to the internet it would ... by ant6n on Monday September 20, 2021 @10:15AM (#28594002)
there's a shortage of blog reading, meaning theres less of an incentive to write.
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Re:If I could bring one thing back to the internet it would ... by azhenley on Monday September 20, 2021 @08:29AM (#28593080)
I find blogs by periodically asking my friends for suggestions. I recently made my list of favorites:

https://web.eecs.utk.edu/~azh/blog/favblogs.html

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Re:If I could bring one thing back to the internet it would ... by Tomte on Monday September 20, 2021 @07:44AM (#28592708)
From other blogs. People link to other blogs all the time, and every few weeks I find a gem this way.
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Re:If I could bring one thing back to the internet it would ... by JacksonGariety on Monday September 20, 2021 @12:56PM (#28595944)
Check out my blog: https://hegelsbagels.net/
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Re:If I could bring one thing back to the internet it would ... by chenmike on Monday September 20, 2021 @11:18AM (#28594740)
I don't think you have to justify or challenge your dislike for Medium. It's pretty reader-hostile. I get why authors write on it but I personally click away every time I get hit with the paywall.
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Re:If I could bring one thing back to the internet it would ... by SuoDuanDao on Monday September 20, 2021 @07:11AM (#28592465)
typically in the comments sections of other blogs, when someone links them. Slatestarcodex, Ecosophia, and Charles Eisenstein are my current favourites.
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