Re:Ask HN: Does GenZ still read blogs?
by sandwichsphinx on Sunday October 20, 2024 @08:00AM
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books in general, no, but in my experience the oxford very short introduction series is because it covers the same type of writing of the blogs I would read, the typically short form niche expertly things on substack/medium/blogspot/etc etc. not a lot of people seem to be familiar with the series, I wasn't until I randomly saw a dedicated corner at my library
https://global.oup.com/academic/content/series/v/very-short-...
they have almost a tiny book for any specific niche subject and until I run out of books in this list to read, I don't really have a need for reading blogs anymore
Re:Ask HN: Does GenZ still read blogs?
by authorfly on Wednesday October 23, 2024 @05:04AM
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There was a trend in 2000-2010 to publish blog backlogs as books. For me growing up before widespread availability of a home or school computer I could usually access, yet when hacker culture was proliferating in the US, these were a godsend.
Also, I'm wondering to what degree social networks (tiktok etc.) have replaced blogs as a main source for information, whether appropriately so or not.