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Re:Ask HN: Does GenZ still read blogs? by kleiba on Sunday October 20, 2024 @07:52AM (#41894752)
But are books and blogs even in the same info sphere? It seems to me that they address quite different information needs.

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.

Re:Ask HN: Does GenZ still read blogs? by sandwichsphinx on Sunday October 20, 2024 @08:00AM (#41894778)
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 (#41923216)
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.