The Case for Blogging in the Ruins
joanwestenberg.comDuplicated post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46473390
I read this before but did not think there will be many good responses here. HN is demanding.
Back to the discovery problem, I am more and more convinced that a blog is timeless, making it distinct organization of information to social media. In the original words,
> A well-written blog post on a specific topic can draw readers for years through Google (or Kagi // DuckDuckGo if you're nasty, and by nasty I mean excellent); a tweet is lucky to get attention for twelve hours. Hell, call it six. Hell, call it three and call me an optimist at that. If you're trying to build a body of work, or to create something that will outlast the platform of the moment, a blog is simply a better tool.
In the earliest days, blogs were seen strange being ordered by time. Some current writers, however, weaken the time parameter:
> I also hope my blog serves as a 'settling' of experiences over time, preserving my worldview. From this perspective, organising articles by publication date is not the most effective approach. Many posts ought to be updated as my understanding evolves. Therefore, I wish to emulate the knowledge map on Su Yang's blog, indexing all articles by theme on a single page—much like the contents of a book.
If, as is seems inevitable, Section 230 goes away, blogging might make a comeback. Once platforms are held responsible for user content, the platforms will rigorously enforce standards. Anybody with ideas that aren't standard will have to go elsewhere, and that will be a blog without a comment section.