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Ribbonfarm Is Retiring

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177 points Arubis | 1 comments | 19 Oct 24 19:06 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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blfr ◴[19 Oct 24 21:23 UTC] No.41890886[source]▶
It seems to me that the blogosphere was not a ZIRP but rather a young Internet phenomenon. Which could exists, like usenet before it, when mere access to it was a filtering mechanism.

Once you have seven billion people with virtually no access control, you can't have a public blogosphere, and groups retreat to the cozyweb.

Either way, I enjoyed it while it lasted. Thanks for the Office series!

https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-...

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tuatoru ◴[19 Oct 24 22:32 UTC] No.41891296[source]▶
Substack is doing OK, I think. It's the intellectual child of the blogosphere.
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immibis ◴[19 Oct 24 22:42 UTC] No.41891348[source]▶
Substack (together with Medium) appears to be the blogosphere. As usual, venture capitalists managed to take over an open protocol and turn it into a singular product.
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mattgreenrocks ◴[19 Oct 24 23:20 UTC] No.41891580[source]▶
Surprised you lumped Medium in with Substack. I always associate Medium with C-tier tech tutorials at best these days.
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1. immibis ◴[20 Oct 24 08:31 UTC] No.41893892{4}[source]▶
They are both neoblog platforms.