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Personal blogs are back, should niche blogs be next?

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149 points gnabgib | 1 comments | 21 Nov 25 22:40 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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tinkelenberg ◴[22 Nov 25 00:33 UTC] No.46010827[source]▶
Every blog is a niche blog because blogging is a niche. It never was and never will be mainstream. Social media began as an attempt to make the spirit of blogging a low lift for the noobs.

Today, you’re talking to an audience that is online, willing to venture outside social media, and opting to actively read content rather than passively listen or watch. That’s far from everyone and that’s okay.

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viraptor ◴[22 Nov 25 00:38 UTC] No.46010860[source]▶
> It never was and never will be mainstream.

We had the time around when blogspot was a thing when everyone and their dog had a blog. It was mainstream enough for "Julie and Julia". It was a different time.

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1. simonw ◴[22 Nov 25 01:21 UTC] No.46011168{3}[source]▶
It's fun watching TV episodes from ~2005 to ~2015 and noting how common it was back then for a blog or blogger to be used as a plot point.