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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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ricardobeat ◴[21 Nov 25 23:29 UTC] No.46010340[source]▶
> But with the revival of personal blogs well underway

Is it? I haven't seen anyone in my circle return to blogging, nor kids of this generation.

Discoverability is going to be a massive problem, since search engines are dead. Maybe word-of-mouth through social media is enough?

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FrasiertheLion ◴[22 Nov 25 00:55 UTC] No.46010984[source]▶
I would argue personal blogs are back and Substack is the medium of choice this time around
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ricardobeat ◴[22 Nov 25 01:13 UTC] No.46011104{3}[source]▶
Substack to me seems to be 40% self-promotion or advertising a service, 40% long-form LinkedIn posts / AI slop, and the remaining 20% is behind a subscription with eventual freebies. Mostly professional writing. It’s far from being a new blogspot.
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