What are your thoughts on Medium.com? (programming.dev)

submitted 4 months ago by cosmicbytes@programming.dev to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I have a self hosted blog currently, and I'm considering posting it on medium.com

I blog mostly for fun and I have not tried to monetize it. Are there any reasons to not use medium?

What about alternatives like substack?

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[-] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Medium has gone to shit after a few years. I've been a blogger since 2000s and jump to new platforms just to check it out.

It was a good alternative for blogging in like 2015. But then it fell into rage bait where they promote shitty hot takes for engagement. Around 2019, it's where marketers post to brag about their products to each other. Now it's just AI garbage.

Substack has a whole "we believe in free speech except when we don't". They have no problem hosting white supremacy. So your content will share digital real estate with some spicy posts.

Since it's for fun, if you want the bare minimum... Go with the old school blogging tools. Blogger. Or WordPress.com. Or do longform posting on mastadon. Or find a Lemmy community and do long posts.

If you want to own your data, it's pretty easy to buy a server and set up WordPress. (Mine cost like $15/year).

If youre a developer, it's also easy to get free hosting. My other blog is on eleventy using markdown files, and runs on a free Oracle cloud instance.

[-] techwithjake@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

What server are you using for $15/year? That's amazing.

[-] RarePossum@programming.dev 1 points 4 months ago

I would also like to know about that server

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