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📣 cosmicRobot

What are the blogging habits of HN users?


I am a newcomer to HN, and in my short time here I have noticed a lot of links to really interesting blog posts. I'm curious about HN users specifically and their blogging habits. Do most of you run personal blogs, if you do what is your process for generating articles, guides etc.? For someone who might be interested in starting their own, do you have any recommendations?

  👤 DamonHD Accepted Answer ✓
I claim that I don't 'blog' (!) but I do this:

https://www.earth.org.uk/note-on-site-technicals.html

and this:

https://www.earth.org.uk/SECTION_podcast.html#Diary https://www.earth.org.uk/diarycast-20230103.html ...

👤 newoldhead
i believe everyone who has social media should instead primarily create and post on their own website.

i kind of just add stuff to it whenever. my (somewhat small) website so far has some pages dedicated to my hobbies, a page for news i found interesting, a list of websites i like (bring back web rings!), and a "blog" for website updates and life updates i feel comfortable posting. the news feed and blog both have rss feeds as well. if i just have a train of thought i find interesting i'll make a page and title it and link to it somehow from some other page on my site. it's all connected, "digital garden" style. you should do it!