I Am Here Instead of Substack
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The author explains why they prefer to host their writing on their own domain rather than on Substack, sparking a discussion about the benefits of independent publishing.
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BinaryIgor
3 months ago
Mostly agree, but we do need to have ways of distributing content, published on blogs; that what mostly various platforms and social media right now are for - content discovery
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