alt Hacker NewsThere's a difference between a personal blog and a personal website. I'll agree the amount of updates to personal websites is likely declining.
Personal blogs are not necessarily self hosted. Substack is very popular and not uncommon nor dying.
There's a difference between a personal blog and a personal website. I'll agree the amount of updates to personal websites is likely declining.
Personal blogs are not necessarily self hosted. Substack is very popular and not uncommon nor dying.
> Personal blogs are not necessarily self hosted. Substack is very popular and not uncommon nor dying.
That isn't necessarily quite as personal as a personal blog from the era I'm remembering, though. My impression is that Substack blogs (as well as similar sites like Medium) are typically used for content about particular topics, deliberately crafted to appeal to the interests of some audience. They're more akin to a newspaper column than a diary, if that comparison makes sense.
Some contemporary social media sites which operated on this model were LiveJournal and Xanga.