> 4. Most people don't want to put the effort into writing/posting anything beyond basic food/vacation photos or whatnot.
Nobody cares about opinions of some dipshit. There are literally millions of experts in the world. We want to hear from them.
> 3. If you don't want to bother with hosting your own site, you are at the mercy of platforms...
Wikipedia & sister sites. StackOverflow. I am pretty sure there is space for more open-content sites, especially ones run by non-profits.
> 5. It's lonely running a website!
Comment sections help a lot. Blogs can also have multiple authors.
How does this contradict the point that you're at the mercy of platforms?StackOverflow could very well go down the same route as Reddit, for example.
One individual, sure, but the opinions of millions of non-experts are valuable.
They form the majority of buyers so their aggregate opinions matter to marketers.
And they often trust the opinions of non-experts more.
> 4. Most people don't want to put the effort into writing/posting anything beyond basic food/vacation photos or whatnot.
Nobody cares about opinions of some dipshit. There are literally millions of experts in the world. We want to hear from them.
> 3. If you don't want to bother with hosting your own site, you are at the mercy of platforms...
Wikipedia & sister sites. StackOverflow. I am pretty sure there is space for more open-content sites, especially ones run by non-profits.
> 5. It's lonely running a website!
Comment sections help a lot. Blogs can also have multiple authors.