Post #1917761

2026-02-10 12:21 UTC

@oblomov @NIGHTEN @doriane Once again, that last part can be achieved with both social media and a website as well. For that matter, a website can be personalized and convey a more differentiated identity. So I still wonder why it seems that social media have replaced web pages instead of being added as another way to advertize.

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@bovaz@misskey.social 2026-02-10 13:40

@detours_anachroniques@piaille.fr @oblomov@sociale.network @NIGHTEN@hi.nighten.fr @doriane@post.lurk.org The following is all my opinion: Part of it is the (real or perceived) technical aspect: making your own website is more complex than setting up an account on a platform. Also, managing your own website, that is more or less custom, is harder and more expensive, because it's not standard. Another thing is discoverability/aggregation: search engines have been somewhat reliable for only a small window of time in modern history, while on a platform you have a unique handle (yeah, I know, URLs could work, but people would have to pay for dns), and the algorithm "may" push you to your audience.

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