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Etiquette of sharing blog posts: should I share full text? (self.meta)
submitted 2 months ago by cosmicbytes to c/meta
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Hi all, I have a blog and I wanted to start sharing it on lemmy, but I am wondering, should I post the entire content of the blog post when I post it?

For context, my blog is ad-free, so I'm not concerned about missing out on ad revenue.

But my blog posts are longer than average, so it may be quite long to post them here. Moreover, the blog post may have graphics or mermaid diagrams that are not easily copy able. Is it a good practice to share the full text in the lemmy post despite this, or should I only share the URL?

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Personally, I prefer at least a summary or cliff-notes version of the blog post in the Lemmy post. That way you can get the gist of it and decide if it's worth the click. That also, at least IMO, makes it seem like more organic engagement on this platform rather than blogspam or simply trying to drive traffic to your blog (not making any accusations, but that is a common thing to see).

Not saying that's a rule or anything, just chiming in with my two cents in a general sense.