Advertising RSS feeds is also a good way to reach back and replace substack. People have forgotten them but they still work just as much as before. I've dug up Reeder that is still kicking after all these years.
this post was submitted on 16 Apr 2025
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I'm a huge fan of RSS, it's how I get 90% of my media now.
finding this post through my selfhosted freshrss server :). absolute game changer both for convenience and managment of everything.
I even use RSS to get notified in niche lemmy communities I'm trying to nurture.
I just wrote my academic library a note saying they should add this to their awesome blogs
Well written article. I wonder how common cross posting your content is for Mastoton and Bluesky? Or peertube and YouTube? I chose Mastodon because I believe in activityhub and YouTube because it actually has people. Would someone prefer mastodon but also share to bluesky?
I find it kind of goofy that they quote their own toots. Feels like tooting their own horn. Just say it, don’t need to quote it.
i use bluesky and I do see some people that bridge their mastodon account with their bluesky account, its rare but its there.
A few channels like The Linux Experiment post videos to both, probably for the reasons that you mentioned. Its uncommon though, because most YouTube channels are (partially) in it for the money. No ad revenue on PeerTube!
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. That’s the only video example I could think of too
She touches on the aspect of monetization and claims that "you could save money by being on the Fediverse".
Yes, in theory it is possible. In practice this is something that only is available for the already-famous journalists who have enough pull to move their audience from Substack to their own property.
For everyone else, the Fediverse is (a) too small and (b) too "anti-money" to encourage professionals to even try making a living here. They stay on Substack for the same reason that video creators stay on YouTube: it's a horrible master, but at least it lets them pay their bills.