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Every time I write an answer on Quora, for example, I will copy/paste that answer, give it a headline, and also publish it on Medium. Then I’ll take that Medium article, copy/paste it, and publish it on LinkedIn. And I’ll keep doing this with as many social platforms as I can, where publishing articles of that quality is acceptable.

Nicolas Cole • The Art and Business of Online Writing: How to Beat the Game of Capturing and Keeping Attention

When you read the Wall Street Journal because someone throws it on your lawn every morning, a Journal writer can’t go independent. But when you see the same articles because they make it into your Facebook news feed, you may end up following the writer directly—they start to take control of their distribution.

Byrne Hobart • The Diff | Byrne Hobart | Substack

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Like other creators, open source developers rely heavily upon platforms to distribute their work.

Nadia Eghbal • Working in Public: The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software

About Robin

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One of his keys to success: Bell sets aside hours each week to solely do curation and find inspiration. He’ll browse Tumblr and build countless boards on Are.na. “Are.na is my favorite website ever, the browse page is amazing, you can look at everything being added in real-time to the site,” he said. “That feed is the most organic, serendipitous... See more

Clara Hogan • Founder of Poolside FM Knows How to Make Shit Go Viral · Worklife Blog

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Neal Stephenson • Reamde: A Novel

One of the wildest moments of this conversation for me was when I made a comment that I thought was just a universally believed truth about the post-platform internet: that people these days prefer individuals to brands. And then Nilay told me, “No, that’s wrong. It’s not people who are doing that; it’s the systems that deliver content to people” —... See more

Nilay Patel • NilayPatel tells Decoder guest host Hank Green why blogs are still great

Joel worked with his cofounder, programmer Jeff Atwood, to come up with a different approach: make the questions visible, make the answers visible, and pay for the whole thing with job advertising. After all, what better place to find great programmers than a website where great programmers come to ask questions and give answers?