On Reddit: To be totally honest, Reddit has been a really large source of both traffic and also emotionally draining. I'll get thousands of hits in a day if a post does well on r/javascript, r/webdev, or r/learnjavascript. Having some popular posts on Reddit seems to have increased up my pagerank on Google, so it definitely helped and continues to help drive traffic to my site. I just continue to be saddened by how toxic Reddit is.
On YouTube: YouTube has largely been a positive experience, but it takes a lot of work to push out high quality videos. I'm more than happy to share some tips if you're looking to get started.
My take on all of this is the more places you can create, crosspost, promote content, the better. There are different people on every platform so you ultimately get more eyes by diversifying where you post things. The real issue is if you have the time and energy to go to all these different places and, in some cases, deal with the negativity.
Thanks for the inside info! Yeah, I'm doing this on the side of a full-time job, so I have to be very critical in the platforms and time-investments I choose. I don't think I can make YouTube work in the short term due to the time (and gear) investment, but I am interested in it so if you want to share tips that'd be great (I'm sure other people would love some tips as well). I think the YT community is way healthier than Reddit so that's a plus.
Yeah, Buttondown is great. Justin is great with support too. I just started using them (not even on a paid plan yet) and he's been very helpful with two minor issues I had.
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On Reddit: To be totally honest, Reddit has been a really large source of both traffic and also emotionally draining. I'll get thousands of hits in a day if a post does well on r/javascript, r/webdev, or r/learnjavascript. Having some popular posts on Reddit seems to have increased up my pagerank on Google, so it definitely helped and continues to help drive traffic to my site. I just continue to be saddened by how toxic Reddit is.
On YouTube: YouTube has largely been a positive experience, but it takes a lot of work to push out high quality videos. I'm more than happy to share some tips if you're looking to get started.
My take on all of this is the more places you can create, crosspost, promote content, the better. There are different people on every platform so you ultimately get more eyes by diversifying where you post things. The real issue is if you have the time and energy to go to all these different places and, in some cases, deal with the negativity.
Thanks for the inside info! Yeah, I'm doing this on the side of a full-time job, so I have to be very critical in the platforms and time-investments I choose. I don't think I can make YouTube work in the short term due to the time (and gear) investment, but I am interested in it so if you want to share tips that'd be great (I'm sure other people would love some tips as well). I think the YT community is way healthier than Reddit so that's a plus.
I'll write something up!
By the way, I think we both just subscribed to each other's mailing lists... Buttondown for the win!
That's cool, thanks for subscribing!
Yeah, Buttondown is great. Justin is great with support too. I just started using them (not even on a paid plan yet) and he's been very helpful with two minor issues I had.