Are there any good communities out there for hobbyist tech blog writers? Everything I've seen so far is just for people trying to make money off of their blog and is all about SEO/monetization. I write my blog just for fun, and I feel like it would be nice to get feedback and advice from people in the same boat. None of my friends are really into tech, so I hoped HN might know about some online communities?<p>Thanks,
I've never actually thought about getting anyone to review my personal blog posts. I write technical blogs for work as well and those are definitely reviewed, but anything I write on my own blog is just my ramblings or notes-to-self and I've never considered asking anyone to review it.<p>If you are looking for basic grammar or styling review, though, you can check out tools like ProWritingAid or Grammarly. I tried both, but preferred PWA. I currently only use it to do an edit pass on my fiction drafts before they go off to an editor, but it'd likely be decent for non-fiction blogging content as well.
I think it is possible to write both for SEO/monetization and fun. SEO/Monetization because you hope the post/article will drive traffic to your site/app or something else and fun because you're writing about stuff you're interested in.<p>For example, in the course of building my App, I have encountered different issues and/or learnt a whole lot of different things. I end up blogging about it because figuring out the solution was quite interesting which can be fun on its own. The feedback would come from people who read the article or comment if you tweet about it.
Yes! Totally hear you on writing communities that are all about SEO/monetization. You should check out Foster <a href="https://www.foster.co/" rel="nofollow">https://www.foster.co/</a>
Spend a few hours writing, spend maybe half an hour editing, and release it to the Internet.<p>Let people comment on your work (via Hacker News, for example), and you'll quickly realise if you missed something
why not review it yourself. you will get a sense of what works or doesn't. there is no reproducible formula for what works or doesn't. probably just hit or miss.