There are still a few people who try to post long form text (and appropriate code and documentation in a code repository) for any project they deliver primarily through one of the big media platforms.
I know I appreciate having the transcripts of all the Practical Engineering episodes, and I enjoy channels like Ben Eaters' where there is often supplemental material given.
The thing that annoys me about Twitter/Mastodon/similar is it is rare someone will post the same thoughts separately on a blog or in long form, so it can be difficult to follow a full story there, especially if you are linked into a reply to a reply (not to mention the requirement for an account to read things on some platforms).
I write long form paper reviews and coding example for autonomous agent tech on my substack (Encyclopedia Autonomica).
In my highly subjective experience
High velocity social like Twitter or LinkedIn (where I maintain a digest with about 350 subscribers) do not at all provide traffic to my posts.
Reddit, where content exists longer since people are discussing about it works better.
What I enjoy about Substack compared to Medium (where I am in the Partner program and was a top 5% global business writer) is that I own the distribution list and can configure the economic benefits.
Media in 2024 is changing, and we have reached a point where some established Youtubers, Podcasters, and Longform writers have established more clout than established papers like the Los Angeles Times or similar.
I think the subreddit paradigm means that you can collect groups of niche users who are interested in something a particular niche author has to offer. On Twitter everything just sort of mashes together. I don't know about LinkedIn - I don't use it.
I know I appreciate having the transcripts of all the Practical Engineering episodes, and I enjoy channels like Ben Eaters' where there is often supplemental material given.
The thing that annoys me about Twitter/Mastodon/similar is it is rare someone will post the same thoughts separately on a blog or in long form, so it can be difficult to follow a full story there, especially if you are linked into a reply to a reply (not to mention the requirement for an account to read things on some platforms).