alt Hacker News> I think that one should at least have one's own domain instead of example.substack.com.
I thought about this question when I recently started writing a few articles on Substack.
I chose not to use my own domain, even though I have a few.
Why? I want my writing to outlive me.
When I am no longer able to pay for domain renewals, my own domains will expire. Hopefully {my-hn-username}.substack.com will still be around.
Time will tell.
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reddalo • yesterday at 8:01 AM
>{my-hn-username}.substack.com will still be around
I wouldn't be so sure. Platforms come and go, they change domains (e.g. Twitter), they merge, they die.
throw0101d • last Tuesday at 9:02 PM
> Why? I want my writing to outlive me.
Donate to archive.org.
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inigyou • yesterday at 10:42 AM
It's very unlikely Substack will still be around when you die, if you're younger than 60.
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This strategy for your legacy would not have been successful with stratoscope.geocities.com (RIP 2009), skyblog.com/stratoscobe (died in 2023 with no data export path offered), Posterous, MSN Spaces, Vine, and many others.
I am willing to bet that most of my domains will outlive "username.substack.com".