I wonder if we should start making a bigger deal about how fast and lightweight Micro.blog-hosted blogs are. I click on a lot of blog posts each day and the lag from other blog platforms is noticeable.
@manton I would love to se a comparison between micro-blog and a statically-generated, S3-hosted site. Part of the reason I like the idea of a statically-generated site is the resilience to high-traffic and the instantaneous speed. (Totally hypocritical because I’m not making news-worthy posts)
@manton Definitely worth highlighting imho. I know Pagespeed analytics is a big source of frustration for WordPress sites these days - even if it's not your business/income, ranking higher in search results is good for vanity as well. :)
@mbishop That's a good idea! By the way, in case it's not clear, Micro.blog-hosted blogs are statically generated. They are served directly from Nginx (except in a couple cases such as looking up your profile photo if it's used).
@manton Page loads in WP get slow. Once you get about 1000 long posts on WP blog it gets real slow. So you’re right MB blogs have an edge. But, MB hosted blogs still need more critical features to make them attractive to bloggers. And it’s the blog hosting that pays the rent, so to speak.
@manton I had a hunch, given the various github repositories for the themes and the Hugo syntax for customization (a nice design choice!) but yeah, tooting micro-dot-blog's horn about it a little would make that crystal clear to prospective users.
@manton it’d make sense — that’s pretty much the entire marketing proposition around static site generators, for the tech crowd. Maybe compare it to AMP for google search results, which non-tech people might have a better understanding of?
@manton I wonder if you could build a list of a few features of micro.blog that benefit a blogger’s end users/audience, performance being one. It could maybe be something bloggers could even “trumpet” about their site.
@manton I guess a second thought on this though - there are a number of micro.blog customers who use WP for their blogs so I think care is needed not to cast shade on those users and their decisions. After all there is a lot WP can do that micro.blog can’t.
@ronguest That's a good point. We have to balance both sides of Micro.blog. Although I think any kind of "marketing" page for hosting would probably be ignored by WordPress bloggers.
@bradenslen Yep, M.b isn't ever going to have every feature that WP has, but as long as it has "enough" features and can do some things differently or better, there should be enough choice for everyone.
@manton I think the speed and lack of ads are the best features IMO. WordPress etc. will still be required if you need full-blown "content management", but micro.blog could easily be the go-to platform for smaller, personal blogs.