I’ve been writing reviews since my Reddit days, and I posted a couple here on Lemmy (primarily Mecha anime). However, since I can’t post for reddit for reasons I don’t want to into detail for and since Lemmy is too small, I’m thinking about just making my own website to post reviews on. So should I go for it? What should I know before doing it?
You can test drive it on something small and fun like neocities before getting an entire domain.
Yes! You can create posts on Lemmy with the summary and a link to your site. The web is made of many platforms with links between then. Why not put your long-lived content on a platform you own? The web is a safe bet.
I am trying to get away from IMDB. There’s TMDB, which works fine, but lacks decent reviews. You could consider writing reviews there.
Ur website is gonna get less traffic than Lemmy.
But yeah! Go for it! So easy to make a website these days. Cheap to get a domain.
Consider an email list. Ghost is a publishing option that would let you have both a website and an email. It’s easier to get your audience’s attention if you send them messages rather than relying on them to visit your website.
Broadly I think it’s a good idea. And post your writing on Lemmy as well!
Do people actually like email so much they voluntarily get more of it?
They’re more likely to read it in their inbox than remember to visit your website
Why do you want to do this?
I don’t know why you’re getting downvoted. This is the critical question the OP didn’t answer.
It probably came off as more combative than I intended, especially if people are reading the question as “do you think I’m good enough to have my own site?” instead of “do you think this is a good side hustle/hobby for me?”.
If you’re good you’ll be fodder for some AI crawling your site
But do it, follow your joy
