Ask HN: What are the best sites in 2020 to post articles about programming?
What are the best sites in 2020 to post articles about programming, math, etc.
I want to grow a community but I don't know where to start.
I really appreciate any help you can give.
IMO the best place is whatever subreddit best describes that exact topic. I've found technical subreddits to be welcoming of thoughtful, well-written articles (in contrast to much of the rest of reddit which tends to frown upon self-promotion). I've gotten thousands of referrals back to my site on numerous occasions.
Somewhere that's often hyped but is _not_ any good is Dev.to I carried out an experiment with posting a series of articles there and counted how many referrals I got back to my website. Average like 5 per article. Not worth the time to submit. Avoid.
>The quickest way to receive an invitation is to talk to someone you recognize from the site or request one in chat (https://lobste.rs/chat). If you wrote a link that was posted, definitely contact someone for an invite, we'd love to have you in the discussion.
I requested an invite on #lobsters and a member responded via dm to verify my profile (GitHub/twitter/etc) and then sent an email with the invitation. Best time would be during the US work hours, since the channel is more active during that time.
Somewhere that's often hyped but is _not_ any good is Dev.to I carried out an experiment with posting a series of articles there and counted how many referrals I got back to my website. Average like 5 per article. Not worth the time to submit. Avoid.
>The quickest way to receive an invitation is to talk to someone you recognize from the site or request one in chat (https://lobste.rs/chat). If you wrote a link that was posted, definitely contact someone for an invite, we'd love to have you in the discussion.
I requested an invite on #lobsters and a member responded via dm to verify my profile (GitHub/twitter/etc) and then sent an email with the invitation. Best time would be during the US work hours, since the channel is more active during that time.