[systemvoltage]

> the platforms take care of commenting (account management, moderation), something that's more or less impossible for a DIY solution.

This could be a bug, not a feature if you look at it from indie-bloggers' perspective. The DIY types are not target audience for the solution you're proposing.

There is a space for both 1) Substack-like platforms 2) DIY indie blogs.

Some cool things about DIY blogs:

- Email them! You can make friends by just emailing people. Private conversations.

- No censorship, this is a complex topic but DIY'ers probably consider censorship a bug than a feature.

- Custom design and personality

- Self-hosting pride

[grvdrm]

> There is a space for both 1) Substack-like platforms 2) DIY indie blogs.

Well said. The outcome doesn't need to be that one dies and the other survives. So much falls into the "there is one ideal way to do this" trap.