Hacker News with Generative AI: Content Creation

Nobody should be a "content creator" (christianheilmann.com)
As part of my job, I have to keep up with the social media space and I’m worried, bored and annoyed in equal measures. There is not much social about it any longer. Instead it’s become a race to the bottom of lowest common denominator content. And interaction bait. Or rage bait. Or just obvious spam disguised in seemingly sophisticated sound bites generated by AI.
Social Media, Content Creation, AI, Technology, Criticism
70 points by mfld 5 days ago | 44 comments
How to write blog posts that developers read (refactoringenglish.com)
I recently spoke to a developer who tried blogging but gave up because nobody was reading his posts. I checked out his blog, and it was immediately obvious why he didn’t have any readers.
Writing, Blogging, Developers, Content Creation
587 points by rbanffy 5 days ago | 153 comments
How to Write Blog Posts That Developers Read (refactoringenglish.com)
I recently spoke to a developer who tried blogging but gave up because nobody was reading his posts. I checked out his blog, and it was immediately obvious why he didn’t have any readers.
Writing, Blogging, Developers, Content Creation
8 points by mtlynch 5 days ago | 6 comments
Drowning in AI Generated Garbage: the silent war we are fighting (2022) (ploum.net)
All over the web, we are witnessing very spectacular results from statistic algorithms that have been in the work for the last forty years.
Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI, Technology, Content Creation, Opinion
9 points by JeanMarcS 11 days ago | 1 comments
CCP will enforce clear flagging of all AI generated content starting (tomshardware.com)
Artificial Intelligence, China, Regulations, Content Creation
5 points by suraci 15 days ago | 0 comments
Spain to impose fines for not labelling AI-generated content (theverge.com)
OpenAI’s new Responses API comes with web search, the ability to look through files, and computer use out of the box.
AI, Regulation, Spain, Generative AI, Content Creation
21 points by 01-_- 21 days ago | 3 comments
Meta question: What is the best way to post blogs these days? (ycombinator.com)
Meta question: What is the best way to post blogs these days?
Blogging, Content Creation, Digital Marketing
4 points by ckl1810 21 days ago | 1 comments
An Engagement Bait Translator (nodumbideas.com)
When Elon Musk took over Twitter (“X”), he introduced creator payments in an attempt to get people to post more. For a few months, my timeline was full of screenshots of posters flexing their giant payouts.
Social Media, Twitter, Content Creation, Business
8 points by nodumbideas 21 days ago | 0 comments
My Digital Garden Philosophy (emgoto.com)
If you spend time in tech blogging circles, you may have come across the concept of a digital garden, which offers an alternative for how you publish your blog online.
Digital Gardens, Blogging, Personal Websites, Content Creation
3 points by previnder 22 days ago | 0 comments
Show HN: A big tech dev experience for an open source CMS (contentfoundry.com)
Hey HN! We're building an open-source CMS designed to help creators with every part of the content production pipeline.
Open Source, CMS, Content Creation, Web Development
58 points by randall 25 days ago | 28 comments
How do you process the news? (alexschroeder.ch)
I’m looking at the blog and noticing that I haven’t posted much. It’s hard.
Journalism, Blogging, Content Creation
56 points by surprisetalk 27 days ago | 64 comments
AI is killing some companies, yet others are thriving – let's look at the data (elenaverna.com)
AI is quietly upending the business models of major content sites. Platforms like WebMD, G2, and Chegg - once fueled by SEO and ad revenue - are losing traffic as AI-powered search and chatbots deliver instant answers. Users no longer need to click through pages when AI summarizes everything in seconds. Brian Balfour calls this phenomenon Product-Market Fit Collapse, a fitting term, marking it as the next big shift in tech.
Artificial Intelligence, Business, Technology, Content Creation, Search Engines
276 points by corentin88 32 days ago | 311 comments
It’s still worth blogging in the age of AI (gilesthomas.com)
My post about blogging as writing the tutorial that you wished you'd found really took off on Hacker News. There were a lot of excellent comments, but one thing kept coming up: what's the point in blogging if people are using ChatGPT, Claude and DeepSeek to spoon-feed them answers? Who, apart from the AIs, will read what you write?
Blogging, Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI, Content Creation
333 points by gpjt 36 days ago | 223 comments
Just Write (chasingbrains.co)
A blog post is a very long and complex search query to find fascinating people and make them route interesting stuff to your inbox.
Content Creation, Blogging, Search
108 points by marksully 39 days ago | 40 comments
I put my heart and soul into this AI but nobody cares (newslttrs.com)
Social media has always been home to clickbait, fake photos, tall stories and gullible chumps. And now, thanks to generative AI, you can have all those joys without any of the tedious creativity.
Generative AI, Social Media, Artificial Intelligence, Content Creation
270 points by spzb 40 days ago | 157 comments
Reddit CEO confirms plans to introduce paywalls for exclusive content (techspot.com)
A hot potato: Reddit will be introducing something that few users are likely to want later this year: paywalls. CEO Steve Huffman has confirmed that the platform will be introducing the ability for some Redditors to create content that only paid members can see, though it won't apply to any subreddits currently available.
Reddit, Social Media, Business, Monetization, Content Creation
9 points by belter 43 days ago | 6 comments
The True Costs of Being on YouTube (carlalallimusic.substack.com)
I started my YouTube channel in earnest in October, 2021, shortly before That Sounds So Good, my second cookbook, came out. A little over three years later, on January 29, 2025, I uploaded the 177th episode of Carla’s Cooking Show. That video, for a cheddar burger named after my mom, is my last for now, and possibly forever.
YouTube, Content Creation, Social Media, Costs, Personal Experience
84 points by exolymph 45 days ago | 69 comments
Why blog if nobody reads it? (andysblog.uk)
Let’s tell the truth, then: Nobody reads your blog.
Blogging, Content Creation, Audience
770 points by alexgiann 51 days ago | 359 comments
Why does AI slop feel so bad to read? (seangoedecke.com)
I don’t like reading obviously AI-generated content on Twitter. There’s a derogatory term for it: AI “slop”1, which means something like “AI content presenting itself as human”, or even just “unwanted AI content”. But I have no problem reading AI-generated content when I talk to Copilot or ChatGPT. Why is that?
Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI, Social Media, Content Creation
46 points by scarface_74 58 days ago | 31 comments
How one YouTuber is trying to poison the AI bots stealing her content (arstechnica.com)
Never go up against a YouTuber when transcripts are on the line!
Artificial Intelligence, Copyright, Content Creation, YouTube
15 points by LorenDB 61 days ago | 0 comments
Advice for a friend who wants to start a blog (henrikkarlsson.xyz)
I talked to a friend who wants to start a blog, and she pulled a few thoughts from me:
Blogging, Advice, Content Creation
348 points by jger15 62 days ago | 190 comments
AI slop, suspicion, and writing back (benjamincongdon.me)
The impetus for this post was my recent realization that I’ve developed an involuntary reflex for spotting AI-generated content. The tells are subtle now, but (sadly? tellingly?) this sort of content is seemingly everywhere now once you start looking.
Artificial Intelligence, Content Creation, Writing, Human-Computer Interaction
231 points by todsacerdoti 66 days ago | 175 comments
Writing a tech blog people want to read (seangoedecke.com)
My blog has gotten a lot of traffic in the last few months1. Here’s what I think I’ve been doing that’s working, and a few things that have been surprising to me. It’s a bit self-indulgent to write a meta post like this, but that’s what blogs are for.
Blogging, Content Creation, Writing, Technology, Traffic
38 points by gfysfm 66 days ago | 3 comments
TikTok Shutdown: Why building on proprietary platforms is a risky game (bouia.com)
As TikTok is being pulled from under millions of content creators, I sincerely hope this will be the last straw for us to finally learn our lesson.
TikTok, Social Media, Content Creation, Technology, Business
30 points by bouia 72 days ago | 33 comments
In the belly of the MrBeast (kevinmunger.substack.com)
It’s been a year since I sent off the proofs for The YouTube Apparatus (now free to download!), and I haven’t been following the platform as closely while I was focused more on Twitch, TikTok and moving to Italy.
YouTube, Social Media, Content Creation, MrBeast
511 points by stafford_beer 78 days ago | 397 comments
Reflections on 1 Year of (Trying to) Become Successful on YouTube (chaserensberger.com)
In 2024, my friend and I started making YouTube videos. This article is just some housekeeping I’m doing to keep track of progress for this channel. I hope that some people find it valuable. I offer some advice in this article, but everything should be taken with a grain of salt, as we are not (hopefully yet) a successful channel. If you’re interested in getting in touch, there is contact information at the end of the article.
YouTube, Content Creation, Blogging, Personal Experiences, Advice
36 points by ChaseRensberger 81 days ago | 31 comments
Software creators are the new content creators (workingtheorys.com)
No, this isn’t the end of software, but it is the beginning of a new software era. And I like the media industry analogy, but it’s an evolution, not a death.
Software Development, Content Creation, Media Industry, Evolution
10 points by antelopetracks 86 days ago | 3 comments
My approach to running a link blog (simonwillison.net)
I started running a basic link blog on this domain back in November 2003—publishing links (which I called “blogmarks”) with a title, URL, short snippet of commentary and a “via” link where appropriate.
Blogging, Web Development, Personal Projects, Content Creation
29 points by robenkleene 89 days ago | 10 comments
Your content is better than AI (articulation.blog)
There's no doubt, 2024 has been the year of AI
Artificial Intelligence, Content Creation
6 points by dustywusty 95 days ago | 1 comments
AI-Generated Images Discourage Me from Reading Your Blog (nelson.cloud)
I have a growing hatred for AI-generated images in blogs. It makes me wonder if the text in the blog posts is AI-generated to some extent. It’s always disappointing seeing these images in blogs run by individuals. I expect this from corporate blogs but not indie blogs.
Artificial Intelligence, Blogging, Content Creation, Design, Opinion
93 points by nelsonfigueroa 98 days ago | 49 comments