--- title: Other Strangeness — merritt k | daily.dev description: A passionate argument for why businesses and individual creators should maintain their own websites instead of relying solely on social media platforms. Key... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/other-strangeness-merritt-k-22xdjxlbo twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Other Strangeness — merritt k | daily.dev og:description: A passionate argument for why businesses and individual creators should maintain their own websites instead of relying solely on social media platforms. Key... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/other-strangeness-merritt-k-22xdjxlbo og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/22XDJxlbO.png og:image:alt: Other Strangeness — merritt k og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Other Strangeness — merritt k **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 3 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A passionate argument for why businesses and individual creators should maintain their own websites instead of relying solely on social media platforms. Key points include: platforms can change rules overnight or ban you without recourse, you don't own your content or followers on social media, data harvesters profit from your free contributions, and a simple website with basic info (hours, rates, menu) is more universally accessible. The post also advocates starting a mailing list as email remains one of the few communication channels that can't be easily taken away. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Substack writers, you need a website](https://daily.dev/posts/substack-writers-you-need-a-website-lgmsrdqkd) · Hacker News · 66 upvotes · 6 comments --- Tags: [#social-media](https://daily.dev/tags/social-media) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/other-strangeness-merritt-k-22xdjxlbo) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Other Strangeness — merritt k","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/other-strangeness-merritt-k-22xdjxlbo","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/other-strangeness-merritt-k-22xdjxlbo"},"datePublished":"2026-03-18T06:04:25.127Z","dateModified":"2026-03-18T06:04:44.704Z","description":"A passionate argument for why businesses and individual creators should maintain their own websites instead of relying solely on social media platforms. Key...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/59580ba9ca9147ab9a395c8a00321283?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/59580ba9ca9147ab9a395c8a00321283?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Hacker News","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Hacker News","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/hn","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/hn"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/other-strangeness-merritt-k-22xdjxlbo","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"social-media","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hacker News","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/hn"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Other Strangeness — merritt k"}]} ```