Ask HN: How to find non-popular blogs and forums?

Kagi has an option to search the "small web*. On the occasiona that I've used it, it has sometimes given me unusual results.

I'm currently using https://micro.blog/discover along with https://bearblog.dev/discover/ and https://indieweb.org/

There was a post about 2 years ago on HN so that people would post links to their blogs. Somebody saved that post and extracted all the links in to the CSV file with their name and karma, and put it on a website(it's not there now). I've downloaded that CSV file and slowly went through all 1626 blog links over the last 2 years. I finished just about a week ago. It was quite a journey! Some links I would glance at the homepage and immidiately close, and some I stayed for days - reading all interesting articles from the Archive link. It was a blast!

I haven't come across blogs where I consistently like the posts written (practical bootstrapped startup tips + domain insights). Not that it's an issue, I don't expect people to like all my blog posts either.

I just search for a topic I'm interested, and sometimes come across the perfect post for it.

So the key is to POSSE. I do that by sharing my content here, on Reddit, and LinkedIn. And it works!

There’s the search engine Marginalia. But the most helpful practice for me is to hang around forums for topics you’re interested in.

A popular programmer once messaged me on LinkedIn, said he appreciated my comment, and asked me for a link to my blog. I think that's how you do it in this day and age. Just find people who say clever things and dig around to see if they blog.

You can check out mine -

https://www.rxjourney.net

Check out this link aggregator, "Hacker News."

https://wiby.me and https://geti2p.net.