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# Socratic blogging
- URL: https://werd.io/socratic-blogging/
- Published: 2022-11-23T07:19:19.000Z
- Updated: 2022-11-23T07:19:19.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:22

I like Substack’s emphasis on [letters between publications](https://read.substack.com/p/letters): a way to have an in-depth conversation between two bloggers who have a different point of view on a different topic. It reminds me a little of [CJR’s Galley site](https://galley.cjr.org/featured), which hosted some interesting conversations.

But of course, you don’t need Substack or to be in CJR’s circle to create a conversation in this way. All you need is to have a counterpart writer, a blog or a newsletter each, and a willingness to correspond over thoughtful, long-form posts on a single topic for around three posts each.

If you want to get technical, you can even use microformats [u-in-reply-to syntax](https://indieweb.org/reply) and [webmentions](https://indieweb.org/Webmention) to conversationally glue the blog posts together. But the most important thing is to write and explore an idea.

It’s a lovely way to dive deep into a contentious topic, and I’d love to see more of it.