@FoldyOfficial Thanks for the feedback!

SG: Is this promotional content for Habr? Doesn't seem impactful.

I haven't interacted with Habr nor promoters/affiliates/whomever like that, only decided that it looks large enough.

Rachel: <...> it’s unfortunate that it’s in Russian <...>

Unfortunately, I can't recommend social networks in other languages)
In Hacktoberfest 2023, I received a badge from platform "dev.to". I don't know whether it's any good but it can also be considered!

Inga Wei: cost of corporate blog doesn't seem to be worth the benefit

Yes, I'm inclined to agree...

Sinclair: <...> a top-down promotion to Russian users is probably just going to draw skepticism <...>

I haven't seen very much skepticism on idea of "manifold.politics", for example. I have no guess whether existing Manifold users will even know about this blog!

By "being counterproductive", do you mean possibility of cross-cultural conflict or a bunch of users deciding Manifold spends money in a wrong way, or something other?

Austin: <...> if one or two articles had already been written <...>

One draft, named "Applications with two databases", had actually been written! Both in English and Russian versions.

I see that there are other nice projects and may only hope that something like this one will sometime be launched!

Are you planning to blog in Russian?

Yes! I think I'll also translate articles into English so they can be crossposted to other blogs as well.

The plan:

1. Austin(?) receives this grant and pays for corporate blog;

2. I write an article each week, Austin(?) suggests possible topics for a next one;

3. When 3 months pass and corporate blog permission expires, this initiative can be evaluated to check if Manifold wants to continue blogging.

Article already done: "Applications with two databases" (RU, EN)