digital blips, their platforms, and the intent behind them
~tffb
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I sometimes still read Read.write.as. I also check
bearblog.dev/discover, as an old friend turned me onto Bearblog
some time back, though I do not post on my account. Most blogs I
see/read these days are what someone has on their own server, and I
see via RSS. Other hubs, like The Midnight, are cool as well,
because it has a role-playing element to it - and a nice atmosphere
of a dark, off-Main Street, bespeckled neon trim bar, that almost
props at the corner of the Smol Web, it makes for a spot I *want*
to come visit, say hi, and make observations and comments about the
dim (and grim) realities of "out there" on the bigger Web.

But the two platforms mentioned before, Bearblog and Write.as, they
seem similar to one another in one particular way, but also they
are the opposite representation of one another for this very same
way. What I mean is, Bearblog has a "hope/optimism" element to the
content there, dev logs and indie software tinkerers, writers, some
daily, and less doom and gloom. As where Write.as (as it has
become, wasn't always this way) is very Serious As A Heart
Attack(tm) type of "tone"/narrative to what gets written there.
Less "I'm happy with things and life, let's write it on Write.as",
and more "these direct, text words have depth and meaning, damnit,
listen and read their meaning and seek pertinence in their deep,
bleeding ink".

I likely took this bait, drank that strychnyne, fussed folly with
that rattlesnake many times in years past, but now I see few who
have a positive outlook on a/their blog there, and sort of feel as
though it's a foolish void of where to put words.

I used to write a lot. Less so now. But should I increase my
writing, I wouldn't do so on a platform that's sure to bring out
(not the worst, but..) not the best in me. So many platforms and
text editors are shite these days, but a few are worth their salt.
I may look into some stuff that doesn't rhyme with PordWress, or
Globber, or Bumtler or Hogst (these are very much so pig latin and
not as much rhymes, I realize, lmao!). And the *ultimate*, the
Ultimate Of The Best, would be to just hammer the words in a local
text editor, then use Git to put the post live, like Github Pages,
or whatever CMS (is the term?) thing, but who knows what will land
where?

~bartender, a 2:30 AM coffee, if I may. These nicotine lozenges
have my head spun and it's hours before the tobacco shop opens to
purchase cigs. A cigarette machine for The Midnight? Would be
promising, insofar as we invent Smell-o-vision or/and
Inhale-o-vision at the same time ;)

[EDIT: just now remembering blot.im - hmmmmm]