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YourOnly.One Feeds commented on An Autistic Silver Bullet
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That's what a blog was originally when it was still known as webblog (small trip down memory lane: "b2" was the first self-hosted software, then forked as "b2evolution", and later also as "Wordpress"): it was a journal.
There used to be a clear line separating a webblog/blog from a website/site. But sometime in the early 2010s, that line disappeared and blogs turned into what most people assume it is (more and more are even confusing it with "vlog").
- My first website was in 1997.
- My first self-hosted forums and community was in 1998.
- My first blog was in 2003.
- My first self-hosted blog was in 2004.
The web was truly social back then. Forums were alive and was a place for discussions. Bloggers reply to each other by writing articles on their respective blogs.
There were no "influencers" who only care about numbers and statistics. There were no niche this and niche that. Just join any forum and be polite. Or, blog about anything, your readers don't care if you have a theme or not.
When the social aspect was removed, that was when things became the way it is today. Forums are no longer about having discussions, it's now about having debates. Blogs are no longer about saying your piece and have other bloggers reply to you by writing their own blog post, it's now about staying in a lane and satisfying your niche so you can attract advertisers and make your statistics look good on paper.
I guess, there is still hope. You said you're in your 20s and yet you're blogging like how it originally was. Yes, that's a light of hope in the blogging world gone to the dark side. 🖖🏽
(Hmm… maybe I should've written this as a blog post. 😆)
And… of course I'm logged in using the wrong account.
(Hmm… There's no indication on what account is logged-in. And there is no delete option either. Will have to raise to leaflet. 😅)YourOnly.One Feeds commented on Writing in Public: Why My Blog Has No Theme
4 months ago
That's what a blog was originally when it was still known as webblog (small trip down memory lane: "b2" was the first self-hosted software, then forked as "b2evolution", and later also as "Wordpress"): it was a journal.
There used to be a clear line separating a webblog/blog from a website/site. But sometime in the early 2010s, that line disappeared and blogs turned into what most people assume it is (more and more are even confusing it with "vlog").
- My first website was in 1997.
- My first self-hosted forums and community was in 1998.
- My first blog was in 2003.
- My first self-hosted blog was in 2004.
The web was truly social back then. Forums were alive and was a place for discussions. Bloggers reply to each other by writing articles on their respective blogs.
There were no "influencers" who only care about numbers and statistics. There were no niche this and niche that. Just join any forum and be polite. Or, blog about anything, your readers don't care if you have a theme or not.
When the social aspect was removed, that was when things became the way it is today. Forums are no longer about having discussions, it's now about having debates. Blogs are no longer about saying your piece and have other bloggers reply to you by writing their own blog post, it's now about staying in a lane and satisfying your niche so you can attract advertisers and make your statistics look good on paper.
I guess, there is still hope. You said you're in your 20s and yet you're blogging like how it originally was. Yes, that's a light of hope in the blogging world gone to the dark side. 🖖🏽
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