I’ve seen a couple of folks here note the mercurial nature of being a personal blogger. Needless to say I understand that feeling. 😆
I’m not sure why doing this stuff can be such an emotionally-triggered/triggering thing, especially for me when I’m not particularly emotional or sentimental. I guess it’s the platform, not micro.blog, but the “Indieweb” as a whole. It seems to be a very small, somewhat insular, community with quite it’s share of bullies and I fucking hate bullies. So over the last several years there has been plenty of that crap in this small community and I fall prey to making the same mistake every time: getting involved.
Anyhow, long story short: I’m going to do a 3 month experiment here on micro.blog with short posts. I talk about it on the About page. No Fediverse stuff, no cross-posting, just micro.blog and the community here and whoever else finds their way to my blog. The idea is to drop the self-doubt and just move forward for 3 months, at the end of which I’ll see where I am. Is it valuable? Is it fun (it should be! I’m not going to keep letting this feel like some obligation or burden)? If so I’ll continue. If not I will drop it completely and find other ways to spend my time.
I like writing. I like sharing things I find interesting, and my opinions. I’m not placing any limits on what I share and be forewarned that I have some pretty strong opinions. I also have an open mind and have never shied away from changing those opinions. I will not engage with anyone on those posts. If you have a problem with what I’m saying email me (there is a form on the Contact page). I am not doing some dance in public anymore. It doesn’t serve anyone well despite what some would like us to believe.