... and this is why those who'd seen the fall of geocities, the demise of myspace, the slaughter of tumblr, keep their own website under their own domain name,

... and this is why those who'd seen the fall of geocities, the demise of myspace, the slaughter of tumblr, keep their own website under their own domain name, either as the canonical copy or as a backup along with the social media streams. Social media can be useful, but one should never have their content -at least those that are not absolutely ephemeral -, exclusively on a single one of them. You should all do the same. Start here: https://indieweb.org/Getting_Started https://indieweb.org/Getting_Started _Trouble is, it's becoming hard to maintain cross-posting or even just copying your own stuff from silos, which I find outrageous._