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I admit I interpreted more in your short post than was there. People definitely should not feel shame for not feeling an urge to share! I still encourage peopl

I admit I interpreted more in your short post than was there. People definitely should not feel shame for not feeling an urge to share! I still encourage people to share though, because I think a lot of people would like to read personal stuff about topics that interest them. Doesn't even have to be with your name and all next to it, anonymous/pseudonymous homepages are usually possible. Therefor I offer free websites (on a subdomain though) for people that would like to write or post photos about their hobbies. And know that there are way more possibilities to go online, just look at the OP of this thread with a nice SSG.

eep_social 3y ago
> I offer free websites And I am so glad you do! Writing my longer reply I realized that early social media is a strong counterpoint — people absolutely loved to share when the barrier to doing so was low, the platforms hadn’t been given over to commercialization, and it was less obvious that those details were going to be ingested into an advertising profile. It sounds like you offer a bit of that without the motive or intent that turned mainstream social media into what it is and I think that’s great!
- rambambram 3y ago
  Thanks! Yeah, somewhere between the homepages and webrings of the nineties and the added social functionality of the early social media platforms. Ideally without the platforms and their incentives. The web itself is already a social platform, a social medium. No need for more layers, especially if they ultimately are against my interests. I think RSS still holds the potential to connect individual websites/people, albeit in a slightly (or maybe even fundamental?) different way than the social media platforms do. Question: what would be your number one topic/subject to blog about, other than anything tech related?
  - eep_social 3y ago
    I have no idea! I tend to be more interested in replying than writing top level comments these days.

eep_social 3y ago

> I offer free websites And I am so glad you do! Writing my longer reply I realized that early social media is a strong counterpoint — people absolutely loved to share when the barrier to doing so was low, the platforms hadn’t been given over to commercialization, and it was less obvious that those details were going to be ingested into an advertising profile. It sounds like you offer a bit of that without the motive or intent that turned mainstream social media into what it is and I think that’s great!

rambambram 3y ago
Thanks! Yeah, somewhere between the homepages and webrings of the nineties and the added social functionality of the early social media platforms. Ideally without the platforms and their incentives. The web itself is already a social platform, a social medium. No need for more layers, especially if they ultimately are against my interests. I think RSS still holds the potential to connect individual websites/people, albeit in a slightly (or maybe even fundamental?) different way than the social media platforms do. Question: what would be your number one topic/subject to blog about, other than anything tech related?
- eep_social 3y ago
  I have no idea! I tend to be more interested in replying than writing top level comments these days.