I’ve always liked the idea of owning my own little patch of grass on the internet. From my first homepage full of animated GIFs in the late ’90s to this very blog, I’ve always treasured having a space that’s free of corporate influence and greed. Hardly anyone reads it—but at least it’s mine.
Matt Webb, Interview for People and Blogs:
Blogging is small-p political again, today. It’s come back round. It’s a statement to put your words in a place where they are not subject to someone else’s algorithm telling you what success looks like; when you blog, your words are not a vote for the values of someone else’s platform.
Source: manuelmoreale.com (via Simon Willison)