So, blogging?

     Well, it feels funny to be back at an older sort of place like this. After deleting tumblr (rip) when its algorithms started flagging anything mildly peach-colored as "adult content", there wasn't really a space for me to blog. Instagram is nice in some ways, but it's more about pictures than words and has an algorithm that tends to favor frequent posting and especially videos. Twitter allows me to post some little blurbs and I do share my work and some hobby things there, but frankly the less time spent scrolling a timeline the better. Twitter is no longer really a space where I keep up with friends and see what they're doing, it's more an onslaught of news where everyone discusses the trending topic(s) of the day. There's staying informed and then there's whatever the hell Twitter is- a form of self harm, I think.

    So I find myself returning to something more insular and traditional because I really missed having a space to talk about things I'm watching, reading, looking at, making, etc without the intrusive "everyone is up in each-other's face constantly" background of social media. I hope there will be some therapeutic quality to blogging. I have certainly missed the function of tags and the presence of a static archive that I can always browse and revisit as needed.

     My hope is that more people will want to reclaim this sort of space for themselves without algorithmic meddling. Posts in chronological order, always accessible and easy to find. No retweets, reblogs, or shares and the ability to limit who engages with you- ie: the ability to have boundaries. 

Let's see how this goes.

Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA

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