• DaGeek247@fedia.io
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      Traditional way is to just use a WordPress account, and then move onto a paid hosting service of you decide you like keeping up with your blog. No point in paying for something you don’t use. Their ceo was a dick with open source stuff, but the website itself is still solid enough to be used to check if its a hobby you want to actually keep up with.

      If you want to spend just as much time managing the blog as you do actually sharing things, a raspberry pi, Hugo, nginx, and a lot of time are also an option.

      I personally use Porkbun for the .com and hostinger for the backend, and it’s been great for the past couple years to host my own wordpress setup.

      But actually, I think that makes me oldschool. The new kids are using neocities.

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      I’ve only recently even heard of substack as some sort of social media platform. I’m almost afraid to ask, but what’s wrong with its owners?