A Blog Is Freedom

Article • 259 Words • IndieWeb/Meta-blogging, 2025 • 01/19/2025

The Web is accessible.

• You can publish your content for free (or cheap).
  • There are many tools available to help you create a blog, regardless of technical ability.
• You can make your content viewable for free (or cheap).
  • This allows you to be able to reach so many more people!
• A link is powerful.
  • It can be (re-)shared easily and can be viewed anywhere on a phone or computer.

A blog allows discovery.

• People who like your work can read all your stuff in one place.
  • Some formats like “digital gardens” encourage wandering/idle browsing.
• You can use RSS to allow people to subscribe to your content.
• You can link to other blogs that you like that you want your readers to also read.
  • See: What is a blogroll?

You have total control* over content and presentation.

• *Within the constraints of skill/the publishing tool you use
• You can post whatever you want, whenever you want.
  • You can write all kinds of different lengths, topics, mediums, etc.
• You can change how the page looks, which in turn help how the words feel.
  • You can animate things, add pictures, videos, sounds, etc.

You control your own publishing.

• You own all of your content.
• You don’t have to rely on editors and other people.
• On the flip side, this does mean that you don’t have wider syndication from a publisher. However, with the internet, it is easier than ever to syndicate it. You can be quite targeted by going into online communities that have a presence and appetite for certain kinds of content.