Good morning angels! ๐ Totally taking advantage of the extra free time I have now to post more frequently. Lately, I've been thinking about how microblogging sites like Twitter, Tumblr, and Instagram have replaced Livejournal, WordPress, and Blogger. Despite the personalization, character, and media sharing limitations, they're much easier to navigate and encourage users to interact with anyone. For example, Twitter obligates users to follow at least three profiles and three #topics of interest in hopes of keeping consumers on the app, even if they know no one on there. When I created this blog almost a year ago, the creation process of what this virtual space would look like was overwhelming, and I have yet to reach a point where I'm satisfied with it. Despite my experiences and small coding knowledge from my prominent Tumblr years, Blogger is much more abstract, and while it allows room for creativity, I understand how we've reached a point where the collective would rather be given at most five customization options and immediately tweet into the void. Plus it's difficult to find a community here. While I prefer to publish my thoughts without thinking about likes, retweets, or follows, I have to agree that those elements help you find a small network of users or posts that you might relate to. Had I not already been following a gal on Twitter who was promoting her blog, I would not have been encouraged to do the same and subsequently go through the list of her favorite blogs to then follow those blogs and repeat that process until I followed a decent amount of blogs where I could have something to look forward to regularly.
A few months ago, I wrote a rant post around Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part, and I still don't understand how another user who doesn't follow me was able to find it. I know that you can add "labels" to posts, but I'm still unsure if they act like hashtags and, if they do, how to search them up to come across posts belonging to unfamiliar users. I don't want to imply that Blogger should become like Twitter, but I believe that adopting similar features like an "explore more" page along with a mobile app that's not run by a third-party server would greatly benefit this site and its users.
Looking back, it's interesting to see how microblogging, which initially started off as a "status" on social networking sites like Myspace and Facebook, is now the go-to platform for everyone, including in publishing and marketing relations. Seeing how fast-paced life has become for all because technology and the Internet are so accessible now compared to before, it only makes sense that the way we communicate online reflects that. I wonder where we'll be in five or ten years, especially since there's a shared sentiment with young millennials and zoomers of nostalgia regarding blogging and pushback to the lack of privacy and safety issues within microblogging sites and how invasive it has become. If you missed the
As I'm writing this post, a friend sent me this article from The Atlantic about how TikTok is changing the internet architecture around microblogging and how it's (possibly) all Emerald Aparthid's fault which is hilarious! However, I'm not sure how true that prediction is since not everyone is comfortable sharing footage or media of themselves which is the main form of posting on TikTok. I just hope that more of my mutuals from other platforms make the migration to Blogger so we can stay in touch without me needing to maintain my presence throughout different websites.
If you've made it this far, I'm really grateful you've taken the time to read through my musings ✨I hope to see you soon! ๐
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