This is actually the closest to what I’m looking for. It is a bit more basic and stripped down than I’d like which is why I was asking for other options out there but it does offer the most basic functionality I’m asking for. Seems like there isn’t really support for images so that’s tough.
GitHub isn’t open source and I’m hoping for something that wouldn’t require git. Something your mom could make an account on and easily use would be ideal.
Not a bad suggestion but I’d consider that a pretty big compromise from what I’m looking for. Lemmy is designed as a content aggregator and I’d love a blog platform that makes it easy to post to Lemmy.
But I the what platforms like Medium and Substack do is they allow authors to build a following which allows the platform to build a community. I think Lemmy is just not what readers looking for publications to follow and really dive into the current are looking for.
What I’d like is something that you could put next to the homepage of Vox or the Associated Press, or ProPublica and feel like it looks just as much the part.
Yes WordPress and Ghost would be great options if I wanted to host my own blog but I’m really looking for something I can just sign up for and start posting. Certainly something like that could be built on WordPress or Ghost but I’m not aware of any active instances that subject-agnostic platforms that are open to anyone to sign up and start reading, following, and posting content/authors.
We’re bombarded with propaganda 24/7 already.
StumbleUpon didn’t have a timeline. It was just an algorithm.
Damn I didn’t even realize Bubble had been around that long! Hinge is the new kid on the block.
For what it’s worth, I don’t think I want to be a long-term slut. I just want to try it on for a while.
Looks nice! XMPP is an interesting choice - wonder why they went with that.