The title of this post makes the case for maintaining an old-school, personal Blog.
Sure, a personal blog is never going to have the reach of the big, mainstream social media platforms, but then there is this:
"Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self." --Cyril Connolly
I encourage any / everyone fed up with the BS on commercial social media platforms to return to speaking their mind on their own Blogs.
Escape the subjective, anti-free speech, anti-democracy restrictions imposed by some rich frat-boy punk whose lone concern is their personal profit & the greed of their conservative shareholders whose lone concern is the bottom line of quarterly reports.
Stop being the product that those social media platforms profit from and sell. Without you, they have little to nothing to contribute / hustle to advertisers. They don't 'produce' anything. YOU are the product that they sell.
One decent reference for both those new or experienced, is this book: "WordPress the missing manual" 3rd Edition by Matthew MacDonald
Register your own Domain (or not) too. Select a hosting service (carefully) or go full DIY by hosting it on either a rented server or roll your own. Use disparate resources (domain registrar, server farm, colocations, etc) or look for a turnkey resource.
I deleted my FB account sometime ago and have never missed it since. Two tier memberships have grown more common with large social media CORPORATIONS, typically a restricted freebie, and a paid account with a few perks beyond the freebie version. If you post something to a freebie account that a paid, typically more conservative member takes exception to some more liberal opinion you express, the CORPORATE social media provider will do the paid subscriber's bidding by targeting your account for restrictions. Be done with all that nonsense by posting to a personal blog platform instead, and thus rendering the social media platform impotent (& less profitable).
This particular blog has no paid advertisers, sponsors, branding, etc. If your intent is freedom of expression, rather than profits, then forgo monetizing your Blog. That way, you're more difficult to target by those who oppose your humble opinions, too (no advertisers to complain to). Here is a quote which relates a bit:
"Freedom of the press is limited to those who own one". --A. J. Liebling
I'm just sayin', own a Blog, speak your mind, tell detractors to, "suck it". ;-)
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