Blogspot might be a dying site, but still I chose it.

I like this. Brings back memories. 

I also created a site on Substack, but the algorithm worshipping there is just too much. Can't. "You have to post on notes to get subscribers to your newsletter!" And then in notes, post after post "I want to read your writing, post it here" Correction, "I pretend to want to read your writing, please post it here and boost my algorithm."

Am I a little sour, maybe?

Hell yes. That sort of fake social dance is just not for me. 


Also, I somehow hate the thought of paying (or asking for money) for simply subscribing. I mean, some people do write for a living, and they should get payed if their stuff is good enough, but most there aren't that special (me included) that people should pay to read their random thoughts. Books, yes. Art, yes. But a fucking newsletter?

Ugh. 

And yes, I swear. Here I can swear in peace.

And everyone is an author there, actual readers are probably somewhere else.

I once had a somewhat popular blog here on Blogspot, during my med school years. I even got an interview request on Finnish Doctor's  Journal. It scared the shite out of me, and I deleted the whole thing.

Oh well.

Maybe this will find people too. 

EDIT: I have found some great discussion in Substack, participated in it and enjoyed it, but no new followers or reads on my longers posts. I guess I am a boring writer! Oh, well.

Yours,

The Author



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