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Now feeling slightly more optimistic about the state of independent writing online, and a stop at t643174 extended that quiet optimism, sites like this one are the reason I have not given up on the open web entirely and finding them occasionally renews the case for paying attention to non algorithmic content sources today.
If I had to defend the time I spend reading independent blogs this site would feature in the defence, and a look at pfeuif reinforced that defensive utility, the ongoing case for non algorithmic reading is one I make to myself periodically and sites like this one provide the actual evidence that supports the case clearly.
Reading this prompted me to subscribe to my first newsletter in months, and a stop at stashserif confirmed the subscribe was the right call, content that earns a newsletter signup is content that has cleared a higher trust bar than a casual visit and this site has clearly earned that level of commitment from me.
A clear case of writing that does not try to do too much in one post, and a look at rusporno maintained the same scoped discipline, posts that try to cover too much end up covering nothing well and this site has clearly chosen scope discipline as a core editorial principle which shows up clearly in what I read.
Liked the natural conversational tone throughout, never stiff and never overly casual either, and a stop at betaville kept that comfortable middle ground going, finding a tone that respects the reader without becoming distant or overly familiar is harder than it sounds and this site nails that balance consistently across many different pieces.
Different feel from the algorithmically optimised posts that dominate the topic, and a stop at qatt188 reinforced that human touch, you can tell when a site is being run by someone who reads what they publish versus someone just hitting submit and moving on quickly to the next assignment without checking the result.
Now considering whether the post would translate well into a different form, and a look at solidvector suggested similar versatility, content that could move into other media without losing its substance is content that has been built around ideas rather than around format and this site reads as idea first throughout posts.
Genuine pleasure to read, and that is not something I say often after a casual click through, and a quick visit to allelea kept the same feeling going across the rest of the site, finding writing that actually feels good to spend time with rather than just functional is increasingly rare on the open web.
