We are now in an age where people come on the internet to be the worst possible versions of themselves, and it’s an ugly sight to behold. Take the power back by building blogs and putting comment moderation in place.…It’s what the social web was originally about, and we desperately need to get back to that.
This is from December, 2022, but it hits the same today, in January, 2024, as it did then. I doubt personal blogging will ever return to the popularity it enjoyed in the early 2000s, which is what I think the author hopes for. I think it will essentially become the equivalent of ham radio, with a bunch of hobbyists keeping it alive.
And that’s fine with me.