Interview on People and Blogs

TL;DR: see the last paragraph.

Once upon a time the web was an open field with blogs as its flowers. Most were bland and short-lived flowers, but some were rare beauties gifted to the world. Then, like a layer of synthetic grass smothering the meadow-life, the Attention Grabbers lured everyone into their controlled and monetized platforms. People bemoaned the Death of the Blog. But blogs, of course, never really died out. The flowers found the cracks between the plastic grass-patches to see the light of day again: you just need to know where to look.

The Big Bloggers, with hundreds of thousands of followers, are easy to find. They're popular enough to find their way onto social media platforms quite regularly. But there is a constellation of small, yet-unknown blogs, each of which might or might not be a real beauty of an orchid. It's a quiet, cozy part of the internet, which some call the Small Web.

(If you want to have some fun wandering around the Small Web garden, I recommend this tool called Kagi Small Web, which lets you jump from one random blog to the next in the style of the now-defunct StumbleUpon. The current website is boring? Click on "Next Post". I find it to be a charming initiative.)

Long story short, I was interviewed as a proud member of that Small Web on the website People and Blogs, run by Manuel Moreale. Every week, he asks the same set of (meta-)questions to a different blogger: who they are, how they started their blog, and how they run it in practice, among other things. It's a simple premise, but the more people contribute (we're at 80 and counting!), the more value it gains, I believe. In case you, dear reader, are still reluctant to start your own blog because you don't know why and how to start, People and Blogs is a good place to clear up your doubts. It's also a good way to find bloggers you might want to follow.

I'm a bit late sharing this. My interview was published on this page at the end of February. My answers there are different from the usual stuff I write on Aether Mug, so they might be more interesting to you, or less. To find out, click on the link! ●