Write.as @write_as@writing.exchange
A privacy-conscious writing and blogging platform, made by @matt and others.
https://write.as
We're working to build a suite of tiny, focused tools that all work together, and share the same simplicity and privacy-awareness of Write.as. This little #blogging platform is just the start.
Now you can #follow along with each of them right here in the fediverse:
@readwriteas - stories from Write.as
@snap_as - photo and album hosting
@htmlhouse - HTML hosting
Future:
@draft_as - collaboration on text
@jot_as - private, encrypted notes
Well, I used WordPress extensively in the past. I lke it. It's a good platform. It has a lot of features, ones which I never used.
Having more features doesn't necessarily make something 'better'. I chose to use @write_as because 1) I was curious about it, 2) I like its minimalism, and 3) it does what I need it to do.
That doesn't mean it's for everyone or every situation, it's the right choice for what I want to do. For me, Write.as is 'better'.
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Here's a little tutorial on creating badges with your blog stats, using our API and shields.io
Here it is! The official Snap.as browser extension. Just open it, drag a photo in, and the Markdown will be copied to your clipboard. Paste that in any Markdown-enabled editor (like @write_as) and there's your picture!
Get it for Chrome:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/oihcgppfiigcffpedggckjaobjhdenei
or Firefox:
https://addons.mozilla.org/addon/snap-as/
More about it on our blog: https://we.snap.as/uploading-from-anywhere
Dates on posts written in Greek were showing the wrong month before -- that's fixed now! #🐛 #bugfix
We'd love to hear what's most important to you in a new note-taking app like ours ✏️ 📔
Feel free to weigh in here: https://discuss.write.as/t/jot-as-private-notes/16
We've heard a growing number of people would like #comments on their blog — so we're planning to build a simple, optional commenting system that respects #privacy and lets you take your data where you want.
Let us know what you'd like to see in it!
https://discuss.write.as/t/remark-as-privacy-first-portable-comments/25
If you were recently unable to connect your Twitter account, that's fixed now! #🐛 #bugfix
We just opened a forum for Write.as discussions, feedback, ideas, feature requests, and general support. Feel free to join and give us your input!
Did you know you can schedule your Write.as blog posts? Just publish, edit metadata, and change the Published date to the one you want. #writeastips
This email is to inform you that we've kept as little data about you as possible from day 1. #GDPR
Now you can embed videos in your posts with <video> tags 📽 #changelog
Blogs are now localized in Greek 🇬🇷 and Polish 🇵🇱
Thanks again to our translators!
Rather pay for a subscription with PayPal? Now you can! Just visit the new billing page to get started. https://write.as/me/plan/billing/paypal
We've joined a list of other awesome web apps that work well without ever logging in 😎
https://github.com/aviaryan/awesome-no-login-web-apps#text-based-tools
We're back from a week in NYC and a day presenting at TechDay!
I have to say, getting out from behind the screen to talk to people in meatspace for a week was a very, very enjoyable experience.
Now you can point your.domain and www.your.domain to Write.as, and if the former is your preferred blog URL, we'll automatically redirect the www- version to it.
Just got the postcards we'll be handing out at our TechDay booth in NYC next Thursday 😍
We passed 5 million views across all Write.as posts this month! 👀 3 million of those have come in the past two months alone.
If you need a domain name without a lot of overhead, check out iwantmyname. Besides being simple and easy to use, you can connect your domain to your Write.as blog in one click 👍
And if you use this link, any domain you buy helps support us without any extra cost to you!
Besides wanting a simple online space to write, I started building Write.as to have a place where I could write privately.
In a web of ubiquitous tracking and surveillance capitalism, we need more user-friendly tools that come with privacy and user freedom by default — and I'm happy to build a model for this with a platform being used by more people every day.
On that note, we're now on PrivacyTools.io, where you can find many tools for fighting digital #surveillance.
