Bear Blog Question Challenge
Original questions are from Ava's post.
Why did you make the blog in the first place?
I wanted a place to write some longer, more thought-out posts. Which is probably not how one should approach blogging but that was my thought process anyway. Hey, if that's gonna make me write better then it's all worth it, right? I wanted (and tried) to use the former version of this blog as a professional writing portfolio. LOL.
Why did you choose Bearblog?
I was (am) interested in the indie web. Not enough to learn HTML/CSS and code my own Neocities website from scratch, but enough to sink hours into browsing other people's personal websites. Bear being the indie web version of Medium or Substack seems perfect for me. I don't need to code an entire layout or think about what to put in empty spaces. I can just write.
Have you blogged on other platforms before?
I had a journaling blog on Wordpress. I forgot what's on there and don't wanna find out. It was from 2018 which was bottom 5 year of my life. Other than that, I log and "review" music I listen to on RateYourMusic. That counts as blogging I think.
Do you write your posts directly in the editor or in another software?
For shorter, more spontaneous posts like this one I write directly in the editor. I once accidentally hit page back in the editor and when I came back the post is still there, which is nice. For longer posts I write in Obsidian (yes, I'm one of those cultish Obsidian user) and copy-paste them here.
When do you feel most inspired to write?
At awfully late night eating away at my sleep schedule.
Do you publish immediately after writing or do you let it simmer a bit as a draft?
I have so many drafts it's not a simmer but a pickle. Some of my drafts are years old at this point. This is most definitely not the best practice.
Your favorite post on your blog?
It's not on the blog at the moment, but I had published a post about Mastodon from an artist's perspective. I wrote it around the time when Elon Musk announced that all images uploaded to Twitter (I will NOT call it X) will be used to train Grok and all the artists on my timeline were freaking out. I came to a conclusion that Mastodon was not a proper alternative to Twitter. It's my favorite post because in 2026 artists are still freaking out about the same thing, and we're still not on Bluesky.
Any future plans for your blog? Maybe a redesign, changing the tag system, etc.?
The priority is to do a retrospective on the posts from my old blog. The aforementioned Mastodon from an artist's perspective post could use an update. I'll also have to work on the blog theme more. I really don't know anything about CSS so I'm just trying my best out here. Other than that I just want to write (hopefully) quality blog posts you can read and enjoy.