new write freely instance for creative writing / blogging [howdoyouspell.cool]

https://howdoyouspell.cool/cool/community-guidelines

registration is invite only at the moment, so please review the community guidelines then let me know if you'd like to join; i'll send you an invite link.

howdoyouspell.cool is an open community of writers who value privacy, autonomy, and creative writing – and, most importantly, we reject corporate interests and monetary incentives. We aim to be a no-pressure, polite community of writers from all walks of life, away from the ten-thousand-word user agreements of corporate-controlled platforms. If you consider yourself even the most amateur of writers, you’re welcome here. Too often, writers leave their work languishing in a folder somewhere – this community aims to change that by providing a safe space for expression without fear of ridicule or some big-word conglomerate stealing your words to power a fake-sentient SQL table.

example blog: https://howdoyouspell.cool/forrest/

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CaptainSpaceman@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 2y (1 reply)

this community aims to change that by providing a safe space for expression without fear of ridicule or some big-word conglomerate stealing your words to power a fake-sentient SQL table.

How do you ensure that?

mecfs@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y

As far as I know if it is on the open web, no way to ensure.

Robots.txt can be configured but is not always followed.

Ludrol@szmer.info · 4 pts · 2y

If I am a reader, can I leave comments on blogs/stories as it's part of fediverse?

jqubed@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y (3 replies)

I haven’t heard of Write Freely; looks like it’s kind of an open source Medium alternative?

noodlejetski@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 2y

and it's a part of Fediverse, so you can follow the blogs from your Mastodon account. and I think a reply from Mastodon will show up as a comment under the post.

RickAstleyfounddead@lemy.lol · 1 pts · 2y

Yes

Nelfan@mastodon.zaclys.com · 1 pts · 2y

@jqubed

@buru5 @fediverse , I guess the best answer to the question is on their site : https://writefreely.org/about

Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 2y

h

matcha_addict@lemy.lol · 1 pts · 2y (3 replies)

I have my own self-hosted blog. Is there a way to publish my blog to the fediverse and have its own fediverse server?

I know I can technically just post a link to my blog posts on mastodon or something, but is there another way to do it directly?

warmaster@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Is that on WordPress or Ghost?

matcha_addict@lemy.lol · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

No it's just a static site I built, mostly using eleventy static site generator

warmaster@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

I believe you could convert the entries to RSS and then use one of the tools available to publish RSS to Lemmy.

joel_feila@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Any genres you focus on?

buru5@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

anything goes

Impronoucabl@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 2y (5 replies)

What's a good reason to sign up for yet another indie writing platform? My time is limited, and there are plenty of alternatives.

buru5@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 2y (3 replies)

for you, none; why would you sign up for more than one to begin with? this is for anyone who hasn't signed up for multiple yet-another-indie-writing platforms and is looking for a federated write freely instance to join (considering write.as is closed for registration).

Impronoucabl@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Why would you sign up for more than one to begin with?

If it's got a good new feature, audience, promise of service, or something to distinguish it from shouting into the void.

Deceptichum@quokk.au · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)
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Impronoucabl@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

Well, yes.

It doesn't have to be a technical feature though.

matcha_addict@lemy.lol · 5 pts · 2y

Write freely is a federated platform