The OG Social Network: Other People’s Websites
I remember MySpace being described as &quot;an easy personal website&quot; back in high school.<p>Unfortunately, it&#x27;s not easy to make an easy personal website today. Personal sites take so much work to design, and most feel stale because they don&#x27;t have dynamic content like posts. About.me used to be great, but it didn&#x27;t get maintained.<p>I&#x27;m working on a project to make personal websites as easy to set up as a social profile. No designs to pick - just a photo and profile photo. Not static - you have a mailing list and the latest post is shown on the homepage. And, people can &quot;follow&quot; with their emails.<p>Facebook used to be pitched as &quot;the place everybody is&quot;, but that&#x27;s no longer true - social networks are getting dis-aggregated. So, I expect personal sites to become a way for people to gain more control over their audiences, and to help move an audience from one platform to another (via a &quot;link in bio&quot; to their personal sites)<p>If you&#x27;re interested in trying out my project for your own site:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;postcard.page" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;postcard.page</a><p>(Will trade free access for feedback!)