The OG Social Network: Other People’s Websites
I remember MySpace being described as "an easy personal website" back in high school.<p>Unfortunately, it'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't have dynamic content like posts. About.me used to be great, but it didn't get maintained.<p>I'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 "follow" with their emails.<p>Facebook used to be pitched as "the place everybody is", but that'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 "link in bio" to their personal sites)<p>If you're interested in trying out my project for your own site:<p><a href="https://postcard.page" rel="nofollow">https://postcard.page</a><p>(Will trade free access for feedback!)