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ldstephens
A weblog by ldstephens. This is my little corner of the web where I share whatever’s on my mind: stories, random thoughts, and the occasional rant.
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February 10, 2025 Democrats, obviously, aren’t thrilled, but the more meaningful data is that Republicans don’t like what Elon Musk is doing at all.[…] Voters who supported Trump based on economic promises are instead seeing federal support for their local hospitals vanish, government contracts that supported...
February 6, 2025 I’ve been using AI in two ways: for help with my writing and for figuring out how to do things. My writing skills aren’t that great. I know what I want to say and how I want to say it, but I struggle to put it into words. So, I use AI to proofread and improve the structure of what I’ve written. The...
February 2, 2025 Bradley Taunt, btxx.org: Another problem arises when you finally do convince someone to start “blogging” online; self-doubt. “What could I possibly have to share?” “What if everyone hates what I post?” “What if my content sucks?” Just dump it. Who cares. It’s the internet after all, so who are you...
February 2, 2025 Unplatform Unplatform is an interactive guidebook, online library, and recommendations database intended to help you escape social media and join the indie web. I’m not on social media, but I’m a big fan of having your own space on the indie web. If you’re thinking about quitting social media, this...
September 30, 2024 I like this conversation so I thought I would chime in: it revolves around how different bloggers discover new blogs. Barry Hess mentions submitting his blog to various directories but notes limited traffic from them. JRNresponds, saying they prefer discovering blogs through bloggers linking to or...
September 23, 2024 In this blog post, Manu reflects on the divide between two groups regarding the future of being social on the web. And in those posts, I’m starting to see a trend of some sort. People are apparently starting to split into two camps that follow two very different ideological approaches when it...
September 3, 2024 Give up on trying to be popular. I try not to filter myself based on what I believe will be popular. Some of my favourite posts get ignored. Some posts get popular and I have no idea why. Besides, terrible posts get buried fast if I’m posting three times a week. So post with abandon. Give up on...
September 3, 2024 "Here's a simple trick for getting more people to read what you write: write in spoken language.[…] It seems to be hard for most people to write in spoken language. So perhaps the best solution is to write your first draft the way you usually would, then afterward look at each sentence and ask "Is...
September 3, 2024 "Whenever I change blogging platforms or domain names or simply post to several places, I feel a twinge of guilt. How will my “audience” feel about the changes? Does it confuse things?[…] I don’t get a lot of traffic, but it’s also not zero traffic, so I feel some responsibility. But why? I am not...
August 17, 2024 This is Lionel "Ploum" Dricot writing about his blog on People and Blogswith Manu Moreale: My blog is exactly where I want it to be. If I had to start again, I would simply do it like I did in 2022. I was quick to remove any form of comments from my blog and, later, any kind of statistics. As far as...
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