I'm thinking about moving wmtc to Substack.
Wmtc has been on Blogger since July of 2004, starting out life as wemovetocanada.blogspot.com, then wmtc.blogspot.com, and finally wmtc.ca. I briefly tried to move to WordPress, but was horrified by their ad policy.
Now I'm starting to feel like Blogger is a dinosaur, or dinosaur-ish. (I will not say "dinosaur adjacent"!) I've never chased the latest thing, and I don't mind being old-school if it suits my purposes. But I like Substack and the newsletter-based model.
I like many things about Substack.
- It's easy to subscribe by email.
- No ads!!!!
- I like the look and feel.
- It gathers all the channels in one place. Even though I wouldn't be using most of them, I still like the idea of a creator being able to host their writing, their podcast, the chat, and any other channels, within one well-designed, uncluttered format.
- It offers creators a decent deal that they can control. Of course I have no intention of ever charging a fee for wmtc! But I like the idea of using a platform that supports writing, rather than ads.
Meanwhile, I've had a whole series of issues and frustrations with Blogger's backup function not working. Maybe it's time for a new look.
Naturally any subscription to a wmtc substack would always be free.
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