Introduction
Hello, and welcome to Blind Sasquatch’s Blog (or BSB for short)! What you’re looking at is the personal blog of some blind guy in his mid-40s from the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Right now, it isn’t much as I’ve just recently spun it up and haven’t gotten around to filling it with content that you might find interesting to read. That will change over time, but this blog is my personal space where I can express myself freely without being under the thumb of some big tech company. My goal is to have a space of my own free of ads, algorithms, and other crap found within the social media landscape that enshittifies the experience and pisses me off.
Joining the Social Web
When I was coming up with the idea for this blog, I knew I wanted one thing… I wanted to be a part of this thing people call the social web. As part of that, I’ve chosen to integrate the ability of this blog to be on the fediverse via ActivityPub and a part of the Atmosphere as well. I’m currently testing the integrations, and I’m crossing my fingers that everything just works, but I fully expect that there will be bumps in the road along the way. Please bear with me, as I’m learning how this all works as I go. I’ll be honest and say that I’m quite interested in getting feedback from readers like you, so don’t be afraid to comment, like and share. I’ll do my best to post progress reports to keep you all up to date.
Conclusion
I intended this first post on my blog to be fairly short and sweet, but I’ve managed to turn it into three paragraphs of text. 😏 Guess I had plenty to say… Wrapping up, I’d like to thank you for checking out my blog. Once again, don’t be afraid to comment, like and share. Your feedback is what motivates me to keep this ball rolling. Thanks for dropping by and have a nice day!
@thatblindsquatch intended one needs to login to post in the guestbook?
Just activated the direct ActivityPub integration, so you can follow #@blindsquatch_aaw7ws using your favorite fediverse client and reply that way… No login to my blog required.
@schnedan Nope… you can reply straight from your Mastodon client and it will eventually show up on the blog. Still testing the integration via Bridgy but will introduce direct ActivityPub integration soon.