Why I moved my blog to Micro.blog

This blog has moved from Bear and now has a new home on Micro.blog.

But it was far from an easy or obvious choice.

I posted my first entry on Bear on February 16, 2023, and I still love the platform. My time there has led to several valuable connections, thanks to the fantastic community that has grown around it. Creating the Bearming theme also brought me both joy and new knowledge.

So, why move? The short answer: I started to feel limited.

I want to be able to do more than “just” publish text — like posting images or logging the books I read. That is possible with Bear — I even created different solutions for it — but over time it started to feel a bit cumbersome. Another option would’ve been to run separate blogs for different types of content, but I prefer having everything in one place.

More room to grow

I feel that Micro.blog gives me more room to grow without having to rely on complicated solutions or third-party services. I also really like the platform’s IndieWeb principles and the social dimension it adds. Since I don’t use separate social media, that’s a welcome bonus.

There’s a lot more I appreciate about Micro.blog — like the variety of apps and the ability to publish directly from my favorite text editor — but those were the main reasons for the move.

I’ll still be checking in on Bear’s discovery feed, and most of my feed reader is still made up of Bear users. It’s also possible that I’ll continue working on the Bearming theme.

Thank you!

I want to end with a huge thanks to everyone who discovered my blog through Bear and reached out with kind, encouraging words via email and the guestbook.

Thank you so much!

I hope you continue to find joy and value in my blog. And no matter what tool you use to publish your posts — keep blogging!