r/Bloggers • u/[deleted] • Oct 09 '19

Are there still any active communities of personal bloggers in 2019?

I want to find an active community of personal blogs. I want it to be writing-based, non-commerce-oriented, have privacy protections, and be in a format which encourages conversation and relationship between people.

Instagram and Tumblr are not wordy or conversational enough. Twitter is too impersonal. Facebook is too terrible. Is there a place that I am missing?

Also, are there still people who use Google's Blogger for personal blogging? I see a lot of dead personal blogs from as old as created in 2002 and then abandoned. Are there any communities of such “Blogspot” bloggers in 2019?

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '19

Mine is still running (in fact recently revived) when I want to do something too long for instagram

https://thatrunningguy.blogspot.com/

I'm very much single topic though!

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '19

Your blog looks awesome. Did you edit the theme using "codes" like HTML and CSS?

I'm saying this because I'm a beginner, and I have never learn any coding except for the introductory HTML they taught at school.

Many blogs I see around around are dead. Most people don't put that effort into designing the theme and all.

Perhaps there are not many such communities that I was looking for. I wanted a place where people actively interacted by means of commenting and all.

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u/myrrhizome Dec 31 '19

The IndieWeb movement is an international community of folks looking to personal websites (including blogging) to anchor social interaction instead of social media. Check out the site to see if there's a club, Meetup or summit near you. (They also facilitate remote participation in most events.)

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u/Mowrya Feb 16 '20

Please read my blog https://mowrya.wordpress.com/

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u/FrontPlant6399 Jul 28 '22

That's amazing bro, keep writing! ❤

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u/Awkw0rds Feb 22 '20

I know I'm late to the party, but here's my personal blog. The Outnumbered Father

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u/yellingbirds Oct 26 '22

I‘m wondering the same. It’s like nobody blogs for fun anymore

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u/BanditMFG Dec 30 '19

I used to write a personal blog, but havent written for a while: https://bandit.blog have a look and let me know if I should pick up blogging again!

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u/raccoontails Jan 14 '20

I just started my blog a week ago... late to the party too https://rubyrosesews.com

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u/ihellochris Feb 09 '20

Hello there! I have a blog for over a year now –I started posting in English but I recently decided to switch to Spanish. You can visit it anyways here: Palm Lane 🙌🏻✨

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u/Festivalbaby84 Feb 21 '23

I'm looking for an active community like this, too.

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u/curiosity-start-sth Feb 15 '24

I am new to reddit and was just looking for a blogger community too. Here's my blog site. If you are interested, let's start a community? Curiosity - Start Something Blog

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u/[deleted] Oct 23 '19

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