I just started a newsletter, and it's all your fault
But it’s OK, really.
Years ago I committed to publish here six posts a week, free of charge, about digital issues that matter. Now, I have to accept, and implement, a change of strategy (towards the SAME goal!)
This website WILL remain online, and it WILL continue to be updated, albeit at a slower rate. If anything, I am more convinced than ever that POSSE remains the only sensible way to go for independent online publishing of any kind, personal or not), and that publishing only on “platforms” is bad.
However, when both search engines and social media platforms do their very best to hide small voices, a blog isn’t enough. Starting next week I will pass all new content through a different platform first. So, allow me to share…
Just an invitation…
…to subscribe to my “Just an invitation… " newsletter, and invite every other parent, teacher or otherwise “decision-maker” you know to do the same.
Substack??? YOU???
Yes. Dark times, these are. I do not disown what I wrote here about Substack less than two years ago, mind you. But I just have to accept the fact that in 2023, both to pay the bills and to engage in fruitful conversations, it is infinitely more efficient, or the lesser evil if you will, to publish there first. So please subscribe!
Why should I subscribe?
Excellent question. For detailed answers, please do read:
- the 150 words, way less than 1 minute version: Coming soon… “Just an invitation”
- the ~1000 words, one minute version: “I just started a newsletter, and it’s all your fault!" (which includes the list of the first 10/ 12 issues, and benefits for paid subscriptions)
So… thanks in advance for promoting “Just an Invitation…" as much as you can, and of course for subscribing:
Who writes this, why, and how to help
I am Marco Fioretti, tech writer and aspiring polymath doing human-digital research and popularization.
I do it because YOUR civil rights and the quality of YOUR life depend every year more on how software is used AROUND you.
To this end, I have already shared more than a million words on this blog, without any paywall or user tracking, and am sharing the next million through a newsletter, also without any paywall.
The more direct support I get, the more I can continue to inform for free parents, teachers, decision makers, and everybody else who should know more stuff like this. You can support me with paid subscriptions to my newsletter, donations via PayPal (mfioretti@nexaima.net) or LiberaPay, or in any of the other ways listed here.THANKS for your support!