Is this thing on?

Hi friend,

I just learned about pckt by reading The Verge. There's this article about Bridgy and how long-form is finally coming to the Fediverse that caught my eye. I investigated a little --having never heard about it– and turned out to be this little neat site. I liked it and decided to test it.

Easily enough, here I am. Writing my first post in less than 5 minutes. It could've been faster, but I had 50 new emails pending to be moved to my trash and, as a enforcer of Mailbox Zero, I just simply couldn't let them there. You get me, right? Oh, I also played a little with the theme of this site. Color me impressed with how simple the options were and how much you can get out of the theme creator tool they have. Definitely something bigger brands or sites could learn.

Anyways... You'll wonder --as I do myself-- why am I here? Well, I'm also someone who's deeply caring of most thing tech. And while I'm always online, I'm not always on social. Most of my time on the web is spent reading, learning, experimenting... But I also enjoy writing, though I don't do it as much as I'd like.

All things renaissance around long-form is to me a breath of fresh air. I'm really done with social networks... Ok, not with them, per se, but with the consumption that's forced on us. And, to a lesser extend, the form of creation, too. You either are sheep or an influencer. Sometimes both, but always at least one. What if I actually don't aim to influence? What if I'm not really creating content for the sake of creating content? What if I am just simply being myself, dumping my brain, writing my thoughts, emptying my head? I reckon there's a paradox in the fact that putting things online is putting things for everyone else to see, but what about intent? I don't intent to be famous by doing it. If I end up being famous, just know it was involuntary, out of sheer and pure luck.

To your --and my-- point: I'm here to write. I'm here to test. And the first impression is strong and good. I like it. Once I publish this, I'll see how it looks, and that may change everything, for good or bad. Or not at all.

One suggestion, though: please automatically convert "--" to "–".