Introducing the Stream
The stream is a personal feed of my thoughts on things Iām working on, interested in, or a random shower thought that might be worth putting some additional thought into. The stream is a form of expression, posting something spur of the moment, without the crowdedness of a social network like Twitter or Facebook. Donāt get me wrong, those places are great for comment and reply interactions. But I also need my own trail of what Iām writing and thinking about thatās not hammered by likes, comments, and other social features that I find distracting.
Thereās something nice and calming about seeing half-formed thoughts and ideas on a screen thatās wholly yours. I wish there was more of this kind of web. I was drawn to Tumblr back in 2008 because you could Microblog before you had a Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Threads, or your variant of Fediverse website. Or even prior like posting your thoughts, fan-fiction, and other inspired writing on LiveJournal. Nowadays, thatās all we read from and post to. Or graduated to video like an algorithmic feed like TikTok. No shade for these companies vying for our limited attention. I think Iād rather take it slow and read some strangerās beautifully designed blog that has little nuggets than an endless scrolling monstrosity that makes you wonder why youāve spent hours on Reddit, but canāt recall much of what you did.
Thereās more I want to add here, like better search capability, pagination, and an updated description of the stream. Itās designed minimally to emphasize the point that itās not supposed to be too rich nor attention grabbing. And its flow is based on my writing, and no one else. Welcome to The Stream.
Kudos
Shoutouts are in order for some inspiration