Mastodawn

Indie creators ditching one VC-funded company for another thinking it'll be different this time. It won't. The incentives remain the same

LiveJournal was a trap
Medium was a trap
Patreon is a trap
Substack is a trap
Etsy became a trap
Beehiiv...

The difference this time is there are real indie alternatives

Ghost
WordPress
Transistor.fm
Fediverse
Outpost.pub (self plug)
Buttondown
Liberapay
OpenCollective
And more

The hacienda must be built

@ryansingel #WordPress is a "indie alternative"?

@Klaus
WordPress is open-source, has a monster-sized community of devs, themes, plugins, etc, and Automattic have been great stewards.

Yes, they took some VC-funding but relatively little, and I've yet to see them act badly.

I don't love it *technically* for membership-centric sites but, yes, I'll put it in this category

@ryansingel WordPress is among the "big ones", that's why i wouldn't call WordPress "indie".
You've got good points, though

@Klaus Totally understand where you are coming from too