Araz Gholami

t’s a place to showcase projects, work, ways to contact me, and so on, while also being a space to publish daily writings and articles. The reasons why a Blog is better than any other platform for anyone who feels the need to share something are true for me:

The main issue is time. For example, Jadi in this post listed 7–8 channels for publishing the types of content he creates. Even if he spent the whole day producing content, you’d still need several employees to manage all those channels.

On top of that, if your content reaches users faster, other content reaches them at the same speed, and your posts don’t get the attention they deserve.

The second problem is excessive fragmentation. To see your photos, I’d have to go to Instagram, for more professional shots to Flickr, for your current status to Twitter, and for a broader view to Facebook. Do you really think anyone has time to waste like that? A Blog is a place for all of this. Faster access, better management, and easier organization.

The third problem is the lack of indexing and searchability on other platforms. Content you post anywhere other than your Blog (like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or Telegram) isn’t indexed, making it inaccessible to anyone who didn’t see it at that moment. And an even bigger reason?

The most important problem is the loss of freedom imposed by these platforms. On my Blog, I am free to post anything in any format I like, without adhering to any terms of service. My information stays under my control; I can remove or restore content whenever I want. I can write posts in any style, edit them whenever, without an “edited” label appearing at the end.

Of course, social networks aren’t the ultimate evil and have their advantages, but if anyone focuses everything in one place and bypasses the social media benefits, first, the content is always accessible, and second, when you produce content, you don’t need to follow arbitrary rules or standards of that platform. You just open your Blog, click publish, and that’s it.

They had two choices in paradise: happiness without freedom, or freedom without happiness. There was no third option.
- “We” by Yevgeny Zamyatin