(this post cross-posted from my blog at https://liese.dev/!)
I've started working on a tiny little personal project, mostly just because I think it could be fun and interesting. Although cohost announced its imminent closure not even two weeks after I signed up, it's already made a big impression on me. It felt a lot more comfortable, a lot easier for me to post without feeling like I was intruding on someone else's space, and a lot easier for me to see interesting ideas and discussions rather than the surface-level bite-sized appeals for engagement that every other platform seems to be inundated with. I want to recover something of the kinds of connection that cohost encouraged. There are only a couple of platforms that felt even remotely similar to me, and they're all nearly extinct.