@daj just to clarify that wasn't a subtoot aimed at you!

@iwritelike I wouldn't say it's considered inappropriate by everyone, it's just my personal opinion. I'm here for people, not brands.

@iwritelike my personal opinion is that I'd prefer folk don't spam links to every one of their blog posts. The odd one that might interest a reader to follow their long-form account, sure, but I'm put off by accounts that seem to exist to advertise. But yeah - a microblogging service tends toward being more social in some respects.

@daj if you think that's bloated try looking at what it costs to run a Mastodon server; all that does is send and receive tiny messages!
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@iwritelike It doesn't really matter. What matters is that folk understand that to find people and topics they can search and follow tags, and to use them when appropriate. If and when they find a server they prefer, they can move and take all their followers with them. And yeah for long-form blogging, a suitable service is better than microblogging on Mastodon, GoToSocial etc. Also blog software like WordPress can be set to federate.