“FIRST THINGS FIRST” Quote Prism 6” Bumper Sticker Decal AA (Alcohol?ics Anonymous)
Seems my excitement may have gotten the best of me with my first couple of Bloggers Anonymous posts. I failed to mention a few basics, which is a sure fire way to kill the momentum of our collective corporate media sobriety kick. So, first things first:
What is Bloggers Anonymous? A community of practice that encourages blogging as a means to help kick an addiction to corporate social media. A support group aimed at reminding you your voice matters and there are many, many like you who are ready and willing to both listen and comment.
How can you become a part of Bloggers Anonymous? Fittingly Maren Deepwell has blogged about some of the details over on the Reclaim Hosting Blog.The short version:
- Join the blogging4life channel on the Reclaim Hosting Discord server.
- Register for our first meeting on February 19th at Noon Eastern.
- Share your blog URL in the comments below or on Discord so that we can greate a blogging4life motherblog (should be ready go by the time of our first meeting).
- Most importantly, simply try to blog and comment, and remember small is beautiful and one post at a time.
- Tune in this Friday, January 31st at 1 PM ET to ReclaimTV to find some inspiration from the brilliant blogger Audrey Watters who’ll be talking about writing on and off the web.
- More broadly, #blogging4life is our hashtag, so keep an eye out for that tag on Mastodon, Bluesky, X and YouTube, especially as you try and break your addiction to the worst of them 🙂
If you plan on joining Bloggers Anonymous—and we really hope you do—consider bringing along a friend. Blogging is first and foremost a network of voices, so being accountable to at least one other person for reading, commenting, and encouraging that next post will make all the difference. What’s more, new voices help ensure such an effort avoids simply re-creating the existing blog circles. Don’t get me wrong, we want the old gold bloggers, but we also want those who have struggled get back on the wagon. Or better yet, don’t even know what the wagon is.
And remember, no topic is too banal as this blog makes a point of re-iterating as often as possible. #Blogging4life!
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That was some test. My lost comment I recall was some questioning of the anonymous since I dont feel or want to be anonymous.
And I think it was a poke at Downes.
Have a nice blog day.
Downes is what we call dry, but not truly sober 🙂