The actual email part
Yesterday, I got an email from someone who discovered my website (my first one).
At first glance, when I saw the notification, it felt really odd, I thought it was a spam. Because on our planet, you only get emails about your 2FA code, or that one game in your steam wishlist that gets a 87% discount every 3 weeks.
But no, it wasn’t a spam. Just a nice person who sent me a nice email.
This email really made my day. Knowing that someone took the time to read the content of my website made the whole installing nginx to then spend few days configuring hugo proccess worth it.
(thank you for your email)
Blogs are cool
I really like to read blog posts from other people on the web. When you read about someone else’s thoughts, you really listen to what they have to say, you can’t really stop them to then start to talk about yourself like in a conversation. (+ blog is a great resource to learn things)
When you read a blog, you are free to leave and return. You are not forced to hear about some stuff that you are not interested in. You are not stuck in a conversation that you don’t like. You (lovely-little-thing browsing the web) make the call.
I really think that having a blog is cool, you should have one. I host mine all by myself but I’m sure that there is another solution if you can’t do that.
I think that you already know this but : Don’t write blogs about something that is illegal or to hurt someone else’s feeling. Be kind to the people around, especially to people that you don’t know.
You can find a few links at the bottom of the stuff page if you want to read other blog posts scattered all over the internet.
Back to emails
Don’t let ‘mailto:’ scare you
I never leave comments on youtube videos, I never send emails to people that write blogs neither. But this email changed my mind. Why not after all ?
You might see me in your inbox someday if I find your website.
XMPP
I don’t like emails because you can’t really know if someone did receive your mail. I will try to setup an XMPP server. You can contact me there if you don’t like emails too.