Today I happened to come across an introduction. This blog platform is currently in beta testing, so it is unlimited in space and free to try. But after the official version is released, it may become a paid service.
This policy reminds me of the early days of Jianshu. When Jianshu first came out, the interface was simple and beautiful, and the content was good. The user experience was great. But later, probably due to various profit reasons, it became filled with advertisements and became very ugly. So, besides using Jianshu at the beginning, I haven't used it again and hardly ever open that website now.
Zhihu is also similar. At the beginning, the answers on Zhihu were all wonderful. About 10 years ago, when I was in college, I used to spend 4-5 hours on Zhihu and still couldn't get enough. Time flies, and Zhihu has changed a lot now. I can tolerate more ads because some of them are just recommended products. What makes me uncomfortable about Zhihu now is that the questions are becoming more and more suggestive, with all kinds of ambiguous questions and a flood of beautiful girl pictures. Sometimes I can't help but feel emotional. Are all Chinese software platforms going to end up as hookup platforms?
Even Weibo, although I don't have many original Weibo posts, I used to follow many university professors who would share a lot of papers and thoughts every day, and I benefited a lot from reading them. But I don't know when it started, Weibo has become a place without substance, filled with entertainment news or gender opposition, or various funny short videos. Now I don't really look at Weibo anymore, and I have shifted my focus on cutting-edge technology and papers to Twitter. Compared to the old Weibo, there are more people on Twitter, and many new papers are actively shared by the authors themselves. The experience has even improved to some extent.
So, today, when I saw the statement from xlog, I suddenly hesitated. I originally thought this was a platform that I could use for a long time, to avoid the trouble of maintaining my own blog system. Now it seems that I may still need to observe more and make contingency plans if things don't go well.