1st Post
I chose the name because I like the sounds of the words. Munchausen. Hooch. It just sounds nice. Anyway, at the moment, this is a (sort of?) anonymous blog, and probably will stay that way for the time being, until I've gotten used to whatever it is I'm doing here.
I'm not a tech savy person, so getting this blog up and running will be something of a struggle, but it seems doable.
Why am I here?
I've found myself spending more and more time online, spending it in ways that I don't find fulfilling or rewarding. Most of this is related to lurking on reddit and youtube. I don't have social media accounts. It struck me a strange that I used to be more involved with the internet as a contributor. I would make videos, post art, comment and respond to posts. This all stopped at some point. I think because I felt pushed out by the rampant monetization and algorithmic hell that became youtube.
Reddit I've held onto, but even there it has come to feel less human, less interesting, more algorithmic.
My hope is that as I'm learning to limit my use of the internet to healthy levels, having a place on the indieweb will help me have somewhere else to go, instead of the big platforms. Somewhere more constructive and less addictive, and hopefully more human.