Olly - October 27, 2026 10:56

I'll be taking a hiatus during November for travel and other things, so expect the Pagecord updates to go on hold too. There are still a few announcements to make on the blog, but those changes are actually already live – you just have to find them! 😊 I've put in a tonne of effort in the past few months and I love where the product is at now. Numbers are up, but it's painfully slow going because acquisition is dreadful and churn is massive problem, mainly because people like the idea of blogging but then never really do it, so they just give up. At least they tried! I wouldn't say personal blogging is dead, but it certainly feels like it's dying a slow death. Substack seems very popular, as are Wordpress and Blogger, probably because of awareness as well as the "monetisation opportunities" that these platforms offer. Social media is primarily responsible of course, and that's where people's attention has gone. This short post would probably be considered "long form" in today's TikTok…