Your friends' creative works are currently locked inside of gated social media platforms, fueling profits for billionaires.
And it's not like the experience is all that positive. You've seen the reports about how Facebook and others twist algorithms to sow outrage, anger, division and other emotions widely viewed as honey for the advertising bee.
But you can set this creativity free.
And it's not like the experience is all that positive. You've seen the reports about how Facebook and others twist algorithms to sow outrage, anger, division and other emotions widely viewed as honey for the advertising bee.
But you can set this creativity free.
Nobody should have to pay a giant corporation to "boost" their post so that it will be unlocked and shown on your-own-gosh-darned-friend's timeline. Right?
The hack is simple.
Invite people to venture outside the click-bait content-factories, and connect on the "open web."
And you don't have to be a tech genius to get started. There are lots of free applications that are easy enough for people as old as my uncle to operate that enable you to create a space that spotlights your friends' creativity. Weebly is one. Here is a list of others, find one that's right for you.
Ask your friends if it's okay to share their posts, then publish them on your own independent platform.
That's it. That's the hack.
And when you get your blog or website up and running, drop us a line and we'll promote it here on Vagrom. And you can do the same for other platforms built by people who steal your hack. That's what friends are for right?
Happy publishing, and please keep us posted.
Erica Vagrom
*Image, by Lathor100, is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
The hack is simple.
Invite people to venture outside the click-bait content-factories, and connect on the "open web."
And you don't have to be a tech genius to get started. There are lots of free applications that are easy enough for people as old as my uncle to operate that enable you to create a space that spotlights your friends' creativity. Weebly is one. Here is a list of others, find one that's right for you.
Ask your friends if it's okay to share their posts, then publish them on your own independent platform.
That's it. That's the hack.
And when you get your blog or website up and running, drop us a line and we'll promote it here on Vagrom. And you can do the same for other platforms built by people who steal your hack. That's what friends are for right?
Happy publishing, and please keep us posted.
Erica Vagrom
*Image, by Lathor100, is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.