I simply do not know what alternative there is for the Korean-speaking world.
If the user base of anything not-mainstream is small in the English-speaking world, then it is infinitesimal in the Korean-speaking world.
And I don’t live in Korea. My passport doesn’t say “Citizen of South Korea.” I don’t even have a phone number in Korea, so I cannot make an account on the platforms available only in Korea.
Most importantly, all that is irrelevant, according to the Koreans I’ve talked to. Many Koreans feel that “everyone” uses Instagram, and by extension, Facebook.
Frankly, it seems that way to me too. (Looking from the outside.) And I have no alternative to offer. I cannot make money for people like Meta can. All I can tell them, in fact, is the opposite: I can tell them to spend money. (ex: Pay for write.as, it’s good! Pay for Fathom! Pay for blah and bleh and blih and bloh and bluh!)
It’s very cool. Each search result has a crystal ball next to it. When you click on it, there’s a block feature right there, under “Website ranking adjustment for xxx”:
More and more, I’ve been feeling physically sick when visiting sites like Instagram and even Youtube, even though I’ve found Youtube so helpful over the years. (It’s my go-to how-to place.)
Those sites are becoming like over-greasy, fatty meals. Once or twice they tasted good, but after that, they made me feel bloated.
If there is a search engine that allows me to do this, I would like to try it.
I don’t want to see another ancient Writer’s Digest article again, ever, especially when I’m searching anything publishing related. You know, like, digital publishing, in the era of this thing called the internet, where “New to Me” equals “New” and intellectual property doesn’t spoil like friggin’ kale or something. 🥬🥬🥬