I’ve now configured a redirector within Google Cloud to handle redirects from the old blog and point them to the WordPress-centric domain. Essentially doing what wordpress.com was doing while the domain was still with them.
I’ll leave this in place until I decide what to do with the blog.
I have now transferred my domain off WordPress.
I am no longer shackled here.
blenderfox.com is now disconnected from my blog. I’ll migrate it away from WordPress soon.
I have decided to disconnect my domain from WordPress in November. I’ll attempt to redirect back to WordPress for any articles that may be bookmarked.
You may already be aware of the mess that is happening with WordPress/Automattic and WP Engine.
This mess has enforced the need for me to disconnect my blog domain from here as quickly as possible, but I still haven’t found any good options.
ClassicPress is one, but trying to find an appropriate host is tricky since it’s not a widely used.
Ghost is another I have considered and am still considering.
Tumblr…. just, nope…
I’m going to be disconnecting the domain from this blog probably in the next month or so.
I’ll move the domain off WordPress and plug in a redirect to bring it back here for those who have bookmarked my articles.
WordPress threw me onto one of their default themes since my plan expired. So I had to go find a free one that looked half decent
My wordpress plan has expired. I am no longer shackled to WordPress, other than my domain
I’ve finally had a notification from WordPress that my plan is coming up for expiry.
I won’t be renewing it.
If you still want to view my posts after I kill the blog domain, it’ll be at https://blenderkitsune.wordpress.com (this currently redirects to https://blenderfox.com as the domain and hosting is still active)
It has come to my attention that Automattic is going to be selling of the data of its users for training AI.
This is unacceptable and I’m sure violates at least some data protection rules.
While I can’t stop them using my past data, since they already have it and likely already HAVE trained their models on it, I can stop them using more of my WordPress data…. by not giving them any more of my data.
As such, when my WordPress plan here expires, I will not be renewing it. When the domain comes up for renewal, I’ll transfer it off WordPress entirely.
As for my blog? At the moment I’m looking at other options, including Medium, Blogger, and Ghost, and also self-hosted options.
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