Seeing the thread  on Hacker News that Shirky.com disappeared makes me think a few things.Maintenance of Wordpress sites is a never ending battle, and even the most prolific bloggers can’t be bothered.I miss the optimism of the web in the early 2000’s before social media silos became so... jamesvandyne.com

@odd Indeed. I always had that fear in the back of my head when I was on Wordpress, too. Glad to have moved to my own CMS, though it’s certainly more faff than just using Micro.blog or some static site generator.