I’m curious how many people have switched to services like Micro.blog from WordPress as a result of the move towards the block editor as the primary editor in WordPress. 🤔
@pauljacobson I still use WP for my main site, but I hate the block editor with a fiery passion and I never use it. 🙂
@Cheri why do you dislike the block editor? I don't really understand why people dislike it so intensely? Genuinely curious.
@pauljacobson I was a long-time Wordpress user who switched to Squarespace during grad school years for easier maintenance. Didn't love Squarespace for blogging, so tried to go back to Wordpress last year, and found Wordpress had gotten too complex, required too many plug-ins, and was just not as fun as it used to be. I didn't love the block editor, but also didn't really stick around enough to get a feel for the block editor, to be honest. But much as I liked Wordpress in the past, I just don't enjoy working with it in its current state, so I moved on. Currently have 3 sites, one here, one I just built with Blot (which is delightfully simple), and one with Ghost. Ghost probably bears the most resemblance to the block editor, but I find it much faster and easier to use than Wordpress currently; the block editor for Wordpress seems a bit of a mix between Squarespace's blog editor (which I really didn't like, since I like writing in Markdown) and Ghost's, which has those blocks but will also more or less go with the flow no matter how you write.
@pauljacobson The migration went flawless. My only regret is that, for obvious reasons, micro.blog doesn’t import the comments on the posts… But in the end, the migration was definitely worth it.
@pauljacobson It’s difficult to quantify, but I’ll try. For me, using the block editor is like trying to write flowing prose using only sticky notes. The UI feels actively hostile to the way my brain works. There’s no creative flow in using the editor. No joy. Every block feels like a speedbump.
@Cheri @pauljacobson I’m still using WP, but mostly because inertia. For what it’s worth, I despise the block editor. That’s why I draft in Bear and rely on the old copy/paste. Of course then I use all the time I saved reformating my copy and cursing the gods of the intertubes...
@philly I used Squarespace years ago, and liked that I could have multiple blogs on a single site. I ultimately moved that particular site to WordPress, and kept it there.
I haven't tried Ghost, although an acquaintance has been a fan for some time. Thanks for your input on this!
@Cheri Are you referring to just writing text, or when you switch between different block types, like text and then images, for example?
@jessekelber Even though I use the block editor on WordPress, I still tend to write my posts in Markdown first, and then copy/paste too. I do that because I don't want to run the risk of an occasional editor glitch while writing, and losing what I've added so far.
I also like the idea of having “drafts" of my posts in Markdown, too.