I'm looking for a simple way of doing blogging. I'm trying several CMSs like Grav, Textpattern... etc., and SSGs like Jekyll but sometimes are limited or too heavy to manage or deal with.
I was thinking if I can use this tool just for me. I mean don't let other users publish but just me. Is this a good tool for that purpose? To be clear: I want to run a blog not a network.
It is also very easy to use. The interface is a lot like what you'd expect if you're familiar with Wordpress or similar. If you have an existing Wordpress blog, you can import it and keep all your content.
My blog is generated by Publii. There is no code running on the server, it is all plain HTML. I run a self hosted tracking service myself, but I had to intentionally add it to the footer of the generated pages.
Reminds me of someone that used to create a subreddit for his blog. I think he restricted the subreddit so no one can post but him, and publish his blog post as self text. It works pretty well and he got quite some following until he decided to stop using Reddit and that mod code of conduct account flagged his subreddit and threaten to remove him from mod list and appoint other moderators. You won’t have that problem on your own instance so I say give it a try and see if it works for you.
It's possible another fediverse tool would match more what you are aiming for, kbin might not be too far off but it and lemmy definitely seem more about focusing on communities / discussions than people. Definitely check out mastodon / firefish / akkoma
Edit: I do want to say I think kbin could be good for that in the future; RheingoldRiver and others have put in a bunch of good issues about improving how microblogs are displayed / discovered, but I find it still a bit rough to notice microblog posters at the moment
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