numimyon

Social networks are great, especially decentralized ones like Mastodon, but sometimes you just need that little extra functionality, for writing a longer post (maybe even with some basic formatting and without spamming everyone's timeline) or to note down something you might want to find / refer to later.

I've tried a couple of services for this use case in the past, pen.io comes close but doesn't offer https, fediverse.blog still feels a little unfinished and Medium with all its ecosystem is too much of a social network of its own

Now I found write.as. It offers a simple, clutter free UX (basically just an empty window allowing you to enter text), Markdown formatting and a very simple “blog” list, holding all your articles. And that's already it. Ok, almost, you can also enable Federation, which will allow other “Fediverse” accounts to follow your musings.

If you're not looking for a full featured CMS but just a simple writing tool, give write.as a try – you might like it. If you REALLY like it, or want some extra features after all, there are paid plans ranging from $1 to $4 per month, but for my use case the free version is totally sufficient.