Why personal websites are replacing social media

The 30-year pattern & why web 1.0 is coming back.

3 Mar 2026 — 1 min read

I'm not sure if this is wishingful thinking or reality, but, boy, do I love this sound of this:

“What’s emerging now—let’s call it the real Web 3, not the crypto-bro version—is the synthesis. It’s the personality, control, and direct relationships of Web 1.0, rebuilt with the tools, polish, and distribution possibilities of Web 2.0. You can have a beautiful, fast, easy-to-build personal website. You can have an email list that reaches people directly. You can have RSS feeds and discovery mechanisms that don’t require surveillance capitalism. You can build community spaces that you control, where the algorithm can’t reach.”

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