I am exploring again. This time, with Thumblr. It’s simple to setup, no maintenance, established community that I can readily follow and find out more interesting people and posts, and allow posting different types of content. So I am debating whether it makes sense to move my blog entirely to Tumblr…

Except one thing. Just like Facebook, Twitter, Google Buzz, and another other free social websites out there that host content for you, YOU DON’T OWN THE CONTENT!   They have the power to remove your posts, or your account entirely, if they decide to.  Not to mention they probably won’t even notify you when they delete your stuff either accidentally or intentionally.  Your well-phrased smart quotes just disappear in the thin air one day/night.  Poof.  And when you want to get rid of your account, you are at their mercy to do so promptly and cleanly, which there is no guarantee that they will.

It’s really a pity that there are so many wonderful, colorful, useful free services out there but you can’t entirely rely/trust them.  Everything feels like rental, or borrowed.

I guess I am sticking to my WordPress when it’s about freedom of speech.  Or that I am just a control freak and want to *own* my words and be able to backup whenever I want (and just blame myself for not backing it up when disasters happen.)