Just like I recently moved to a new part of Seattle and gained a roommate, my blog has moved to a new part of the internet and gained quite a number of awesome roommates. Hopefully PZ does his dishes and the walls aren’t too thin (hear that, Greta?).
To old readers – welcome to our new home! And to new readers, howdy! I dabble in a little bit of everything – atheism, skepticism, feminism, biology, sex, academia, and general geekery. Please make yourself comfortable. Unless you’re an evangelical Christian or a men’s right activist, in which case, prepare to become very uncomfortable.
I know a lot of my readers had questions about the move, so let me use this introductory filler post to address those:
Q: What attracts you to Freethought Blogs?
- Being part of an awesome community of bloggers and readers. I’m surprised something like Freethought Blogs hadn’t happened sooner.
- Increased visibility and traffic. Another perk of being nestled in with awesome bloggers.
- …Money. You’ve probably noticed that unlike my old blog, FtB has ads. I do put a large amount of time into the blog, and it’s nice to be compensated a little. I won’t be buying sports cars or swimming in pools of money ala Scrouge McDuck, but it’s a nice little bonus to my grad student salary.
Q: Is all the old content going to be migrated?
Theoretically. All of the old posts are here, as are most of the comments, but not all. Jason from Lousy Canuck has been my nerdy knight in shining armor and is trying to figure it out for me. Everything should be functional in the next day or so.
EDIT: Jason is amazing and the archives are all transferred over now! Huzzah!
Q: Will comments still be on Disqus?
No. All the FtBers will be using the same WordPress comment system. And after a week of banging my head into my desk trying to transfer comments from Disqus, I’m ready to be rid of it. Apologies to those of you who will have to comment with different names or logins.
Q: Will the same RSS feed work, and if not, can you post that in large bold comic sans until my dumb ass gets the message and switches feeds?
I can’t figure out how to make things Comic Sans, but…
NO, THE OLD RSS FEED WILL NOT WORK. YOU MUST UPDATE YOUR RSS FEED TO THIS.
Q: Will there be an RSS feed for just your blog, or will it include all the others on FTB as well?
Like I said, the RSS feed for my blog is here, but you can also subscribe to the RSS feed for all of FtB here.
Q: FtB is ugly. Fix the ugly.
There will be a site redesign once all the technical kinks have been ironed out. Don’t worry, it’ll look snazzy soon.
Q: Will there be a decrease in awesomeness now that you’ve sold out to the almighty dollar?
No one asked this, but no. Really I’ll just have a new fund for beer money. And we all know that a well oiled blogger is a good thing.
Feel free to introduce yourself in the comments, get settled into the new comment system, and ask any questions. And thanks for being patient while I figure out this newfangled WordPress thing, and slowly add some finishing touches to the site.