I’m trying to decide on the best way forwards for my online presence, I need to make a final decision on this - don’t want to invest time and effort into content to only change direction later.

Criteria:

• Ease of use.
• A pleasure rather than a chore.
• KISS : keeping it simple - disappearing down overly complicated rabbit holes.
• Photo friendly ecosystem.
• User experience.
• Simple, easy to navigate, holds attention, exposure, accessibility, community.
• Transferable: can be easily ported if needed.
• Cost.

Solution

Public Face

Mastodon

• Accessible, with community, simple to post, easy to manage (mona).

Flickr

• Probably the best online storage.
• Community.
• Shareable.

Under the Bonnet

micro.blog

• Good for long-form.
• Easy to post and manage (Drafts, IA Writer)
• Portable data

Flickr

• Independent
• Good for cross-posting, embedding.
• Excellent management system.