FAQ

Why should I use this instead of {popular blogging site}?

Other sites will often put your content behind Paywalls (Medium for example) or require login to view your articles.

If you write your content here, it is free to be viewed by anyone forever.

Why wouldn't I just self-host my site?

You are welcome to but you miss out on some conveniences that OpenJournal gives to you.

By hosting on here you immediately have:

Searchable articles
Discussions on your articles
An instant audience and front-page coverage

You don't have to maintain or pay for anything.

Besides which, an API is offered if you wish to write here but display it elsewhere.

What if OpenJournal goes away?

OpenJournal, like all wikis, allow anyone (including you, the reader) to take a dump of the entire database containing all articles.

Nothing here depends on this site staying up. Anyone is welcome to take a dump and immediately have a working copy of everything that was written here.

This is how Wikipedia, OpenStreetMaps and many other truly free sites operate