@jsonbecker Not that Manton’s asking for my opinion, but I mostly agree with you. I’d have made Micro.one the barebones blogger with no Timeline/Fediverse/replies — just the built-in themes and custom CSS box without full theme customization. Kinda like M.b’s “answer” to Pika.

And then if you want the social aspects, more customization, or podcasts, you bump up to the standard tier. That’d make three solid but separate reasons a person might want to upgrade. And it’d allow a lot of M.b’s complexity to be hidden from someone who just wants a place to blog. I’m not sold on the new branding and confusion it’ll bring, although the domain is quite good.

All that being said, I hope it’s a roaring success and brings a bunch new people to blogging generally and Micro.blog specifically!