Since it’s all over the news these days, I decided to give this new open-source blogging platform, Ghost a try. It was the worst blogging experience I’ve ever had. And believe me when I say this, I have been using almost every free blogging platform on the Internet.
Before I begin to blog on Ghost, I had to spend about 40 minutes figuring out how to install Ghost on my computer, which involves using Node and command prompt codes because the service doesn’t support hosted service for free users. The hosted service is currently rolling out to users but you will have to pay a ridiculous price to use it. The price for a single blog is $5 per month, which is about the same price you have to pay to launch a self-hosted WordPress blog with your own domain. Not only the cost is too much, but these paid packages also has a limit for views as well.
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Let’s assume that you’re willing to deal with the painful installation and the limitations to start a free blog, but writing articles is going to be even worse than starting the blog because you have to write in HTML. Ghost uses Markdown to let users write and stylize the content using HTML codes. Logging-in and using Ghost was not really a walk in the park either.
As an amateur coder, it was pretty easy for me to figure this out and remember the codes. But when looking at all of this with ordinary Internet user’s point of view, it’s all seems a little too intimidating, especially given the fact that there are many free blogging platforms out there that offers users to create blogs with just a few clicks and with no harsh limitations. If you’re looking to start a small free personal blog, I suggest you to pick a blogging platform that’s easier to use. Clearly, Ghost is not one of them.
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