# First post on Mirror

By [Luke Skinner](https://paragraph.com/@luke-skinner) · 2022-11-09

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This is my first post on Mirror.

Initial thoughts: Exciting.

Somehow, the days of Web2 feel…old. I just loaded up my Substack and it felt vacuous. Perhaps it’s the knowledge that my content is being stored in some server over which I have zero control. Perhaps it’s that maybe some day, I could make money from gracious readers bestowing upon me their subscription dollars. Maybe. Perhaps it’s both.

Either way, the idea that I am selling my content, and it’s mine--forever--feels like for the first time, I am living outside the control of some other third party. The Internet suddenly feels different. Perhaps that’s the point.

Let’s see if the excitement wears off.

Til next time.

\-Luke

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*Originally published on [Luke Skinner](https://paragraph.com/@luke-skinner/first-post-on-mirror)*