So my blog was hacked. Yesterday, for the first time in months I went to look at something on it, and found that any links off the front page got re-directed to some spam site.
So I spent a fun couple of hours figuring out how to get it back up without the hack. Basically I restored from a backup, changed all the passwords etc and updated the software. I actually used the oldest back up I’ve got, which I could do because I haven’t updated this blog in months.
So I don’t know how I feel about that. It’s good that I could go back that far (the recent back ups were all infected). It’s good that I could just use a back up instead of tease out what was wrong with individual files. But it means this blog is mostly dead (ha! that was unintentional but…)
I don’t feel majorly bad that the blog was hacked. I didn’t lose any money or private information. It’s annoying and it only happened because I’ve not been looking after, or visiting this blog. It’s like a broken window in an abandoned house.
I keep thinking about using this blog more. It would be ideal for thoughts that are too long for Twitter or might seem confrontational if I addressed them to a specific audience on other social media platforms. I mean if you’re in a more discussion type environment and someone raises something that sparks a thought but you don’t want to make it an answer to that original comment lest it seem like you’re arguing with them (yes I’m a coward).
But is that enough? And isn’t that deflecting anyway. Saying something in a “hidden” place to avoid conflict, well you might as well not say it.
And is the age of blogs over? If you’re not already established then I don’t know if people are reading new blogs.
And I don’t want to start a podcast or a youtube channel. I haven’t got the face for one or the patience to create the other.
But maybe this space will get updates. Or maybe, with the best of intentions, I’ll forget and in 6 months I’ll be fixing the windows again instead of deciding to clear the site and move on.