DIMPURR'S BLOG

Why I'm Making Wribble

You may have noticed that I'm using a whole new article publishing platform called Wribble. It might seem a bit unfamiliar because I'm currently the first user, being the crafter and maker behind it.

To be brief, Wribble is a blogging platform designed to give you a single source of truth—one library—that supports multi-channel distribution for different target audiences in multiple languages. It focuses on handcrafted and adjusted translations.

Why did I make this? It goes back to the "golden age" when I was a Google+ user. Google+ allowed you to use circles (similar to WeChat Moments groups or Qzone groups) to publish articles to specific channels. Wribble works similarly:

  1. It functions like a Telegram channel where an article can belong to one or more groups.
  2. It allows for total anonymity or a remarkable brand name for each channel.
  3. You can provide different channels with unique slugs for specific channels to reach target languages while keeping other channels invisible to them.
  4. You can even password-protect an entire channel or specific articles.

For multi-language content, you can assign an original language to each individual article within a single channel. For example, the first article could be originally in English, the second could be in Chinese, and the next could be in Japanese.

You can create these language versions manually or via AI (which you then manually review). The platform includes clear markings to distinguish between the original language, handcrafted translations, and auto-translated content. This enables you to group and pack any content into well-designed links without the burden of showing users things in their feeds or timelines that they shouldn't see or would find confusing.

This approach is significantly better than using traditional categories or tags in a WordPress blog because it offers a split and independent design. It is the best tool for people who want to:

  1. Write under several different identities
  2. Reach totally different target audiences or geographic areas
  3. Maintain separate content environments
  4. What's most important: You want to share a subset of articles across those different channels!

While you can use tools like Hexo or Hugo to reach similar i18n (internationalization) themes, they still aren't optimized for truly independent, separate content channels. You could also use Sanity CMS, but Wribble provides a better "out-of-the-box" appearance. Furthermore, you can create private channels to use as private note-taking tools, featuring a very minimalist, simple, and elegant user interface.

I am currently very proactive in developing it. Please stay focused and look forward to more new features and experience polishes coming soon!