Soloma: Alerts From a Culture Blog

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About this App

A good author blog does not post on a schedule, and checking it every day gets tiring. The bot of the SOLOMA project fixes that: when a new entry appears on the site, you get a notification. 🎧

What Soloma is about

SOLOMA calls itself an author blog about the "second culture", music and literature. It covers cultural scenes and communities, plus music and literary phenomena of the present and the past that are not widely known.

The site has sections for interviews, the blog, music, literature and a monthly music roundup. Most texts come from one author, so the blog has a distinct voice you will not find in generic feeds.

What the bot does

This is the project's service bot. According to its description, it sends push notifications about new entries on the site. It has no commands, so there is almost nothing to configure: start it and wait.

The convenience is that news arrives in the messenger where you already read everything else. No email newsletter, no feed reader to remember.

What you will find on the site

Interviews. Conversations with musicians and writers about prose, music and creative paths.
Music writing. Pieces on bands and albums, including ones outside the big charts.
Monthly roundups. Regular selections of albums and singles.
Literature. Notes and reviews of new and older books.

Who will enjoy it

People who dig into music beyond the radio, read long texts and do not mind a blog written by one person instead of a newsroom. For quick news and short notes it is not the best format. 📖

If you are hunting for new music, the monthly roundups work as a map: pick two albums and listen.

Setting it up without clutter

Open the bot and press Start. Notifications begin when new entries are published.
Pin the chat or set a sound. That way an update will not get lost among other dialogs.
If you tire of it, stop it. You can stop and block the bot, and come back later.

The author decides how often posts appear, so the bot may stay quiet for long stretches. That is normal for a personal blog. 🙂

If you prefer another format

The project also keeps a channel and pages on other social networks where updates can be read in a feed. The bot is handy when you want a personal message without subscribing to a channel.

A habit of reading in the evening suits blogs like this: notifications pile up and you choose the text that fits your mood.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does the SOLOMA bot send?▼

It sends push notifications about new entries on the project's site: articles, interviews and music roundups. The bot has no commands or menus, so starting it is enough. How often messages arrive depends on the author's publishing.

Is the bot paid?▼

The bot description lists no paid plans, and the blog can be read on the site. To get notifications just press Start. Any change would be visible in the bot itself.

Why is the bot silent for so long?▼

The blog is personal and posts irregularly, so gaps between entries can be long. This is not a malfunction. To check, open the site and look at the date of the latest materials.

Can I follow the project without the bot?▼

Yes. The project has a site and a channel where posts are visible too. The bot is for getting personal notifications in a chat so you do not miss new texts.