[flavor8]

I did, for 7 or 8 years. It was good for my writing skills (and fun) but it was a little like talking into a vacuum.

[lokedhs]

Activitypub is one solution. Write.as implements a blogging platform that federates with other platforms using the same protocol, such as Mastodon or Pleroma.

They still haven't implemented support for seeing comments on the blog post itself, but once they have that it seems to be exactly what you are looking for.