Modern-day Trillian, you say? I did some looking around but didn't find anything that didn't look like a malware plague ship. Let us know if you have better luck.

You could also publish your articles on Instagram or on other social networks. It's just that there are fewer chances to get the attention of other people. You can shorten your articles or divide them into a couple of parts and once a week post a photo. Under it, the information you want to convey. For example, when I started my blog, I chose a journalistic topic and posted interesting news every week. At first, my audience consisted of a hundred people. Still, when I bought subscribers at famoid.com, then my audience has become several times larger. The main thing is to post interesting stories.