Does Discourse have a feature that allows blog-like posting on profile where it’s not tied to a category.
This is similar to how Reddit does it on u/user profiles where they can be followed.
Related topics: Add support for 'personal notes' on posts (this idea is similar but the note is private instead of public on profile)
Topic List Previews was first to implement such a feature:
Discovery is aided by a button that is added to the User Card, “Portfolio”:
You can use a tag to mark the items you want to appear on it:
(or you can use a Category)
A post needs to be tied to a category. As @merefield has posted ways you can have posts on the profile as links via portfolio and topic list previews.
If you’re looking for a follow user. There is a plugin that can be installed if Self-hosted or maybe part of a hosted plan as it is an official plugin
You could also make a Category for blog posting and use this Theme component to blog style it.
This could also be stretched to this use case, I believe:
