Have you read Montaigne? Not only did he have an informal thinking-out-loud blogger style, but he did his best to "hyperlink" given the obvious limitations of 16th century technology.
FR: > Comme quelqu'un pourroit dire de moy que j'ay seulement faict icy un amas de fleurs estrangeres, n'y ayant fourny du mien que le filet à les lier. — ME,SdM
(the late 20th century invention of the search engine has democratised reference by quotation; we no longer must assume that our reader has also already read any quoted works...)
EN: https://hyperessays.net/essays/on-physiognomy/#:~:text=As%20...
FR: > Comme quelqu'un pourroit dire de moy que j'ay seulement faict icy un amas de fleurs estrangeres, n'y ayant fourny du mien que le filet à les lier. — ME,SdM
https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Montaigne_-_Essais,_Éd_d...
(the late 20th century invention of the search engine has democratised reference by quotation; we no longer must assume that our reader has also already read any quoted works...)