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@jemostrom yes, finding tools that fit is so important. Happily there’s quite a few to choose from.
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@abc That’s a very good point. Markdown certainly isn’t for everyone or for every use-case. And I forgot that it took me a while to get into it, until now it feels transparent. And actually, the old Wordpress felt like that, so maybe the current one could too.
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@jemostrom here’s a little story you might find interesting: Why I’m writing faster.
Spoiler: Wordpress isn’t the hero.
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@cygnoir Amazing! What will they invent next, these boffins?
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@manton It’s one of those features I might like, but needs user controls. It looks like Mastodon automatically previews the first link in the post. But your example blog post just shows a text link. In both cases there’s no choice. I’d like to be able to choose myself whether to add a preview, on a per post basis. In other words there could be two different kinds of link: the normal one and the preview-style link. Maybe Mastodon has a setting for this? I’m imagining creating the link and a checkbox appears saying ‘preview?’ Yeah. Probably needs more thought!
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@darrenhester yes, back to blogging! I hope you’re enjoying it. The economy of ‘likes’ was always a bit of a fraud, IMHO. Blogging is great.
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@mbattles welcome - nice photo!
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@ozzy Hello and welcome. I've found a simple blogging routine is a great way to write ✍️
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@manton I really liked your conversation about micro.blog on the Shoptalk podcast in October. The host was just blown away by the careful thought you've put into all these features. He couldn't have been more impressed!
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@chrisaldrich surely it's time for a Zettelpunk remake of the Spike Jonze movie Her. That's the promotion poster.
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@robertbreen Thanks Robert - kind of goes against my principles, if not my practice!
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@pawel I sometimes wonder whether the big players, especially Google, might want Firefox to keep going so that anti-trust questions don't start up again.
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@zbarocas Yes, apparently I'm a lot like the residents of Victoria, BC. Well, I did go there once on a day trip, and it was OK. Maybe I should emigrate though, to be nearer to my people. Or their playlists, anyway.
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@todor What I'm hearing from this is that being proved right trumps all other values
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@chrisaldrich thanks, though my main issue remains there's too much to read and too much good stuff! Look forward to hearing the name you choose
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@starrwulfe thanks - helpful to hear it confirmed there's no way round the Mastodon issue at present. Must investigate 'auto-boost'. And yes it does seem more like an issue with BlueSky than with micro.blog . It feels like plumbing - obviously not magic, but still a bit mysterious! Thanks again
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@starrwulfe thanks very much for the offer of help. I’ve connected BlueSky, but only one post of three has gone through. Well, its a start. And the only way I can make Mastodon work is to boost my @writingslowly posts to my main @writingslowly account. Any thoughts?
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@frank thanks so much for this - much appreciated.
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@frank thanks very much Frank - yes I’m interested. Also, you have a great blog roll. It’s inspiring me to create one of my own, but there might be quite an overlap!
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@gregmoore do or do not, human. There is no try
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@mjkaul yes, fun is the key ingredient! Keep going!
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@gannonburgett I like this approach a lot and yes, every so often I fall off the RSS wagon too and just, you know, look at websites. On reflection, that’s how I imagine people reading mine - like a magazine they randomly picked up in a cafe
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@gannonburgett RSS ftw! @matthewlang I read newsletters via my feedreader. Substack newsletters all have a feed. For the stubborn newsletters, Feedly (just an example) gives you an email address to subscribe with. A key moment in the ensh*ttification cycle is when an app removes its feeds, having piggybacked its way to success by means of... feeds. Hasn't happened yet with Substack, but I'm not holding my breath. I think I would have been overwhelmed a long time ago if it hadn't been for RSS. Can't fill up my mailbox with newsletters - life's too short.
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@JohnBrady plain text email!
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@jean congratulations on the anniversary, and wishing you a good November micro.blog sabbatical.