gRegor Morrill gregorlove.com

Add support for bookmarks with h-cite

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    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2022-11-18 14:59-0800",
    "url": "https://gregorlove.com/2022/11/add-support-for-bookmarks-with-h-cite/",
    "category": [
        "indieweb"
    ],
    "in-reply-to": [
        "https://github.com/aaronpk/IndieNews/issues"
    ],
    "name": "Add support for bookmarks with h-cite",
    "content": {
        "text": "Initially I tried submitting this bookmark using u-bookmark-of h-cite, but IndieNews did not pick up the name of the post from the h-cite.\n\nIndieNews appears to require a p-name or e-content property, so I ended up using a bit of a hack: u-bookmark-of p-name.",
        "html": "<p>Initially I tried submitting <a href=\"https://gregorlove.com/2022/11/bookmarked-indiebookclub-version-0.1.0-launched/\">this bookmark</a> using <code>u-bookmark-of h-cite</code>, but IndieNews did not pick up the name of the post from the h-cite.</p>\n\n<p>IndieNews appears to require a <code>p-name</code> or <code>e-content</code> property, so I ended up using a bit of a hack: <code>u-bookmark-of p-name</code>.</p>"
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        "type": "card",
        "name": "gRegor Morrill",
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gRegor Morrill gregorlove.com

Bookmark posts with anchors break permalinks

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    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2022-11-18 14:43-0800",
    "url": "https://gregorlove.com/2022/11/indienews-issue/",
    "category": [
        "indieweb"
    ],
    "syndication": [
        "https://github.com/aaronpk/IndieNews/issues/59"
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        "https://github.com/aaronpk/IndieNews/issues"
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    "name": "Bookmark posts with anchors break permalinks",
    "content": {
        "text": "When submitting a bookmark post with an anchor (example) the submission is successful but the IndieNews permalink fails, returning 404 (https://news.indieweb.org/en/indiebookclub.biz/updates#post-2022-11-14)\n\nI imagine the fragment should be converted to a unique slug for use in the IndieNews permalinks, like updates-post-2022-11-14.",
        "html": "<p>When submitting a bookmark post with an anchor (<a href=\"https://gregorlove.com/2022/11/bookmarked-indiebookclub-version-0.1.0-launched/\">example</a>) the submission is successful but the IndieNews permalink fails, returning 404 (<a href=\"https://news.indieweb.org/en/indiebookclub.biz/updates#post-2022-11-14\">https://news.indieweb.org/en/indiebookclub.biz/updates#post-2022-11-14</a>)</p>\n\n<p>I imagine the fragment should be converted to a unique slug for use in the IndieNews permalinks, like <code>updates-post-2022-11-14</code>.</p>"
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Jeremy Keith adactio.com

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    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2022-11-15T14:57:57Z",
    "url": "https://adactio.com/links/19624",
    "category": [
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        "text": "Mastodon is just blogs\n\n\n\n\n  Do you still miss Google Reader, almost a decade after it was shut down? It\u2019s back!\n  \n  A Mastodon server is a feed reader, shared by everyone who uses that server.\n\n\nI really like Simon\u2019s description of the fediverse:\n\n\n  A Mastodon server (often called an instance) is just a shared blog host. Kind of like putting your personal blog in a folder on a domain on shared hosting with some of your friends.\n  \n  Want to go it alone? You can do that: run your own dedicated Mastodon instance on your own domain.\n\n\nThis is spot-on:\n\n\n  Mastodon is just blogs and Google Reader, skinned to look like Twitter.",
        "html": "<h3>\n<a class=\"p-name u-bookmark-of\" href=\"https://simonwillison.net/2022/Nov/8/mastodon-is-just-blogs/\">\nMastodon is just blogs\n</a>\n</h3>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>Do you still miss Google Reader, almost a decade after it was shut down? It\u2019s back!</p>\n  \n  <p>A Mastodon server is a feed reader, shared by everyone who uses that server.</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>I really like Simon\u2019s description of the fediverse:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>A Mastodon server (often called an instance) is just a shared blog host. Kind of like putting your personal blog in a folder on a domain on shared hosting with some of your friends.</p>\n  \n  <p>Want to go it alone? You can do that: run your own dedicated Mastodon instance on your own domain.</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>This is spot-on:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p><strong>Mastodon is just blogs and Google Reader, skinned to look like Twitter.</strong></p>\n</blockquote>"
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Jeremy Keith adactio.com

That fediverse feeling

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    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2022-11-18T20:15:24Z",
    "url": "https://adactio.com/journal/19650",
    "category": [
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        "social",
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        "https://adactio.medium.com/61ea53e7aece"
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    "name": "That fediverse feeling",
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        "text": "Right now, Twitter feels like Dunkirk beach in May 1940. And look, here comes a plucky armada of web servers running Mastodon instances!\n\nOthers have written some guides to getting started on Mastodon:\n\n\nAn oversimplified guide to setting up Mastodon by Sarah Higley,\n\nAn Increasingly Less-Brief Guide to Mastodon by No\u00eblle Anthony,\n\n10 Quick Tips for a Great Mastodon\u00a0Experience by Jens Oliver Meiert, and\n\nHow to Get Started on Mastodon by Justin Pot for Wired.\nThere are also tools like Twitodon to help you migrate from Twitter to Mastodon.\n\nGetting on board isn\u2019t completely frictionless. Understanding how Mastodon works can be confusing. But then again, so was Twitter fifteen years ago.\n\nRight now, many Mastodon instances are struggling with the influx of new sign-ups. But this is temporary. And actually, it\u2019s also very reminiscent of the early unreliable days of Twitter.\n\nI don\u2019t want to go into the technical details of Mastodon and the fediverse\u2014even though those details are fascinating and impressive. What I\u2019m really struck by is the vibe.\n\nIn a nutshell, I\u2019m loving it! It feels \u2026nice.\n\nI was fully expecting Mastodon to be full of meta-discussions about Mastodon, but in the past few weeks I\u2019ve enjoyed people posting about stone circles, astronomy, and\u2014obviously\u2014cats and dogs.\n\nThe process of finding people to follow has been slow, but in a good way. I\u2019ve enjoyed seeking people out. It\u2019s been easier to find the techy folks, but I\u2019ve also been finding scientists, journalists, and artists.\n\nOn the one hand, the niceness of the experience isn\u2019t down to technical architecture; it\u2019s all about the social norms. On the other hand, those social norms are very much directed by technical decisions. The folks working on the fediverse for the past few years have made very thoughtful design decisions to amplify niceness and discourage nastiness. It\u2019s all very gratifying to experience!\n\nPersonally, I\u2019m posting to Mastodon via my own website. As much as I\u2019m really enjoying Mastodon, I still firmly believe that nothing beats having control of your own content on your domain.\n\nBut I also totally get that not everyone has the same set of priorities as me. And frankly, it\u2019s unrealistic to expect everyone to have their own domain name.\n\nIt\u2019s like there\u2019s a spectrum of ownership. On one end, there\u2019s publishing on your own website. On the other end, there\u2019s publishing on silos like Twitter, Facebook, Medium, Instagram, and MySpace.\n\nPublishing on Mastodon feels much closer to the website end of the spectrum than it does to the silo end of the spectrum. If something bad happens to the Mastodon instance you\u2019re on, you can up and move to a different instance, taking your social graph with you.\n\nIn a way, it\u2019s like delegating domain ownership to someone you trust. If you don\u2019t have the time, energy, resources, or interest in having your own domain, but you trust someone who\u2019s running a Mastodon instance, it\u2019s the next best thing to publishing on your own website.\n\nSimon described it well when he said Mastodon is just blogs:\n\n\n  A Mastodon server (often called an instance) is just a shared blog host. Kind of like putting your personal blog in a folder on a domain on shared hosting with some of your friends.\n  \n  Want to go it alone? You can do that: run your own dedicated Mastodon instance on your own domain.\n\n\nAnd rather than compare Mastodon to Twitter, Simon makes a comparison with RSS:\n\n\n  Do you still miss Google Reader, almost a decade after it was shut down? It\u2019s back!\n  \n  A Mastodon server is a feed reader, shared by everyone who uses that server.\n\n\nLots of other folks are feeling the same excitement in the air that I\u2019m getting:\n\nBastian wrote:\n\n\n  Real conversations. Real people. Interesting content. A feeling of a warm welcoming group. No algorithm to mess around with our timelines. No troll army to destory every tiny bit of peace. Yes, Mastodon is rough around the edges. Many parts are not intuitive. But this roughness somehow added to the positive experience for me.\n  \n  This could really work!\n\n\nBrent Simmons wrote:\n\n\n  The web is wide open again, for the first time in what feels like forever.\n\n\nI concur! Though, like Paul, I love not being beholden to either Twitter or Mastodon:\n\n\n  I love not feeling bound to any particular social network. This website, my website, is the one true home for all the stuff I\u2019ve felt compelled to write down or point a camera at over the years. When a social network disappears, goes out of fashion or becomes inhospitable, I can happily move on with little anguish.\n\n\nBut like I said, I don\u2019t expect everyone to have the time, means, or inclination to do that. Mastodon definitely feels like it shares the same indie web spirit though.\n\nPersonally, I recommend experiencing Mastodon through the website rather than a native app. Mastodon instances are progressive web apps so you can add them to your phone\u2019s home screen.\n\nYou can find me on Mastodon as @adactio@mastodon.social\n\nI\u2019m not too bothered about what instance I\u2019m on. It really only makes a difference to my local timeline. And if I do end up finding an instance I prefer, then I know that migrating will be quite straightforward, by design. Perhaps I should be on an instance with a focus on front-end development or the indie web. I still haven\u2019t found much of an Irish traditional music community on the fediverse. I\u2019m wondering if maybe I should start a Mastodon instance for that.\n\nWhile I\u2019m a citizen of mastodon.social, I\u2019m doing my bit by chipping in some money to support it: sponsorship levels on Patreon start at just $1 a month. And while I can\u2019t offer much technical assistance, I opened my first Mastodon pull request with a suggested improvement for the documentation.\n\nI\u2019m really impressed with the quality of the software. It isn\u2019t perfect but considering that it\u2019s an open source project, it\u2019s better than most VC-backed services with more and better-paid staff. As Giles said, comparing it to Twitter:\n\n\n  I\u2019m using Mastodon now and it\u2019s not the same, but it\u2019s not shit either. It\u2019s different. It takes a bit of adjustment. And I\u2019m enjoying it.\n\n\nMost of all, I love, love, love that Mastodon demonstrates that things can be different. For too long we\u2019ve been told that behavioural advertising was an intrinsic part of being online, that social networks must inevitably be monolithic centralised beasts, that we have to relinquish control to corporations in order to be online. The fediverse is showing us a better way. And this isn\u2019t just a proof of concept either. It\u2019s here now. It\u2019s here to stay, if you want it.",
        "html": "<p>Right now, Twitter feels like Dunkirk beach in May 1940. And look, here comes a plucky armada of web servers running <a href=\"https://joinmastodon.org/\">Mastodon</a> instances!</p>\n\n<p>Others have written some guides to getting started on Mastodon:</p>\n\n<ul><li>\n<a href=\"https://sarahmhigley.com/writing/mastodon/\">An oversimplified guide to setting up Mastodon</a> by Sarah Higley,</li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https://github.com/joyeusenoelle/GuideToMastodon/\">An Increasingly Less-Brief Guide to Mastodon</a> by No\u00eblle Anthony,</li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https://meiert.com/en/blog/mastodon-quick-tips/\">10 Quick Tips for a Great Mastodon\u00a0Experience</a> by Jens Oliver Meiert, and</li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-get-started-use-mastodon/\">How to Get Started on Mastodon</a> by Justin Pot for Wired.</li>\n</ul><p>There are also tools like <a href=\"https://twitodon.com/\">Twitodon</a> to help you migrate from Twitter to Mastodon.</p>\n\n<p>Getting on board isn\u2019t completely frictionless. Understanding how Mastodon works can be confusing. But then again, <a href=\"https://adactio.com/journal/1240\">so was Twitter fifteen years ago</a>.</p>\n\n<p>Right now, many Mastodon instances are struggling with the influx of new sign-ups. But this is temporary. And actually, it\u2019s also very reminiscent of the early unreliable days of Twitter.</p>\n\n<p>I don\u2019t want to go into the technical details of Mastodon and the fediverse\u2014even though those details are fascinating and impressive. What I\u2019m really struck by is <em>the vibe</em>.</p>\n\n<p>In a nutshell, I\u2019m loving it! It feels \u2026nice.</p>\n\n<p>I was fully expecting Mastodon to be full of meta-discussions about Mastodon, but in the past few weeks I\u2019ve enjoyed people posting about stone circles, astronomy, and\u2014obviously\u2014cats and dogs.</p>\n\n<p>The process of finding people to follow has been slow, but in a good way. I\u2019ve enjoyed seeking people out. It\u2019s been easier to find the techy folks, but I\u2019ve also been finding scientists, journalists, and artists.</p>\n\n<p>On the one hand, the niceness of the experience isn\u2019t down to technical architecture; it\u2019s all about the social norms. On the other hand, those social norms are very much directed by technical decisions. The folks working on the fediverse for the past few years have made very thoughtful design decisions to amplify niceness and discourage nastiness. It\u2019s all very gratifying to experience!</p>\n\n<p>Personally, <a href=\"https://adactio.com/journal/19645\">I\u2019m posting to Mastodon via my own website</a>. As much as I\u2019m really enjoying Mastodon, I still firmly believe that nothing beats having control of your own content on your domain.</p>\n\n<p>But I also totally get that not everyone has the same set of priorities as me. And frankly, it\u2019s unrealistic to expect everyone to have their own domain name.</p>\n\n<p>It\u2019s like there\u2019s a spectrum of ownership. On one end, there\u2019s publishing on your own website. On the other end, there\u2019s publishing on silos like Twitter, Facebook, Medium, Instagram, and MySpace.</p>\n\n<p>Publishing on Mastodon feels much closer to the website end of the spectrum than it does to the silo end of the spectrum. If something bad happens to the Mastodon instance you\u2019re on, you can up and move to a different instance, taking your social graph with you.</p>\n\n<p>In a way, it\u2019s like delegating domain ownership to someone you trust. If you don\u2019t have the time, energy, resources, or interest in having your own domain, but you trust someone who\u2019s running a Mastodon instance, it\u2019s the next best thing to publishing on your own website.</p>\n\n<p>Simon described it well when he said <a href=\"https://simonwillison.net/2022/Nov/8/mastodon-is-just-blogs/\">Mastodon is just blogs</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>A Mastodon server (often called an instance) is just a shared blog host. Kind of like putting your personal blog in a folder on a domain on shared hosting with some of your friends.</p>\n  \n  <p>Want to go it alone? You can do that: run your own dedicated Mastodon instance on your own domain.</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>And rather than compare Mastodon to Twitter, Simon makes a comparison with RSS:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>Do you still miss Google Reader, almost a decade after it was shut down? It\u2019s back!</p>\n  \n  <p>A Mastodon server is a feed reader, shared by everyone who uses that server.</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>Lots of other folks are feeling the same excitement in the air that I\u2019m getting:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://bastianallgeier.com/notes/fediverse\">Bastian wrote</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>Real conversations. Real people. Interesting content. A feeling of a warm welcoming group. No algorithm to mess around with our timelines. No troll army to destory every tiny bit of peace. Yes, Mastodon is rough around the edges. Many parts are not intuitive. But this roughness somehow added to the positive experience for me.</p>\n  \n  <p>This could really work!</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://inessential.com/2022/11/13/after_twitter\">Brent Simmons wrote</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>The web is wide open again, for the first time in what feels like forever.</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>I concur! Though, <a href=\"https://paulrobertlloyd.com/articles/2022/11/posse/\">like Paul</a>, I love not being beholden to either Twitter or Mastodon:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>I love not feeling bound to any particular social network. This website, my website, is the one true home for all the stuff I\u2019ve felt compelled to write down or point a camera at over the years. When a social network disappears, goes out of fashion or becomes inhospitable, I can happily move on with little anguish.</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>But like I said, I don\u2019t expect everyone to have the time, means, or inclination to do that. Mastodon definitely feels like it shares the same <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/\">indie web</a> spirit though.</p>\n\n<p>Personally, I recommend experiencing Mastodon through the website rather than a native app. Mastodon instances are progressive web apps so you can add them to your phone\u2019s home screen.</p>\n\n<p>You can find me on Mastodon as <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@adactio\">@adactio@mastodon.social</a></p>\n\n<p>I\u2019m not too bothered about what instance I\u2019m on. It really only makes a difference to my local timeline. And if I do end up finding an instance I prefer, then I know that migrating will be quite straightforward, by design. Perhaps I should be on an instance with a focus on <a href=\"https://front-end.social/\">front-end development</a> or <a href=\"https://indieweb.social\">the indie web</a>. I still haven\u2019t found much of an <a href=\"https://thesession.org/\">Irish traditional music</a> community on the fediverse. I\u2019m wondering if maybe I should start a Mastodon instance for that.</p>\n\n<p>While I\u2019m a citizen of mastodon.social, I\u2019m doing my bit by chipping in some money to support it: <a href=\"https://patreon.com/mastodon\">sponsorship levels on Patreon</a> start at just $1 a month. And while I can\u2019t offer much technical assistance, I opened <a href=\"https://github.com/mastodon/documentation/pull/1043\">my first Mastodon pull request</a> with a suggested improvement for the documentation.</p>\n\n<p>I\u2019m really impressed with the quality of the software. It isn\u2019t perfect but considering that it\u2019s an open source project, it\u2019s better than most VC-backed services with more and better-paid staff. As <a href=\"https://gilest.org/end-twitter.html\">Giles said</a>, comparing it to Twitter:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>I\u2019m using Mastodon now and it\u2019s not the same, but it\u2019s not shit either. It\u2019s different. It takes a bit of adjustment. And I\u2019m enjoying it.</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>Most of all, I love, love, <em>love</em> that Mastodon demonstrates that things can be different. For too long we\u2019ve been told that behavioural advertising was an intrinsic part of being online, that social networks must inevitably be monolithic centralised beasts, that we have to relinquish control to corporations in order to be online. <a href=\"https://fediverse.party/\">The fediverse</a> is showing us a better way. And this isn\u2019t just a proof of concept either. It\u2019s here now. It\u2019s here to stay, if you want it.</p>"
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Jeremy Keith adactio.com

Syndicating to Mastodon

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    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2022-11-17T16:12:49Z",
    "url": "https://adactio.com/journal/19645",
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        "text": "I\u2019ve been contemplating a checkbox. The label for this checkbox reads:\n\n\n  This is a bot account\n\n\nLet me back up\u2026\n\nIn what seems like decades ago, but was in fact just a few weeks, Elon Musk bought Twitter and began burning it to the ground. His admirers insist he\u2019s playing some form of four-dimensional chess, but to the rest of us, his actions are indistinguishable from a spoilt rich kid not understanding what a social network is.\n\nIt wasn\u2019t giving me much cause for anguish personally. For the past eight years, I\u2019ve only used Twitter as a syndication endpoint for my own notes. But I understand that\u2019s a very privileged position to be in. Most people on Twitter don\u2019t have the same luxury of independence. It\u2019s genuinely maddening and saddening to see their years of sharing destroyed by one cruel idiot.\n\nLots of people started moving to Mastodon. I figured I should do the same for my syndicated notes.\n\nAt first, I signed up for an account on mastodon.cloud. No particular reason. But that\u2019s where I saw this very insightful post from Anil Dash:\n\n\n  When it came time to reckon with social media\u2019s failings, nobody ran to the \u201cweb3\u201d platforms. Nobody asked \u201ccan I get paid per message\u201d? Nobody asked about the blockchain. The community of people who\u2019ve been quietly doing this work for years (decades!) ended up being the ones who welcomed everyone over, as always.\n\n\nI was getting my account all set up and beginning to follow some other folks, when I realised that I actually already had an exisiting account over on mastodon.social. Doh! Turns out that I signed up back in 2017 to kick the tyres, but never did much else because there weren\u2019t many other people around back then. Oh, how times have changed!\n\nAnyway, I thought I had really screwed up by having two accounts but this turned out to be an opportunity to experience some of the thoughtfulness in Mastodon\u2019s design. The process of migrating from one Mastodon account to another\u2014on a completely different instance\u2014was very smooth! It was clear that this wasn\u2019t an afterthought. This is an essential part of the fediverse and the design of the migration flow reflects that.\n\nThis gives me enormous peace of mind. If I ever want to switch to a different instance and still keep my network intact, I know it won\u2019t be a problem. Mastodon is like the opposite of the roach-motel mentality that permeates most VC-backed so-called social networks.\n\nAs I played around some more\u2014reading, following, exploring\u2014my feelings of fondness only grew stronger. I like this place a lot!\n\nI definitely wanted to syndicate my notes to Mastodon. At first, I implemented a straightforward RSS-to-Mastodon syndication using IFTTT (IF This, Then That), thanks to Matthias\u2019s excellent tutorial.\n\nBut that didn\u2019t feel quite right. When I syndicate to Twitter, I make a conscious choice each time. There\u2019s a \u201cTwitter\u201d toggle that I can enable or disable in my posting interface. Mastodon deserved the same level of thoughtfulness.\n\nSo I switched off the IFTTT recipe and started exploring the Mastodon API. It\u2019s going to sound like a humblebrag when I tell you that I got cross-posting working in almost no time at all, but that\u2019s not a testament to my coding prowess (I\u2019m really not very good), but rather a testament to the Mastodon API, which was a joy to work with.\n\nOn your Mastodon instance, go to /settings/applications.\nClick on New Application.\nFill in the details about your website and select write:statuses (and probably write:media) from the Scopes list.\nCopy Your access token to use in API calls.\nWrite some sloppy code (in my case, PHP that uses CURL).\nI did hit a wall when it came to posting images. That took me a while to get working, and I couldn\u2019t figure out why. Was it something at Mastodon\u2019s end while it was struggling under the influx of new users? As it turns out, no. It was entirely down to me being an idiot. (You know that situation where you\u2019re working on a problem for ages and you\u2019ve become convinced it\u2019s an extremely gnarly rocket-science problem, but then turns out to be something stupid like a typo? Yeah. That.)\n\nThen there\u2019s the whole question of how to receive replies, likes, and reboosts from Mastodon here on my own site. Luckily, that was super easy, thanks to Brid.gy. One click and I was done. I love Brid.gy!\n\nTake this note, for example. There\u2019s a version on Twitter and a version on Mastodon. The original version on my own site gets responses from both places.\n\nIf I\u2019m replying to a response on Twitter, I do not syndicate that to Mastodon.\n\nLikewise, if I\u2019m replying to a response on Mastodon, I do not syndicate that to Twitter.\n\nOh, one thing worth mentioning: if you\u2019re sending a reply to something on Mastodon using the API, there\u2019s an in_reply_to_id field for you to provide. But you should also include the full @username@instance of the person you\u2019re replying to at the beginning of the message to ensure that it\u2019s displayed as a reply rather than showing up as a regular post. Note the difference between this note on my site and its syndicated version on Mastodon.\n\nAnyway, now I\u2019m posting to Mastodon, but I\u2019m doing it through the the interface of my own website. Which brings me to that checkbox in Mastodon\u2019s profile settings:\n\n\n  This is a bot account\n\n\nThe help text reads:\n\n\n  Signal to others that the account mainly performs automated actions and might not be monitored\n\n\nIf I were doing the automatic cross-posting from RSS, I\u2019d definitely tick that box. But as I\u2019m making a conscious decision whenever I syndicate to Mastodon, I think I\u2019m going to leave that checkbox unticked.\n\nMy cross-posting is not automated and I\u2019m very much monitoring my Mastodon account \u2026because I\u2019m enjoying my Mastodon experience more than I\u2019ve enjoyed anything online for quite some time. Highly recommended!",
        "html": "<p>I\u2019ve been contemplating a checkbox. The label for this checkbox reads:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>This is a bot account</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>Let me back up\u2026</p>\n\n<p>In what seems like decades ago, but was in fact just a few weeks, Elon Musk bought Twitter and began burning it to the ground. His admirers insist he\u2019s playing some form of four-dimensional chess, but to the rest of us, his actions are indistinguishable from a spoilt rich kid not understanding what a social network is.</p>\n\n<p>It wasn\u2019t giving me much cause for anguish personally. For <a href=\"https://adactio.com/journal/6826\">the past eight years</a>, I\u2019ve only used Twitter as a syndication endpoint for my own notes. But I understand that\u2019s a very privileged position to be in. Most people on Twitter don\u2019t have the same luxury of independence. It\u2019s genuinely maddening and saddening to see their years of sharing destroyed by one cruel idiot.</p>\n\n<p>Lots of people started moving to <a href=\"https://joinmastodon.org/\">Mastodon</a>. I figured I should do the same for my syndicated notes.</p>\n\n<p>At first, I signed up for an account on mastodon.cloud. No particular reason. But that\u2019s where <a href=\"https://adactio.com/links/19582\">I saw</a> this <a href=\"https://mastodon.cloud/@anildash/109299991009836007\">very insightful post from Anil Dash</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>When it came time to reckon with social media\u2019s failings, nobody ran to the \u201cweb3\u201d platforms. Nobody asked \u201ccan I get paid per message\u201d? Nobody asked about the blockchain. The community of people who\u2019ve been quietly doing this work for years (decades!) ended up being the ones who welcomed everyone over, as always.</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>I was getting my account all set up and beginning to follow some other folks, when I realised that I actually already had <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@adactio\">an exisiting account over on mastodon.social</a>. Doh! Turns out that I signed up back in 2017 to kick the tyres, but never did much else because there weren\u2019t many other people around back then. Oh, how times have changed!</p>\n\n<p>Anyway, I thought I had really screwed up by having two accounts but this turned out to be an opportunity to experience some of the thoughtfulness in Mastodon\u2019s design. The process of migrating from one Mastodon account to another\u2014on a completely different instance\u2014was <em>very</em> smooth! It was clear that this wasn\u2019t an afterthought. This is an essential part of the fediverse and the design of the migration flow reflects that.</p>\n\n<p>This gives me enormous peace of mind. If I ever want to switch to a different instance and still keep my network intact, I know it won\u2019t be a problem. Mastodon is like the opposite of the roach-motel mentality that permeates most VC-backed so-called social networks.</p>\n\n<p>As I played around some more\u2014reading, following, exploring\u2014my feelings of fondness only grew stronger. I like this place a lot!</p>\n\n<p>I definitely wanted to syndicate my notes to Mastodon. At first, I implemented a straightforward RSS-to-Mastodon syndication using <a href=\"https://ifttt.com\">IFTTT</a> (IF This, Then That), thanks to <a href=\"https://matthiasott.com/notes/syndicating-posts-personal-website-twitter-mastodon\">Matthias\u2019s excellent tutorial</a>.</p>\n\n<p>But that didn\u2019t feel quite right. When I syndicate to Twitter, I make a conscious choice each time. There\u2019s a \u201cTwitter\u201d toggle that I can enable or disable in my posting interface. Mastodon deserved the same level of thoughtfulness.</p>\n\n<p>So I switched off the IFTTT recipe and started exploring <a href=\"https://docs.joinmastodon.org/api/\">the Mastodon API</a>. It\u2019s going to sound like a humblebrag when I tell you that I got cross-posting working in almost no time at all, but that\u2019s not a testament to my coding prowess (I\u2019m really not very good), but rather a testament to the Mastodon API, which was a joy to work with.</p>\n\n<ol><li>On your Mastodon instance, go to <code>/settings/applications</code>.</li>\n<li>Click on <code>New Application</code>.</li>\n<li>Fill in the details about your website and select <code>write:statuses</code> (and probably <code>write:media</code>) from the Scopes list.</li>\n<li>Copy <code>Your access token</code> to use in API calls.</li>\n<li>Write <a href=\"https://gist.github.com/adactio/c3652f2241c29bdc5af116bb02594d61\">some sloppy code</a> (in my case, PHP that uses CURL).</li>\n</ol><p>I did hit a wall when it came to posting images. That took me a while to get working, and I couldn\u2019t figure out why. Was it something at Mastodon\u2019s end while it was struggling under the influx of new users? As it turns out, no. It was entirely down to me being an idiot. (You know that situation where you\u2019re working on a problem for ages and you\u2019ve become convinced it\u2019s an extremely gnarly rocket-science problem, but then turns out to be something stupid like a typo? Yeah. That.)</p>\n\n<p>Then there\u2019s the whole question of how to receive replies, likes, and reboosts from Mastodon here on my own site. Luckily, that was super easy, thanks to <a href=\"https://brid.gy/\">Brid.gy</a>. One click and I was done. I love Brid.gy!</p>\n\n<p>Take <a href=\"https://adactio.com/notes/19615\">this note, for example</a>. There\u2019s <a href=\"https://twitter.com/adactio/status/1592231930304466944\">a version on Twitter</a> and <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@adactio/109343712638768951\">a version on Mastodon</a>. The original version on my own site gets responses from both places.</p>\n\n<p>If <a href=\"https://adactio.com/notes/19616\">I\u2019m replying</a> to <a href=\"https://twitter.com/nutsmuggler/status/1592236101124739073\">a response on Twitter</a>, I do <em>not</em> syndicate that to Mastodon.</p>\n\n<p>Likewise, if <a href=\"https://adactio.com/notes/19639\">I\u2019m replying</a> to <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@sgarrity/109353762964696165\">a response on Mastodon</a>, I do <em>not</em> syndicate that to Twitter.</p>\n\n<p>Oh, one thing worth mentioning: if you\u2019re sending a reply to something on Mastodon using the API, there\u2019s an <code>in_reply_to_id</code> field for you to provide. But you should also include the full @username@instance of the person you\u2019re replying to at the beginning of the message to ensure that it\u2019s displayed as a reply rather than showing up as a regular post. Note the difference between <a href=\"https://adactio.com/notes/19639\">this note on my site</a> and <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@adactio/109352196388205690\">its syndicated version on Mastodon</a>.</p>\n\n<p>Anyway, now I\u2019m posting to Mastodon, but I\u2019m doing it through the the interface of my own website. Which brings me to that checkbox in Mastodon\u2019s profile settings:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>This is a bot account</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>The help text reads:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>Signal to others that the account mainly performs automated actions and might not be monitored</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>If I were doing the automatic cross-posting from RSS, I\u2019d definitely tick that box. 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Jeremy Keith adactio.com

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        "text": "Bird\u2019s-eye View \u00b7 Paul Robert Lloyd\n\n\n\n\n  I love not feeling bound to any particular social network. This website, my website, is the one true home for all the stuff I\u2019ve felt compelled to write down or point a camera at over the years. When a social network disappears, goes out of fashion or becomes inhospitable, I can happily move on with little anguish.",
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Notes: beginner's guide to the indie web

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@ash@acegiak.net acegiak.net

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        "text": "So this is serving #indieweb #mf2 html on my page with as deep a stack as I like, and in my activitystream it's serving both misskey's old quoteUrl field and the new FEP-e232 format for the quote",
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gRegor Morrill gregorlove.com

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        "text": "To toot, or not to toot, that is the question.\n\n\u00a0",
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Jeremy Keith adactio.com

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Barry Frost barryfrost.com

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        "text": "I\u2019ve added Mastodon syndication to my website\u2019s backend, which means this post should appear on my website (barryfrost.com), my Twitter account (@barryf) and my Mastodon account (@barryf@mastodon.social). #indieweb"
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gRegor Morrill gregorlove.com

New IndieAuth Client PHP Release

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        "text": "Version 1.1.6 of the IndieAuth Client library for PHP is released! This update adds support for IndieAuth Server Metadata and additional endpoint discovery methods as part of the 2022-02-12 version of the IndieAuth specification. It is backwards compatible with sites that do not yet support the metadata endpoint.\n\nI will be updating indiebookclub in the next few days to use this version. In my testing with it so far, everything has worked smoothly. I look forward to other IndieAuth implementations updating as well.",
        "html": "<p><a href=\"https://github.com/indieweb/indieauth-client-php/releases/tag/1.1.6\">Version 1.1.6</a> of the IndieAuth Client library for PHP is released! This update adds support for IndieAuth Server Metadata and additional endpoint discovery methods as part of the 2022-02-12 version of the <a href=\"https://indieauth.spec.indieweb.org/\">IndieAuth specification</a>. It is backwards compatible with sites that do not yet support the metadata endpoint.</p>\n\n<p>I will be updating <a href=\"https://indiebookclub.biz/\">indiebookclub</a> in the next few days to use this version. In my testing with it so far, everything has worked smoothly. I look forward to other IndieAuth implementations updating as well.</p>"
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Jeremy Cherfas jeremycherfas.net

Wondering about my Twitter future

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        "text": "I\u2019ve been watching, with some amusement, the goings on at Twitter and wondering what, if anything, I should do. I\u2019m skeptical that the whole thing is going to implode, although I am not nearly as sanguine that it will not become even worse than it currently is. To an extent, I cannot avoid the mayhem, because a social channel that I like and enjoy has an automatic import of any tweet that contains the word \u201cIndieWeb,\u201d as a result of which one of the rooms is swamped with people whispering into the void that people can follow them on Mastodon at [email\u00a0protected]. I skim past them at a rate of knots, just in case there is something of actual interest that I don\u2019t want to miss.",
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Vika fireburn.ru

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Jeremy Keith adactio.com

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        "text": "What to blog\n\n\n\n\n  Eventually, it becomes second nature: jot down some thoughts and hit publish. Until then, think of it like starting a running habit. The first few days you run, it\u2019s awful and you think it\u2019ll never feel any better. But after a few weeks, you start getting antsy if you don\u2019t run. If you\u2019re not used to writing, it can feel like a slog, but it\u2019s worth getting over that hump.",
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Jeremy Keith adactio.com

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    "url": "https://adactio.com/links/19586",
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        "text": "Syndicating Posts from Your Personal Website to Twitter and Mastodon \u00b7 Matthias Ott \u2013 User Experience Designer\n\n\n\nA very timely post on using If This Then That to automatically post notes from your own site (via RSS) to Twitter and Mastodon.\n\nI\u2019ve set this up for my Mastodon profile.",
        "html": "<h3>\n<a class=\"p-name u-bookmark-of\" href=\"https://matthiasott.com/notes/syndicating-posts-personal-website-twitter-mastodon\">\nSyndicating Posts from Your Personal Website to Twitter and Mastodon \u00b7 Matthias Ott \u2013 User Experience Designer\n</a>\n</h3>\n\n<p>A very timely post on using <a href=\"https://ifttt.com/\">If This Then That</a> to automatically post notes from your own site (via RSS) to Twitter and Mastodon.</p>\n\n<p>I\u2019ve set this up for <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@adactio\">my Mastodon profile</a>.</p>"
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Jeremy Keith adactio.com

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    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2022-11-07T09:08:28Z",
    "url": "https://adactio.com/links/19582",
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        "text": "@anildash@mastodon.cloud\n\n\n\n\n  When it came time to reckon with social media\u2019s failings, nobody ran to the \u201cweb3\u201d platforms. Nobody asked \u201ccan I get paid per message\u201d? Nobody asked about the blockchain. The community of people who\u2019ve been quietly doing this work for years (decades!) ended up being the ones who welcomed everyone over, as always.",
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One twit can make a service a dodo

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        "html": "<img src=\"https://duncanstephen.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/twitter-dodo.png\" alt=\"A silhouette of a dodo in profile, presented in the same colour as the Twitter bird logo\" /><p>I have complicated feelings about the apparent imminent demise of Twitter in the hands of a reckless owner.</p>\n<h3>The last web 2.0 bubble bursting</h3>\n<p>In a way, Twitter was the last living, breathing link to the original dream of web 2.0 that I grew up through. I came of age as the blogosphere peaked. That was how I learned how to internet. It was how I learned the skills I took into my career.</p>\n<p>What Twitter evolved into over the past 16 years was already some way off the idealistic vision held in the mid-noughties. Recent events suggest any remaining belief in that vision has evaporated.</p>\n<p>I originally used Twitter as an appendage to my blog. After a few years where Twitter struggled to find relevance, it became a place where first celebrities, then journalists and politicians went to communicate. The Twittersphere accelerated past the blogosphere, and thoughtful long-form publishing made way for bite-sized attention seeking.</p>\n<p>Some of us kept our blogs going. But that started feeling like being the last loser in the kitchen at the party, not taking the hint that it was time to move on. The party was now on Twitter.</p>\n<p>For a long time I posted prolifically on Twitter. But gradually my activity decreased as my distaste set in for what social media had become.</p>\n<p>The way I used Twitter totally changed over the years. In the early days, I followed fellow bloggers, locals, Formula 1 nerds and politics geeks. I now follow very few of those people on my main account.</p>\n<p>In common with other major social media platforms that struggled to become viable businesses, Twitter had to chase advertisers. In doing so, they had to increase engagement. To do this they built addictive patterns, and developed algorithms that amplified inflammatory views.</p>\n<p>Ironically, this has been the undoing of social media in the end. Because, despite being the thing that drove clicks, the amplification of harmful views has also scared advertisers off. This paradox has effectively ended social media as a viable business.</p>\n<h3>Toxicity on Twitter</h3>\n<p>Moreover, Twitter seems to have skewed debate as a whole. The prevalence of hate has led social media to become a largely distasteful place. Social media has played a key role in events like the election of Donald Trump as US president, brexit, Russian disinformation campaigns, the rise of transphobia, and who know\u2019s what next?</p>\n<p>As events like this became more and more frequent, I began to implement rules to keep control of my Twitter timeline. This gradually transformed the way I used it, and my reason for using it.</p>\n<p>I tried not to unfollow anyone merely for tweeting an opinion I disagreed with. But I did not think twice about unfollowing people who pushed obnoxious views \u2014 snappy and devoid of context \u2014 into my timeline. This included bloggers I\u2019d been reading for around a decade.</p>\n<p>Such publications weren\u2019t so problematic to me when they stood or fell in the relatively meritocratic blogosphere, where you only saw a blog post if you looked for it or followed a hyperlink to it. But when algorithms started putting the more extreme views in front of other people who hadn\u2019t asked for them (and at the expense of more reasonable, but less engaging, views!), I had to send my own signal that I disapproved.</p>\n<p>As time went on, I came to adopt more and more rules, in my attempt to dial down the hot takes. Anyone who dogmatically pushed a predictable point of view without providing evidence was gone.</p>\n<p>Excitable Scottish nationalists were gone. FBPEs were out (despite the fact that I was pro-EU). Centrist dads were generally purged, even though I am one. I unfollowed all blue ticks unless I had a personal association with them. I also deleted most media figures and journalists, who were also in the game of grabbing clicks. I adopted a zero tolerance policy for anyone responsible for inserting racism or transphobia into my timeline.</p>\n<p>I currently probably only follow around half of the people I have ever followed. In the end, I saw almost nothing about politics. But my experience was undoubtedly better for it.</p>\n<h3>Making Twitter work for me</h3>\n<p>Over time, I came to use Twitter more and more as a way of keeping up with fellow practitioners of user experience practitioners and related disciplines. For me, Twitter came to be like a less sanctimonious LinkedIn.</p>\n<p>Moreover, despite all the issues, and all the people I ended up unfollowing, Twitter has been more influential than anything else (even blogging) in shaping my perspective for the better. Twitter has allowed me to learn so much, exposing me to diverse viewpoints from a range of people I would probably never have discovered any other way. Twitter has helped me learn about myself. I will be forever thankful for that.</p>\n<p>I have always attempted to keep tabs on the web presences of people I follow on Twitter. If they have an RSS feed, I subscribe to it. If Twitter disappears, I will endeavour to continue to seek out the valuable diverse views I have come to rely on Twitter for.</p>\n<p>For a long time, I have not posted much on Twitter myself. But I read it almost every day, normally multiple times a day.</p>\n<p>Long after I stopped using Facebook, Instagram and other social media websites, Twitter has been my go-to place to find out what\u2019s going on in the world.</p>\n<p>In short, Twitter was hard work to use. But it was worth the effort. With most people having abandoned blogging (at least in the original sense of carrying out daily discourse), it was the last remaining option for people who like reading.</p>\n<p>Other social media platforms like Instagram and TikTok of course won\u2019t fill the space. I generally can\u2019t abide videos. I\u2019m a reader and a writer. Although Twitter embraced videos (as all platforms have had to), its core still thrived on text.</p>\n<p>Hoping that people will return to blogging is hopeless.</p>\n<p>So what next?</p>\n<p>I\u2019ll probably still use Twitter for as long as it\u2019s practical to do so.</p>\n<h3>I will try Mastodon</h3>\n<p>I will try Mastodon, the place many people are turning to in advance of Twitter\u2019s apparent implosion. Unfortunately I don\u2019t have high hopes. The concept and the sign-up process is ridiculously confusing.</p>\n<p>(It reminds me of trying to work with <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/\">IndieWeb</a> concepts. It seems like a great idea at first, but then you\u2019re immediately slammed over the head with weird jargon and incomprehensible rules. I\u2019ve been an avid web user for decades, I\u2019ve built my own blogs. My profession is to work on the web. If <strong>I</strong> can\u2019t understand it, there\u2019s no real point in pretending that normal people might.)</p>\n<p>Nevertheless, you can find my Mastodon profile here:</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@duncanstephen\">Duncan Stephen on Mastodon: @duncanstephen@mastodon.social</a></p>\n<h3>Still blogging</h3>\n<p>In the meantime, my blog will keep going, as it has done for nearly 20 years. My primary online presence has always been my website.</p>\n<p>If you wish to follow me, please <a href=\"https://duncanstephen.net/feed/\">subscribe to my RSS feed</a> using a service such as <a href=\"https://feedly.com/\">Feedly</a>. Or <a href=\"https://duncanstephen.co.uk/follow/\">subscribe to receive email updates</a>.</p>",
        "text": "I have complicated feelings about the apparent imminent demise of Twitter in the hands of a reckless owner.\nThe last web 2.0 bubble bursting\nIn a way, Twitter was the last living, breathing link to the original dream of web 2.0 that I grew up through. I came of age as the blogosphere peaked. That was how I learned how to internet. It was how I learned the skills I took into my career.\nWhat Twitter evolved into over the past 16 years was already some way off the idealistic vision held in the mid-noughties. Recent events suggest any remaining belief in that vision has evaporated.\nI originally used Twitter as an appendage to my blog. After a few years where Twitter struggled to find relevance, it became a place where first celebrities, then journalists and politicians went to communicate. The Twittersphere accelerated past the blogosphere, and thoughtful long-form publishing made way for bite-sized attention seeking.\nSome of us kept our blogs going. But that started feeling like being the last loser in the kitchen at the party, not taking the hint that it was time to move on. The party was now on Twitter.\nFor a long time I posted prolifically on Twitter. But gradually my activity decreased as my distaste set in for what social media had become.\nThe way I used Twitter totally changed over the years. In the early days, I followed fellow bloggers, locals, Formula 1 nerds and politics geeks. I now follow very few of those people on my main account.\nIn common with other major social media platforms that struggled to become viable businesses, Twitter had to chase advertisers. In doing so, they had to increase engagement. To do this they built addictive patterns, and developed algorithms that amplified inflammatory views.\nIronically, this has been the undoing of social media in the end. Because, despite being the thing that drove clicks, the amplification of harmful views has also scared advertisers off. This paradox has effectively ended social media as a viable business.\nToxicity on Twitter\nMoreover, Twitter seems to have skewed debate as a whole. The prevalence of hate has led social media to become a largely distasteful place. Social media has played a key role in events like the election of Donald Trump as US president, brexit, Russian disinformation campaigns, the rise of transphobia, and who know\u2019s what next?\nAs events like this became more and more frequent, I began to implement rules to keep control of my Twitter timeline. This gradually transformed the way I used it, and my reason for using it.\nI tried not to unfollow anyone merely for tweeting an opinion I disagreed with. But I did not think twice about unfollowing people who pushed obnoxious views \u2014 snappy and devoid of context \u2014 into my timeline. This included bloggers I\u2019d been reading for around a decade.\nSuch publications weren\u2019t so problematic to me when they stood or fell in the relatively meritocratic blogosphere, where you only saw a blog post if you looked for it or followed a hyperlink to it. But when algorithms started putting the more extreme views in front of other people who hadn\u2019t asked for them (and at the expense of more reasonable, but less engaging, views!), I had to send my own signal that I disapproved.\nAs time went on, I came to adopt more and more rules, in my attempt to dial down the hot takes. Anyone who dogmatically pushed a predictable point of view without providing evidence was gone.\nExcitable Scottish nationalists were gone. FBPEs were out (despite the fact that I was pro-EU). Centrist dads were generally purged, even though I am one. I unfollowed all blue ticks unless I had a personal association with them. I also deleted most media figures and journalists, who were also in the game of grabbing clicks. I adopted a zero tolerance policy for anyone responsible for inserting racism or transphobia into my timeline.\nI currently probably only follow around half of the people I have ever followed. In the end, I saw almost nothing about politics. But my experience was undoubtedly better for it.\nMaking Twitter work for me\nOver time, I came to use Twitter more and more as a way of keeping up with fellow practitioners of user experience practitioners and related disciplines. For me, Twitter came to be like a less sanctimonious LinkedIn.\nMoreover, despite all the issues, and all the people I ended up unfollowing, Twitter has been more influential than anything else (even blogging) in shaping my perspective for the better. Twitter has allowed me to learn so much, exposing me to diverse viewpoints from a range of people I would probably never have discovered any other way. Twitter has helped me learn about myself. I will be forever thankful for that.\nI have always attempted to keep tabs on the web presences of people I follow on Twitter. If they have an RSS feed, I subscribe to it. If Twitter disappears, I will endeavour to continue to seek out the valuable diverse views I have come to rely on Twitter for.\nFor a long time, I have not posted much on Twitter myself. But I read it almost every day, normally multiple times a day.\nLong after I stopped using Facebook, Instagram and other social media websites, Twitter has been my go-to place to find out what\u2019s going on in the world.\nIn short, Twitter was hard work to use. But it was worth the effort. With most people having abandoned blogging (at least in the original sense of carrying out daily discourse), it was the last remaining option for people who like reading.\nOther social media platforms like Instagram and TikTok of course won\u2019t fill the space. I generally can\u2019t abide videos. I\u2019m a reader and a writer. Although Twitter embraced videos (as all platforms have had to), its core still thrived on text.\nHoping that people will return to blogging is hopeless.\nSo what next?\nI\u2019ll probably still use Twitter for as long as it\u2019s practical to do so.\nI will try Mastodon\nI will try Mastodon, the place many people are turning to in advance of Twitter\u2019s apparent implosion. Unfortunately I don\u2019t have high hopes. The concept and the sign-up process is ridiculously confusing.\n(It reminds me of trying to work with IndieWeb concepts. It seems like a great idea at first, but then you\u2019re immediately slammed over the head with weird jargon and incomprehensible rules. I\u2019ve been an avid web user for decades, I\u2019ve built my own blogs. My profession is to work on the web. If I can\u2019t understand it, there\u2019s no real point in pretending that normal people might.)\nNevertheless, you can find my Mastodon profile here:\nDuncan Stephen on Mastodon: @duncanstephen@mastodon.social\nStill blogging\nIn the meantime, my blog will keep going, as it has done for nearly 20 years. My primary online presence has always been my website.\nIf you wish to follow me, please subscribe to my RSS feed using a service such as Feedly. Or subscribe to receive email updates."
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Barry Frost barryfrost.com

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    "published": "2022-11-06T10:51:57.140Z",
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        "text": "Because of the alarming events unfolding at Twitter, like many I\u2019ve been exploring Mastodon. I\u2019m optimistic. You can find me at mastodon.social\u2026 or my own #indieweb website barryfrost.com."
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        "text": "I've added a little subscribe button to my   #indieweb  site. Anyone using mastodon, or any ActivityPub based site can see my posts. It'll act just like I'm a mastodon user :)\nDecentralisation!\n\n\n    \n    \n        \n    \n    \n        \n    \n\n\n        \n\n        \n        \n            \n            \n        \n        \n\n\n        \n\n\n                                 \n                                            \n                \n                \n                \n                indieweb\n                \n                activitystreams\n                \n                activitypub\n                \n                decentralisation\n                \n                tech\n                \n                dev",
        "html": "<p>I've added a little subscribe button to my  <a href=\"https://kongaloosh.com/t/indieweb\"> #indieweb</a>  site. Anyone using mastodon, or any ActivityPub based site can see my posts. It'll act just like I'm a mastodon user :)</p>\n<p>Decentralisation!</p>\n<p>\n</p>\n    \n    <a href=\"https://kongaloosh.com/images/data/2022/11/5/2022-11-05--16-02-03-0.png\">\n        </a>\n    \n    <a href=\"https://kongaloosh.com/images/data/2022/11/5/2022-11-05--16-02-03.png\">\n        </a>\n    \n\n\n        \n\n        \n        \n            <p></p>\n            \n        \n        \n\n\n        \n\n\n                                 \n                                            \n                \n                <i></i>\n                \n                <a href=\"https://kongaloosh.com/t/indieweb\">indieweb</a>\n                \n                <a href=\"https://kongaloosh.com/t/activitystreams\">activitystreams</a>\n                \n                <a href=\"https://kongaloosh.com/t/activitypub\">activitypub</a>\n                \n                <a href=\"https://kongaloosh.com/t/decentralisation\">decentralisation</a>\n                \n                <a href=\"https://kongaloosh.com/t/tech\">tech</a>\n                \n                <a href=\"https://kongaloosh.com/t/dev\">dev</a>"
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