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One of the things I miss about the old social web is how much easier it was to avoid spoilers for films and television shows.
via Micro.blog News:
Fixed an issue processing some Substack feeds. Also now prefers the full-length text of a post (newsletter email?) from Substack.
Ahem. That’s content blob, thank you very much.
I’ve been comfortable on Micro.blog basically since the day I joined. That’s over 5 years of feeling comfortable. Any changes made to the platform are unlikely to be the cause of my leaving.
This is one of the reasons I no longer share any feature requests I might have.
And that’s all good :)
The sudden presence of Threads, and its use by people who are literally saying “I never had Twitter and don’t know what this is” is a reminder to those of us in the world of the open web and blogging:
For lots of people Meta = the web. And it has been so for a long time.
My brain is wired up… wrong/right:
I never cared about the “live” aspect of Twitter. Having lived a life like lots of other people lucky enough to do so in a rich country, with approximately zero access to a live feed of the world; I was, and am happy with keeping news at a reasonable distance.
I’m definitely getting older.
Whilst I continue to dislike certain aspects of Meta, I am also unconvinced that vitriolic and sudden reactions truly contribute in any way to actually building something.
It is so easy to be angry on the web. The real work is difficult, and requires a level head.
This new Threads app seems like a way for Meta to attempt to improve its reputation for the people who care about such things.
The scale at which they operate means they can pretend to care about the open web, and it doesn’t matter when they lie about such things.
Why are these trendy social networks launching with URLs for their website that don’t actually show the website?
Are there people who, like me, actually like websites and enjoy using the browser but for some reason enjoy hitting these walls? Is that a thing?
Ended yesterday in Pixelmator; started today in Pixelmator. Work on @TIL continues…
I watched a video of the PM being “grilled” by a committee.
Eh. The man clearly couldn’t care less, and why should he be worried? The voting populace of this country wouldn’t concern me at all.
It feels good to be back:
It has been both a lot of fun and a relief to work on TIL again. The feeling I get from connecting to more of the open web, at the cost of the closed web, is… comfort, I think?
Tomorrow, belatedly, a new post on @TIL… 😮💨
One of the great lies told by the US corporate overlords of the web is that everything should be easy and without any effort.
As if being online is so radically different from the real world just because we wish it.
This is magical thinking nonsense in full effect.
The new 1Password experience:
- Start saving login ->
- Awkwardly find the generator via browser extension ->
- Copy password to save in login ->
- Login is not saved ->
- Password has disappeared.
I looked around and found no immediate way to get any help.
Truly, a significant drop in standards.
The problem with welcoming a Lab-Retriever into our home for the past year is that I now would like to give a home to all of the large dogs.
… all of them.