The steps… I deleted my tweet history in 2016. I didn’t want my archive on a site that I didn’t control. I left Twitter in 2017. Micro.blog showed up and I knew I wanted to only write on my own site. Twitter was a failed company. I removed all my connections, destroying my …
Keep reading · 2 minutes: RIP @thinglesI’m seeing a lot of people that I was connected with on Twitter X deleting their profiles. This actually ends up having an impact on my blog because of embeddings. When I left Twitter years ago I exported my archive and imported it into my blog. Over the years I’ve merged that …
Keep reading · 2 minutes: How I’m handling Twitter embeds from deleted accountsThe business of social media is the business of addiction.
These are the tobacco companies of our time.
At some point in the future…
We’ll learn how they knew all along their product was bad for us.
Eventually society will shun it as a bad habit.
Micro.blog just added a new feature to comment directly on a blog post on a hosted blog, instead of having to do it in the timeline on micro.blog. This also allows you to authenticate a comment using Mastadon or Blue Sky, in addition to micro.blog itself. Easier commenting now available!
The open foundation of the Fediverse continues to pique my interest and outweigh my disregard for social applications. I created Mastodon profiles and setup syndication for @jamiethingelstad@mastodon.social as well as @weeklything@mastodon.social. I currently publish to BlueSky and Nostr as well.
Iconfactory launched a Kickstarter campaign for Project Tapestry today. Iconfactory is a great company that has built some of the most delightful experiences (Linea, Frenzic, Twitterific). Tapestry intends to be an open “timeline” of content from a variety of services. I’m intrigued because of the focus on open systems and the world-class skills of Iconfactory. Backed!
Jim Nielsen’s Online Handles blog post caught my eye. I figured I would share too. Recently I started using jthingelstad just for clarity. However, decades prior I always went by thingles, which was my very first Unix account username at the U of MN. It was just my last name …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Online HandleI’ve been finding micro.blog a bit noisy lately. I was contemplating what to do about it and then I remembered that there is an option to “Show posts but no replies” for the timeline. I switched to that and am finding it much more relaxing again.
I won the auction for the “10 of 10” museum quality brass plaque that Jeff Atwood auctioned in his I Fight For The Users post. It arrived today and is even more awesome in person! 🤩 Description from the eBay listing: Let’s celebrate the death of Twitter in style, with the best …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Everything happens so much.I’ve been sending the Weekly Thing for six years. Every week I will get a few replies from people about a specific article, topic, or comment from that week. Getting those replies is great, and sometimes I’ll get multiple replies on the same thing and think it would be …
Keep reading · 2 minutes: Introducing Weekly Thing Forum