Posts by fluffy@mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #AApODBuj3qkNnkO2c4 by fluffy@mastodon.social
2021-08-29T19:47:31Z
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@Gargron @JoYo I prefer the interactions that occurred during the heyday of blogging, but Twitter/Facebook/etc. have completely replaced those for most people, and getting folks to use an RSS reader to follow my blog is a LOT to ask nowadays.If Mastodon provided a means of subscribing to an RSS/Atom feed, though, that'd be pretty cool.I do have an ActivityPub bridge at @beesbuzz.biz but that doesn't work amazingly well and it doesn't work with private posts.
(DIR) Post #AApSfw9X8hZj8LH8oy by fluffy@mastodon.social
2021-08-29T20:25:22Z
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@JoYo Okay, that's still not solving the part of the problem I care about though.
(DIR) Post #AApe9FzTYqAOYLkq2K by fluffy@mastodon.social
2021-08-29T22:50:07Z
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@emma @JoYo I mean that's sort of it, but also there's the whole comfort/UX aspect of what one expects out of an RSS feed vs. out of a Twitter logorrhea.RSS updates (i.e. blogs) tend to be slow, thoughtful, planned, consumed slowly and considered. Twitter updates are in the moment, shoot from the hip, a quick rush of engagement done rapid-fire without thoughtfulness, and usually for the intent of getting a lot of quick, often horrible, replies.
(DIR) Post #AApe9GW5baFqBV0ss4 by fluffy@mastodon.social
2021-08-29T22:52:03Z
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@emma @JoYo Like, even without the RSS aspect, bloggy platforms like LJ, Dreamwidth, and Wordpress make for more measured communication, people talking and sharing about things without it being a rapid-fire global text message conversation.Blogs allow you to breathe, and feed readers also tend to make it a lot easier to filter stuff out based on interest, not only via tags but also because you can skim and tl;dr-skip entire articles rather than having to wade through the muck.
(DIR) Post #AApe9H3laNC1rwlmMa by fluffy@mastodon.social
2021-08-29T22:53:53Z
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@emma @JoYo and bloggy platforms make the author the focus, rather than the platform. You're reading stuff because you want to read it, you're replying to it because you feel like making a specific effort to do so, and the replies are either comments constrained to the thing being replied to, or a public post that quotes and responds in a meaningful way. And you certainly aren't stuck in a 280 (or 500) character at a time hellhole where it's hard to maintain context.
(DIR) Post #AApe9HYbjhrZPbCPR2 by fluffy@mastodon.social
2021-08-29T22:55:48Z
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@emma @JoYo In a blogging ecosystem, if you don't want to hear what someone has to say, you simply don't follow them, or you ban them from posting comments. It doesn't completely solve all moderation things (like, I've definitely had my share of people writing long, inaccurate, potentially-damaging screeds about me on traditional blogs) but their audience is also inherently limited as well.There's no "timeline," it isn't so easy for every random person to force their writings at everyone else.
(DIR) Post #AApe9I7LeXeV9LS9aK by fluffy@mastodon.social
2021-08-29T22:57:18Z
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@emma @JoYo By which I mean, on my site I can have complete control over who posts a reply to my entries. People who are reading my blog can think what they want, but they can't post what they want unless I let them post it, and I can curate the conversation in the comment threads as a result.I *receive* a lot of shitty comments (especially spam) but it's a trickle, not a flood, and my readers don't have to be subjected to it and I can keep the comment section clean and non-toxic.
(DIR) Post #AApeEzBSxbh0AL5vVo by fluffy@mastodon.social
2021-08-29T22:59:14Z
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@emma @JoYo Also from a technological standpoint, it's a lot easier (and cheaper) to self-host a blog than a Mastodon instance. And even if I self-host a Mastodon instance that does nothing to address the actual issues of the greater interaction model of Mastodon itself.
(DIR) Post #AApeF1L6wib0qpcep6 by fluffy@mastodon.social
2021-08-29T23:01:48Z
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@emma @JoYo For that matter, I'm not a huge fan of some aspects of IndieWeb; webmentions enable Twitter/Mastodon-style interactions on traditional blogs, and I've ended up changing the way I show webmentions to make them not particularly prominent on my blog entries, by design.I also really dislike the IndieWeb "webmentions are comments" thing, because that takes the interactions public again. There's a place for public commentary but 99% of blog comments ain't it.
(DIR) Post #AApeF3ILfxZguqLTnM by fluffy@mastodon.social
2021-08-29T23:02:37Z
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@emma @JoYo Not only because of how conversations work, but also because if I'm subscribing to someone's blog I don't want to necessarily see every comment they post on other peoples' blogs, too! It becomes way too much to keep up with.
(DIR) Post #AApegCwFveVQdyxc9o by fluffy@mastodon.social
2021-08-29T23:04:39Z
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@JoYo @emma Yes but my point is that there's an *expected interaction mode* that's different. It's not about the technology, but about how people use it, and how the presentation of the data informs peoples' usage.
(DIR) Post #AApelT2ZURGG1yQGGG by fluffy@mastodon.social
2021-08-29T23:05:18Z
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@JoYo @emma There's way more than just financial cost.
(DIR) Post #AApelUtQbP8TmC9zHs by fluffy@mastodon.social
2021-08-29T23:07:56Z
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@JoYo @emma and like... it's great that Plume provides a more LJ-esque interaction model, while being on ActivityPub. I'm not talking about ActivityPub, I'm talking about Mastodon. And also the fact that others are going to be reading/interacting with any ActivityPub blog primarily from Mastodon means that you get the Mastodon interaction style regardless of how your blog looks on your end.
(DIR) Post #AApfMmepW7CzaR6yWG by fluffy@mastodon.social
2021-08-29T23:16:39Z
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@JoYo @emma Administrative, mostly. Keeping it up and running, making sure your sidekiq queues aren't broken, etc.
(DIR) Post #ABDyuXTk4iPHrbXu76 by fluffy@mastodon.social
2021-09-10T16:37:19Z
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New post: fluffy rambles: Indieweb vs. Fediverse https://beesbuzz.biz/blog/12455-Indieweb-vs-Fediverse#SocialNetworking #Indieweb #Fediverse #Mastodon
(DIR) Post #ABQe0bUYmnUCGNcKxc by fluffy@mastodon.social
2021-09-16T19:17:52Z
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New post: fluffy rambles: An open letter to the .us domain registrar https://beesbuzz.biz/blog/9837-An-open-letter-to-the-us-domain-registrar
(DIR) Post #ACMTUNYkx3zMTVmd6W by fluffy@mastodon.social
2021-10-14T14:28:27Z
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PSA: someone leaked the Linux kernel source. This software runs huge portions of Internet infrastructure. Please be careful with your data!
(DIR) Post #AD3yLPylserESiMK8m by fluffy@mastodon.social
2021-11-04T16:37:54Z
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PROTIP: If you develop Flask apps (or other things that use port 5000) on a Mac, and you've suddenly had issues with AirPlay taking over port 5000, turn off "AirPlay Receiver" in the sharing system preferences.
(DIR) Post #AGHFlqT8XTExun1Xyi by fluffy@mastodon.social
2022-02-08T19:58:20Z
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If NFTs are so great and disruptive, why do people need to convince non-believers so strongly? Surely it would simply win out and catch on by its own merits.
(DIR) Post #AIaFSahopGfVuiAbui by fluffy@mastodon.social
2022-04-18T19:32:08Z
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New post: Notes: Contra Chrome https://beesbuzz.biz/blog/chatter/8866-Contra-Chrome#IndieWeb #Browsers #Web