Tag: micro.blog
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- I’d have liked to have been a fly on the wall during the meeting that led to Biden and Co.’s attempt to reverse the TikTok ban. There are a lot of theories about why people wanted TikTok to go, but I’m pretty sure national security isn’t the real reason. The two I think are more likely is that A) The PTB doesn’t like the fact that TikTokers speak a lot of truth to bullshit, and have done very well at that. Look no further than the pandemic for examples of TikTok creators smacking that down on the quick. B) TikTok allows more people than ever to make a living from content creation instead of being in the office. RTO has been a priority for the status quo since the pandemic ‘ended’, and they’d like to take that option away. What wasn’t taken into account is how much the TikTok economy contributes to the overall economy, and they shit a brick when they crunched those numbers. So, no, barring SCOTUS upholding the ban, TikTok isn’t going away on Sunday. Once this is all over, I think we should focus on all social media, not just the ones ‘we don’t like’. It’s all been weaponized in one form or another, and while I’d really like to see it all thrown into the sun, we need to rethink social media. Period.
- On a related note, I’ve signed up for a micro.blog account. I’m watching a playlist made by Numeric Citizen on how to use micro.blog. One thing I might find useful. I can subscribe to the RSS feeds for my accounts elsewhere, cross-post them to my micro blog, and then they will post to the other accounts I select. So, I could subscribe to my YT feed, which will post to my micro.blog, and then post to my Bluesky. The same could be done for this post on WP. It looks like you have to be on the $5/ month plan, but that’s MUCH less than the services like Buffer that charge at least 15 a month to do the same thing. I haven’t seen if there’s a way to schedule native posts (ones that are made in micro.blog as opposed to another feed), but if most of what’s getting posted is from another source, it may be a feature where the post originated. Of course, this may not matter to you at all. Not sure it matters to me, honestly. Food for thought.
- Winter has come for the first time in five years or so around here. There’s a reason I tell people I’m FROM Maine. I was BORN there, that’s about it. Thanks to the US Navy, before the age of 13 I spent half of that in Hawaii and a good chunk of the other half in Gitmo. Winter was never on the dance card. The middle of next week the lows are going to be in the teens, and I am going to be miserable. They say we’ll have a pattern flip in February, and I am just counting the days. Hat Tip to Ryan Hall, who has become my go-to guy on the weather.
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- Since I’ve become a big believer in not opening your mouth until you’ve tried to educate yourself, here’s Vol. 1 of the Jack Smith Report, posted with no further comment adjacent to it.
- Pete Hegseth is a slimy, sweaty, creepy Herb Tarlek cosplayer. That said, there is no need whatsoever for the dramatics. Sen Gillibrand’s over the top rant is pathetically performative, and it cheapens the very legitimate questions she had.
- I decided to pull the trigger on a new micro.blog. I’m going to play with it a little while before I make it public. Pretty sure you’ll figure it out though, it’s the same everywhere…
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- I need to see this out in the discourse if it isn’t already: “STOP PERSECUTING US!!! (said the people in charge)”.
- Would someone please tell Nancy Mace that the extra is getting tiresome? Four years ago, your fellow cult members were wiping shit on the walls and crushing cops in doorways. You braved the snow. We are not the same, you wilted cabbage. Have a Coke, a smile, and a fucking seat.
- If you’re not dialed in on the various blog content management systems that exist, this may not mean anything to you, but there’s been a little bit of drama surrounding WordPress lately, enough of it to the point that I started looking around at alternatives. I ruled out Squarespace immediately because I’ve already seen that movie and I don’t need all the bells and whistles. I’m not thinking about making this a monetary success anymore, I just want to have fun. I’d like to draw your attention to two other systems I looked at recently:
- micro.blog — This platform is for regular content creators but allows it to be your social hub. You can subscribe to your RSS feeds and then share the content you post everywhere to, well, everywhere else. That’s fine if you want to use your social networks to promote your content. I don’t, at least not for right now. Also, almost all the people on micro.blog that I read had a primary blog elsewhere. That seems redundant to me.
- Ghost — This platform allows professionals to share their content like a newsletter, allowing monetization. It’s Medium without the posts about how to make money on Medium.
WordPress, for all its drama, is likely the best option for most people if you’re just…y’know…blogging.