This morning I read a write up at Vox and a post by a soon-to-be-former Substack newsletter writer, and I’m equal parts bemused and frustrated. It seems like people keep wanting to recreate blogs, but are chasing the new shiny instead of just, you know, dusting off their blogs. Someone I no longer want to … Reading about substack and shaking my head
Every time I see a twitter thread that goes for more than 3 or 4 posts, I mourn the death of Google Reader and the rise of social media. Yes, birdsite it good for making us feel connected to our celebrities of choice, but it’s terrible for thoughtful conversation (which it seems like is what … Write a goddam blog post
Opinion: if you’ve only posted to Twitter about it, you’re not allowed to say “I have written elsewhere about __” (doubly if you don’t link to it) With the algorithm and search functions, you’ve said something to yourself in a noisy room, and some of the people at your table might have heard, some will … Twitter posts aren’t essays, they’re mumbles in a crowded cafeteria
Yesterday I saw someone on Twitter criticizing people who post to Medium instead of getting their own domain & site to post to. (I hope they were aware of the irony.) The specific context was Medium taking down a post at the request of Instacart, when said post was from Instacart employees advocating for better … This is your semi-regular suggestion to own your content
I’ve been a huge fan of RSS for a long time; over the last few months I’ve been think of RSS feeds more and more as a way to get around the broken algorithms of Twitter, FB, and IG’s apps & main sites. Unfortunately, because of that utility these sites often don’t have built-in RSS … Social media & RSS
Whenever I start thinking about what my ideal social media platform would be, before long I realize I’m describing “my own website + RSS to follow others + email”