I feel like this might be mistakenly conflating the strength of the diversity of the fediverse with the convenience of using a single platform or UI for "everything".
I don't think the former necessitates the latter. Moreover, I suspect that the former is suppressed by the latter. Feeding blogs, groups and forums, microblogs, video+audio platforms etc all into a single twitter-like UI/platform ... seems like maybe a bad idea.
The first thing it misses, I think, is that platforms naturally develop vibes and cultures and that many naturally learn to match a particular activity and persona to a particular platform/vibe.
Along those lines, it would completely make sense for people to be a bit silly and shitpost-y on mastodon and then more academic over on a blogging platform.
One could even argue that this isn't just natural but healthy, where more focused vibes create more coherent interaction.
@notabene j'ai abandonné les commentaires au profit des Webmentions. Pour l'instant presque aucun spam.
Reste le sujet des webmentions automatiquement reprises de commentaires sur Mastodon. Pour l'instant tout le monde semble les laisser, mais je sais que ça pose problème à certains commentateurs.
I talked about #marketing, mental health, #BPD, and emotional resonance.
Sometimes, failure feels like the safest option. Our present might suck and our pain might be unpleasant, but it’s familiar. We know how much our reality hurts. But a better future? That’s strange, new, and uncertain.
@mariyadelano I haven’t appeared on your blog for a long time, and in general I haven’t visited Mastodon much. I had a period of activity in Mastodon, then a pause. Maybe I'll be more active again soon. As for your post, you know how to write on the border between business and depression like no one else. ))
#Ghost to popularny system bloga z newsletterem, niektórzy twierdzą, że na odwrót, alternatywa dla WordPress, popularna za granicą, u nas mniej, bo nie wystarczy mu biedahosting z PHP (inb4: kocham PHP i tanie czy darmowe hostingi).
Chyba stwierdzili, że #Fediwersum się jednak przyjmie, bo nie tylko zaimplementują #ActivityPub w systemie, ale również piszą czytnik, który w końcu sensownie będzie pokazywał Artykuły (tak, Mastodon od lat NIE CHCE tego zrobić, trzyma się Notki jak Twitter i blokuje tym rozwój Fedi, tzn. jego popularność, Mastodona, w mojej ocenie).
The blogging platform #Ghost is working on adding #ActivityPub integration. That means, among other things, being able to follow Ghost-powered blogs and comment on articles right from your Mastodon account. The website they made to explain their plans is really nice! This is what momentum looks like.
@tournesol c’eet beaucoup moins léger qu’au départ. Je trouve que y a la fois un côté overkill et un côté limité à la con, genre certaines fonctionnalités ne sont dispo qu’en utilisant des services tiers payants, y a pas de place pour des trucs custom (bon la dernière fois que j’ai regardé le truc en détail date un peu, mais ça m’étonnerait que ça ait beaucoup changé)
@molly0xfff I'm planning to move from Substack to Ghost Pro next month. I really want to avoid self-hosting if at all possible.
Part of my thinking is that if I ever need to self host, moving from hosted Ghost to self-hosted Ghost should be easier than moving from an entirely different platform to self-hosted Ghost.
From your migration experience, is that a fair way of thinking about this?
@darth_hideout Yeah i bet he is in the show but maybe not a part of the Ghost crew until he joins them later 🤷♂️. No reason to have him just cameo in Mando s3 if they weren't gonna have in Ahsoka
Am kommenden Sonntag werde ich dort meinen letzten Artikel/Podcast veroeffentlichen und in der darauf folgenden Woche alle Inhalte und User:innen mit rueber zu #Ghost nehmen.
Die Positionen der Substack-Gruender sind einfach nicht die meinen!
@sariash I use YT Music because some years back, when it still was Google Muisic, it allowed you to upload your own collection and sync it everywhere. That was a killer feature!
Song.link has a great addon for Firefox, where, whatever service you are using, you can click on the song.link icon and it generates the links for you. @AqiDrago@Kitty
Keine Angst, ich nerve nicht mehr in den naechsten Wochen 😎
Ich habe jetzt mehrere Tage an meinem Theme gefrickelt, weil #Ghost so viel mehr Optionen bietet wie Substack.
Ich hatte das letzte mal so viel Spass mit meinem 1. Tech-Blog vor ueber20 Jahren & alleine das Gefuehl wieder zu entdecken ist toll & das habe ich so vermisst.
Meine letzten Jahre bei Mobilegeeks waren vor allen Dingen stressig. Jetzt ist die Leichtigkeit wieder zurueck!
I've just migrated all my blog posts from #Substack to #Ghost.
If you are tempted to do the same, I can assure you the process is super simple - especially when using Ghost (Pro).
All you have to do is export your Substack data and then go to Ghost Settings → Advanced → Lab -> Substack Migration... the process takes just a few minutes, it's all drag and drop.
@mvilain@_elena@molly0xfff Little or no chance of Ghost enshittification. It was designed to prevent that ever happening. It's open source, run by a non-profit, and would be forked overnight.
In the light of the #substack leadership deciding to host and finance Nazis, if anyone needs any help moving off their platform please let me know.
I host my site on #ghost on a $5 a month instance and it’s very easy to set up. I would be glad to do it for someone else as well if you are interested but are less technically inclined.
@matdevdug is it hard to set up? Can you import info from Substack? My husband's newsletter is there, I've been meaning to move it for a while but haven't had time to research alternatives. Yesterday I decided i need to move it pronto.
@nuncio
Yes, thinking around maybe using UV spray/lamp. Also, if you spray black, it disappears where that registers, in a dark space. Or green if it is on grass during the day - like it is levitating. Fun!
#Day39 – A Fresh Favorite
A song that’s been released less than a year ago.
I was going to pick #Screamer, but @pro already did that so I'm gonna go with one that was released last year, which would have been on top of my #AOTY2022 list, if I had one:
@jorijn Sorry to hear that. I’m looking towards maybe using Ghost in the future, but only if I can get my web host to offer it for me (not setting it up from a tar ball release or anything). From what I understand, Ghost is like Wordpress except done correctly — not slow-ass and a security nightmare. The founder of the project is an ex-Wordpress employee who got tired of the bloat.
If you are journalist who has been recently laid off, or if you know one, check this out!
Ghost, the superb, open source, newsletter platform (and rival alternative to Substack) is offering free subscriptions to help get started with self publishing.
@mastodonmigration Whoa. It's really good seeing Ghost stepping forward to help out journalists.
FWIW Molly White recently wrote about migrating from #Substack to a #SelfHosted Ghost solution... It's not easy but it's doable. Substack actually fought her, almost breaking their previous promises to journalists in the process.
#Ghost has been pretty ethical, and it's good to see they're sticking by those guns.
