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"Most corporations" don't do global surveillance on the scale Facebook does. It's that simple. It's not about 100% purity. Just not doing this one little, tiny, fundamental-to-thei…

This is literally a way to "self-host your shit."

I've been using https://write.as for years and enjoying it. Perfect for plain text, does Markdown and code syntax highlighting.

The Write.as guys have been working on a good alternative with their Snap.as service [0]. It's tied to the blogging side, but looks like it'll be another simple tool that doesn't p…

Here's the actual link, so you don't have to give out a temporary email address like I did: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11Db_mfeUocbPSIN52y8h... I would echo that this i…

Hard to find, but it's here: https://write.as/guidelines From what I've read it sounds like they're not free speech absolutists, but they're pretty liberal about what is allowed.

Just a little feedback: as someone not deep in the blockchain world, I have no idea what Blockstack is, or why nothing happens when I click "sign in" or "start writing now". The pa…

There are also dedicated extensions for this [0] [0]: https://makemediumreadable.com

Obligatory life-saving browser extension: https://makemediumreadable.com

It means your posts are sent out to followers via ActivityPub. It explains this below, in the "publish to the fediverse" section.

1. No, services in the US like DDG largely aren't liable for what users post (or do) on their sites, mostly because of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 [0]. 2.…

Much quicker to have the legal team fire off the standard email threat than get the dev team to reverse-engineer the extension and block it (if this wasn't just an automated email)…

Yep on their cheapest plan, for $10 / year. Also comes with SSL.

I'm on Write.as and enjoying it a lot [0]. Simple, privacy-focused, and easy to create multiple blogs. [0] https://shopkins.writeas.com

This argument is disingenuous, and not really more than a projected opinion. Not everyone is this tribal, and people are allowed to be angry when they see the manifest implications…

The point, I think, is to send a message. Yes, the damage is done. But public pressure to #DeleteFacebook might force Facebook to be a little less cavalier with billions of people'…

It does remove the fixed positioning.

This is what makes me lose hope for the web. I see the same celebrity tripe and clickbait on Snapchat, and while annoying, I'm not going to spend my limited time on earth teaching …

All great reasons to leave. We really need to consider who's getting enriched when we put crucial parts of our businesses on certain platforms, and in Medium's case, it seems like …

Those instances were usually resolved, but other times ISPs continued misbehaving, and in fact when the FCC has sued, the courts have actually said that they could've won and preve…

Agreed. Working for a company that optimizes for cashing out loses luster really quickly. As someone who's been on that hamster wheel for too long, have to say it'd definitely be m…

Agreed. Obviously they have every right to do this, but what are these companies actually contributing to the crowdfunding community, outside of (seemingly) inferior products like …

OP mentions a similar platform he made, Write.as, in the README. It doesn't do as much as Medium (I think that's on purpose) but they have a small Medium-like network for authors t…

Man, those were the days. Though I guess it's managed to keep them at the top, perched on top of people who still think it's The Best Place to Host Your Content™