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Re: Publish on your own site, syndicate elsewhere

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post #93

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With the lack of styling, I'm sorry to say I didn't notice the RSS icon at first at all. Adding the typical orange background to the icon would fix that.

Fair criticism. I'm trying to find a way to present that without being obnoxious.

Maybe a rounded border? I agree it's too subtle as is.

Also, your Segal's Law link seems to have an encoding issue with the apostrophe.

Re: Publish on your own site, syndicate elsewhere

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I am not so sure. You need to speak in the native voice of each community. A LinkedIn post vs Tweet vs E-Mail are different. You need to get value from the network directly without expecting a click thru. A lot of engagement + authority happens via the network itself I think it's more accurate to see blogging as a distinct channel from other types of social media + content marketing

LinkedIn? I think LinkedIn is the only platform that demands a specific style that is completely alien to the internet.

Re: Publish on your own site, syndicate elsewhere

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post #61

One of the biggest steps down in Facebook history was their removal of RSS syndication. There was a time in the past when you could subscribe your Facebook account to external RSS feeds. The entries in those feeds would create new content on your "Facebook wall". This essentially let you use any third party that supported RSS to publish content into your Facebook feed. Facebook removed that feature. The effect of thi…

It’s hard to believe now, but Facebook was a good product for a while there.

That's why I wonder if, deep down, Zuck realizes the walled slop garden he's ultimately created instead of what it looked like he'd set out to create 18-20 years ago.

Re: Publish on your own site, syndicate elsewhere

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A related idea that I'd like to see more people do. If you have 10-20 tweets on a subject, plug the holes and turn them into an essay on the real internet. My first step in writing https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46452763 was to copy a bunch of tweets into a doc.

Micro blogging is a great way to brainstorm and iterate on your thoughts over time, but eventually you have enough material to graduate from micro blogging to blogging, and more people should do it.

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#135
post #71

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I guess it happens when engineers stop driving decisions and the finance people take over. Won't be too good for the company's valuation if people can access the content elsewhere. I guess that's why Discord is also locked down as much. They have community content that is inaccessible anywhere else but Discord.

Yeah but Zuck has always been a nasty piece of work. He wasn't "just young" and "grew up" when he wrote those IMs. See: (to list just one) the constant copying of Snapchat

He copied Snapchat and then Tiktok -- which have been most likely immensely positive for the bottom line.

Re: Publish on your own site, syndicate elsewhere

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post #71
post #61

One of the biggest steps down in Facebook history was their removal of RSS syndication. There was a time in the past when you could subscribe your Facebook account to external RSS feeds. The entries in those feeds would create new content on your "Facebook wall". This essentially let you use any third party that supported RSS to publish content into your Facebook feed. Facebook removed that feature. The effect of thi…

I guess it happens when engineers stop driving decisions and the finance people take over. Won't be too good for the company's valuation if people can access the content elsewhere. I guess that's why Discord is also locked down as much. They have community content that is inaccessible anywhere else but Discord.

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Re: Publish on your own site, syndicate elsewhere

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post #135

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah but Zuck has always been a nasty piece of work. He wasn't "just young" and "grew up" when he wrote those IMs. See: (to list just one) the constant copying of Snapchat

He copied Snapchat and then Tiktok -- which have been most likely immensely positive for the bottom line.

Speaking personally, Reels are just annoying (not that I admire TikTok either, aligned as it probably is with the CCP)

Snapchat features are blood money, they also result in less people using Snapchat

Nobody says Zuck doesn't earn a lot of money but a lot of it is likely fraudulent and he's just not a very good person

Re: Publish on your own site, syndicate elsewhere

#138
Add yourself to so called slashpage (https://slashpages.net) directories. I discovered a lot of personal blogs over the years from those.

Like:

- https://nownownow.com

- https://defaults.rknight.me

- https://aboutideasnow.com

- https://chrisburnell.github.io/interests-directory/

- https://bukmark.club/directory/

- https://uses.tech

I find browsing and discovering fun. So, after years of lurking I decided to make my own directory. It is called Top Four (https://topfour.net).

A /top4 page is a personal webpage where you can share your definitive ranked list of your top 3 favorites and an honorable mention. In a specific topic, such as movies, albums, snacks, games, or anything else you feel strongly about. Or read the announcement: https://peterspath.net/blog/project-top-four/

Re: Publish on your own site, syndicate elsewhere

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post #71
post #61

One of the biggest steps down in Facebook history was their removal of RSS syndication. There was a time in the past when you could subscribe your Facebook account to external RSS feeds. The entries in those feeds would create new content on your "Facebook wall". This essentially let you use any third party that supported RSS to publish content into your Facebook feed. Facebook removed that feature. The effect of thi…

I guess it happens when engineers stop driving decisions and the finance people take over. Won't be too good for the company's valuation if people can access the content elsewhere. I guess that's why Discord is also locked down as much. They have community content that is inaccessible anywhere else but Discord.

To be fair, it benefits a platform’s users to reduce automated posts in favour of real contributions.
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