Decentralized Social Media Is the Only Alternative to the Tech Oligarchy
Date Linked: 21 January 2025
Source: story link, from 404media.co
Yes to all of this.
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For the first time in a few years, I’m sorting feed subscriptions into folders instead of having a “monofeed.” Combined with Reeder’s lack of unread counts, I’m pleasantly surprised how this has encouraged more mindfulness in subscribing and checking feeds.
Next self-imposed challenge for improving my website-first approach to social media: How can I “repost” content from either Mastodon, Bluesky, or Micro.blog in a way that embeds it in the post on my site but then links to (or otherwise shares) it when that post goes out to those platforms?
Reorganizing folders in my RSS/Mastodon/Bluesky client is making me curious about how emoji get alphabetized.
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