Midnight Pub

Out with the junk and clunk, in with open web protocols

~tffb

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ernstl

Nice post; to me, this is learning on a societal, global level. People are learning together that these silos are abusive and exploit their users' data. So they move on in search of a better option.

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tffb

Yes, the New Boss extradites the Old Boss, history repeats without rhyming, amnesia ebbs and flows through the public mind(s), and Mega Co's pop their own economic bubbles, only for everyone to realize we were all just fine to start with.

Great how things work ok w/o corporate interference

(FB and Twitter *were* fun as could be in 2009/10 though - long gone are those dopamine fumes)

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tffb

Ha, see? I was right about the first anecdote!

(from Julia Evans)

"myth: everyone should blog

I sometimes see advice to the effect of “blogging is great! public speaking is great! everyone should do it! build your Personal Brand!“.

Blogging isn’t for everyone. Tons of amazing developers don’t have blogs or personal websites at all. I write because it’s fun for me and it helps me organize my thoughts."

(https://jvns.ca/blog/2023/06/05/some-blogging-myths/)

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...so why share this? idk. Doesn't matter (to me, blogs mean a lot to many people).

Fun(?)

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