@amit it is interesting seeing the different pressures and steering that the various formats for online writing publishing have on our content.
I read somewhere that a good microblog practise would be to not post long form to microblog but to post a shorter link post pointing to the longer one. I wonder instead if we could have titles with the title attribute removed and a short auto or handcrafted excerpt plus a link.
@johnjohnston Yes, I had thought about these aspects – even planned to work on a custom feed too. But then I stopped myself. Isn’t it exactly what I run away from when I am staying away from social media platforms? They not controlling my content? My habits? I want to stay away from these distractions - so it’s frustrating to see myself get swayed away.
@johnjohnston What you described is what I do. Do you have a link to where you read “…that a good microblog practise would be to not post long form to microblog but to post a shorter link post pointing to the longer one.”
My long posts are on my main website ( islandinthenet.com ). Pithy posts and links go to micro.blog and Twitter.
@Gaby Oh absolutely, that too. I have paused a lot many times while posting something that was too specific to the community here. A specific question for someone, say. I don’t like the idea of such posts existing on my blog.
@amit I know some advise just writing for yourself. Community feedback is a bonus for writing you would do anyway. I think this is a perfectly valid approach.
I also think it is always okay to consider your audience. Thinking about why you are writing is part of the process.
@amit good call. There is also for me the problem of technical debt from using plugins or a right mess when I code something myself🤣
@khurtwilliams I don’t have a link, sorry. It might have been a suggestion by @manton? I think the idea was it would be a courtesy to your readers.
