I just started listening to a discussion between @danielpunkass and @manton about the risk of Mastodon becoming the default #Fediverse platform, and crowding out other Fediverse services like Micro.blog (for example).
On a similar note, what if Tumblr becomes a dominant #ActivityPub service? Will it crowd out the rest?
I will probably have a few more thoughts when I have time to really listen and consider their thoughts.
Worth listening for sure, though: https://pca.st/rj79laxg#t=28m14s
@annahavron You wrote:
“micro.blog is too hard for most people to use, and the support documents are cryptic to non-coders.”
Amen! Agree completely.
For me the corollary is that when you post something you have something to say, expressed in plain English. For me the most important tool of a blogger is fluency in a written language, English in my (and your) case.
Next after that is having something useful to write about. e.g. a how-to article on a topic that might interest a bunch of people, not too esoteric, such as your Analog Office postings. One day I saved seven of those postings in one day, as they presented tools I could use!
I find each of those to be far more valuable than a treatise on clever ways to format a post, basically coding tricks, how to prettify some text. I wish all that technical stuff could go into a separate technical area, removed from the Timeline. Call it Tinkerers’ Corner.