Excited for the 30-day photoblogging challenge that will start on February 1st. New sign-ups on Micro.blog get blog hosting (including photo storage) free until March to make it easier to get started with your own indie microblog and participate.

@manton that is awesome, is that being advertised anywhere? I'd love to share it with everyone I know so they can join in the fun and see how awesome micro.blog is 😊

@manton if you put a post in a certain category, does that keep it from cross posting to Twitter?

@jonmolina It's listed on the register page and we're also posting about it on the Twitter account. Thanks!

@greghiggins Nope. All posts regardless of category appear in the main feed, which controls cross-posting. It is possible under Account → Edit Feeds to use category-specific feeds or temporarily disable cross-posting.

@manton just curious because I posted a couple things earlier. One of them went to twitter and the other did not. That was the only thing different.

@manton never mind. It was delayed apparently and I didn’t know that

@bitdepth Yep! There will be a new 30-day pin just for photos. Hopefully a lot of people get it in February, but it will work for any consecutive 30 days after that. (I'm not sure yet if it will automatically unlock for previous posts. Maybe.)

@manton @macgenie for the challenge, do we need to include the camera 📷 emoji at all? I mean, I will still but is it important to do so ?

@manton is there a hashtag or do I simply post a picture every day?

@Gabz @macgenie No need to include 📷.

@mandaris No need for a hashtag. Just post a photo and Micro.blog will find it.

@manton Cross-posted photos count as well?

@spratte As long as the photo shows up in the Micro.blog timeline, it counts.