New fediverse settings in Micro.blog: manton.org
@manton Totally agree with this post, and this...
"And increasingly, I want to unplug from these networks and focus on my blog"
You know, sometimes RSS is enough. After the insane pile-on recently I really reconsidered how much I want to federate. Federating to Mastodon really opens you up to every lunatic out there, and there are plenty. In a lot of cases I'd rather just write on my blog(s), and followers and follow on RSS, and email me if they want to talk about it. That's fine.
@bloftin2 There is something very nice about just RSS and the occasional reply or email. I'm not giving up on social platforms, but it should be easier to step back from the noise.
@manton I got an iPad Mini for christmas. It has micro.blog and associated apps on it, Reeder, and zero social media, including zero mastodon. That device is my oasis of tranqulity.
@manton The reply by email plugin is my favorite. I am slowly learning to try to reply this way if the blogger has it enabled, or some other contact form.
@bloftin2 I have thought the same. I don't think I would end federating, but you can kill replies coming here to microblog. Just make it a one-way street, so you can still share. maybe? Actually, I just set this now for BlueSky and Mastodon.. If I really want some negativity, I can go look at comments there manually.
@manton thanks for giving us this level of control. As you wrote, I can see changing this setting over time, depending on how busy my timeline gets. These days, less busy is better
@manton Does this also apply to Wordpress and Tumblr?
I follow a few accounts on these services, but don’t see any interaction on my micro∙blog Timeline. I’m unsure if Tumblr had already joined the Fediverse, as was announced IIRC. If so, I’d like to plug in.
@renevanbelzen Tumblr hasn't joined the fediverse yet, but there was an article last week that they are making progress. Replies from WordPress to Micro.blog do work, but it's opt-in on the WordPress side, so it's still not very common to have WordPress blogs on the fediverse. Should continue to grow.
@manton Interesting irony here. There were a lot of things users wanted you to address about Microblog in the past, while you were hellbent on making the fediverse connections your highest priority.