colinwalker
colinwalker
I've been thinking about this post from Brandon for almost a month now, about the notion of permanent writing as opposed to temporary writing. One of the big issues/complaints with social media is its inherent temporality, how the streams flow so fast that everything gets washed away, f... colinwalker.blog
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muhh
muhh

@colinwalker I recommend reading about Evergreen notes on Andy Matuschak's site or about Digital gardening.

It looks like a new movement to get some permanence into personal web publishing.

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colinwalker
colinwalker

@muhh Thanks for those. Evergreen notes certainly look interesting.

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devilgate
devilgate

@colinwalker That’s very interesting, as is the linked piece, and gives me some thoughts as to ways I might use my site. But this assertion:

We have to be realistic and accept that people don't follow links anymore.

seems a little sweeping. After all, if I hadn't followed the link to your post from Micro.blog, and from there to Brandon's post, I wouldn’t be here typing this reply now.

I do understand that what you're probably getting at is the apparent habit some people have of sharing a link without even reading it. But lots of us still follow lots of links.

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colinwalker
colinwalker

@devilgate Agreed, it is an over-generalisation but it is common that many won't - not only not reading stuff before sharing but also not following links and references in things they do read.

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