The Dilemma of Finding the Perfect Social Media Timeline app microblog.pratikmhatre.com

@pratik my only big gripe with micro.blog is the lack of a real discover feed. Something that gets updated more than once a week. I'd like to see at least a live feed of everything being posted, kinda like the Local and Federated timelines on Mastodon

@pratik I started following people from Mastodon using my micro.blog account but it’s been painful and I regret the decision, mostly because of the subpar TL experience.

@grubz I've seen the discussion around the Discover feed but I'm less worried about it. I check it occasionally. For now, I find enough people via Mastodon

@pratik I hear ya. It is definitely a lot harder to find people to follow here

@pratik the beta for the new Reeder might be what you are looking for from a reading perspective. I just started giving it another shot and am loving the polished feed of having all my mastodon, micro.blog, and rss feeds together. Only downside is not being able to reply.

@humdrum Do you have any idea when the new Reeder will be out of beta?

@humdrum I don’t have access to it but from what I read, it seemed like a read-it-later or social bookmarks service. No? The ability to not being able to reply or comment within app is what, I think, drove people from RSS feeds to social media.

@crossingthethreshold no idea... it feels pretty good to me right now and they are up to v0.9 now. So soon-ish maybe? It does look like it'll be a subscription @ $10 USD/yr.

@pratik no, it's going to be more along the lines of what I think Tapestry is. There's a way to send links to it, but I think it's more tailored to all the various feeds you can have: RSS, Mastodon, Micro.blog, Podcasts, YouTube, Bluesky, Glass, Flickr, Reddit, and Comic Strips (from gocomics and comicskingdom) are all currently options.

@humdrum Interesting. I have Tapestry but haven’t quite gotten into it yet. The hard part is including the replies/mentions. Otherwise it’s a feed reader.

@pratik Hard agree! I think Micro.blog is a fantastic place to host my blog — but I stay away from the tools as much as possible. I publish from Ulysses, write there or in Paper, and don’t like any parts of the MB app or website. 😕 The gulf up to Mastodon is immense.

FWIW you can hide metrics on the timeline on Mona,if it helps. (I’d add a screenshot — but for some reason I can’t add images in replies in the MB app. 🤷🏻‍♂️)

I think you’d like the new Reeder! You can set up default apps for Reddit, Mastodon and Micro.blog, so you easily can reply in the corresponding app.

@Havn is the beta anywhere to try? or is it special people only?

@Havn Do you use Micro.blog's cross-posting tools?

@crossingthethreshold exactly. RSS, Mastodon, Micro.blog, Podcasts, YouTube, Bluesky, Glass, Flickr, Reddit, and Comic Strips (from gocomics and comicskingdom) are all currently options.

@pratik @humdrum concur on Reeder. Been using it 100% over Fiery Feeds and other social apps. Really enjoying. He added the ability to set default apps for Mastodon, micro.blog - you can assign a gesture to open up in the app right to the message to reply. I do hope more gets built in natively tho.

@pratik Great points. One thing I really liked about Twitter's timeline was each tweet took up about the same amount of space, so it was easy to skim updates and not get hung up on one long post or a bunch of photos. That's what I prefer in a timeline--easily digestible updates. And then link out to a full post or additional info.

@endonend @humdrum Hmm...I wish I could try it out. The beta invites are all taken so I guess I have to wait for the final release.

@JohnPhilpin He posts slots on his Mastodon — but it’s full now.

@MitchW Yeah, those tools are great! However, I usually don’t cross post to Mastodon, as I instead boost my blog posts, and then later write a post with some excerpt, etc.

So I don’t use it for micro-posts, really.

@Havn sad John .. but I guess you re going to be out soon.

@Havn A good system. Whereas I am primarily a microblogger and linkblogger and I use MB's cross-posting tools extensively.

@pratik Reeder is out! apps.apple.com/us/app/re...

@humdrum Thanks. Downloaded and now trying out!