For the Micro.blog fans: I just released version 1.0 of the ‘Open Micro.blog Reply’ shortcut! Get it here from the HeyDingus Shortcuts Library.
Ever have trouble getting back to the conversation from a reply you made that’s on your Micro.blog site? This shortcut will bring you right there!
@jarrod Granted, after making the shortcut, I did also just fix the root problem by adding this bit of code to my replies.html and single.html templates:
<!-- REPLYING TO LINK -->
{{ if .Params.reply_to_url }}
<div>
Replying to: <img src="{{ .Params.reply_to_avatar }}" width="22" height="22" style="width: 22px; height: 22px; vertical-align: top; border-radius: 11px; padding: 0px; display: inline;" alt="{{ .Params.reply_to_username }}" />
{{ if eq .Params.reply_to_hostname "micro.blog" }}
<a href="{{ .Params.reply_to_url }}" class="u-in-reply-to">@{{ .Params.reply_to_username }}</a>
{{ else }}
<a href="{{ .Params.reply_to_url }}" class="u-in-reply-to">{{ .Params.reply_to_hostname }}</a>
{{ end }}
</div>
{{ end }}
@pratik @pimoore Thanks! Honestly, it was just something I enabled when setting up Micro.blog and I didn't really understand what it would do. But since then, I've appreciated that I have a record — on my own domain — of my replies. I don't skim them often, but it's come in handy when I want to refer back to something I mentioned to someone else. Plus, when I browse other people's sites, I often enjoy exploring through their replies, so I assume that others might like the same for me. It's uncovered new people for me to follow, and interesting conversations. Much like the replies tab back on Twitter, I suppose.
@jarrod That makes sense and I can see how it can be useful for discovery. I’ll add on mine too coz I do write quite a few replies 😉
BTW if you delete a reply, does it also vanish from that person’s blog? If yes, that’s better control on your “comments” than in the heydays of blogging.
@pratik Awesome! 🙌 I think it deletes it everywhere, except perhaps for folks reading via Mastodon because the distribution there is kind of weird. But if you want, we can test it! I'll make a test comment on one of your posts and then delete it. We'll see if it disappears from your site.
