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RE: https://infosec.exchange/@paco/116350337940660779

And you, too, can join the shenanigans! Mail us a self-addressed stamped envelope, and we'll send you some Write.as stickers for free 😁

https://write.as/stickers

\n

Damn #fediverse hooligans. Putting their grafiti on the #NYC subway. Stupid decentralised anarchy.

\n\n
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@everton137 Heh 😁 found one!

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This is long overdue, but we're finally sending out reminder emails for 5-year Pro Members whose subscription has expired, or will be soon.

Renewing this long-term plan is always a manual process, so it's just a little reminder to go in and subscribe for another 5 years, for those who want it.

Sorry to any authors whose subscription lapsed without them knowing! This should help you get up and running again quickly. And you'll always get an early reminder in the future, from now on!

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Only a few more hours left to grab a deal on our 5-year Pro Membership (both new and existing subscribers) and our @writefreely iOS app!

Read more on our @deals newsletter: https://write.as/deals/celebrating-11-years-on-the-web

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@Cloud68 Thank you!! πŸ₯³

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@nathanlovestrees Unfortunately we don't have that implemented, but we hope to in the future! We'll end up pulling out the alt text from the post and sending it along with the rest of the post to the fediverse.

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@mcg Okay, just fixed this! If you go to the new Membership billing section, you should see the option to renew and get the current discount: https://write.as/me/billing/longsubs

Please let me know if you try it out and run into any issues!

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@mcg So I realized that currently this only works if a subscription has recently lapsed. I'm going to make some updates that will let you add on another 5-years with an active subscription, and I'll get back to you!

Also, I'd note that we plan to run this every year around this time for the foreseeable future. So if you don't grab the deal this time around, you should be able to next year!

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@nathanlovestrees Thanks so much for writing here and supporting us! Really glad to hear you're enjoying it 😊

@buffyleigh

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We're celebrating 11 years on the web, with a sale on our Pro plan that will last you for the next half-decade, and a discount on our @writefreely iOS app!

Read all about it on our @deals newsletter: https://write.as/deals/celebrating-11-years-on-the-web

#WriteAs #WriteFreely #sale

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Our Android app for anonymous publishing is back on the Play store! It was temporarily removed when we updated some business information with Apple, and Google didn't like it. That's fixed now!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.abunchtell.writeas

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How much do we like reading physical media over digital?

Would anyone like to see their blog in print? Maybe certain posts? Maybe another writing project completely?

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@redcrew Yes it does! You can either use markdown:

![alt text here](https://url.to/image)

Or if using the rich text editor, the option is there in the dialog window:

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Only a few hours left to grab our Early December deals -- 25% off monthly and yearly Write.as Pro subscriptions, plus 25% off our WriteFreely iOS app!

Read more on our @deals newsletter: https://write.as/deals/december-sale-2025

#WriteAs #WriteFreely #BlackFriday #BlackFridayDeals #CyberMonday #Deals

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@eyala Welcome! So glad it fits your needs!

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@everton137 Hey, welcome to Write.as! The one thing with Mastodon is that you need to be already following your blog before posts will show up here.

As long as you're following it now, future posts should show up! Also note that you can search directly for your blog post in Mastodon, and it'll appear here then

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@dmoonfire πŸ˜… think this fits the *spirit* of the first choice, but yes shouldn't have qualified with \"good\" habits lol

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I ask partly because I'm thinking of adding some (small, optional) features to Write.as / #WriteFreely that could help you write regularly. For example, formalizing #100DaysToOffload, so you could track your progress on your blog.

People already do this on the platform, so wondering if this would be helpful to have something more structured.

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Do you use any tools (digital or analog) to help you write regularly? Or do you have a regular practice you easily stick to on your own?

What tools or practices do you use?

#writing

Poll: writing.exchange

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We just fixed an issue that affected only Write.as blogs, hosted on a custom domain, with a custom fediverse handle -- now readers shouldn't have any issues getting your posts in the fediverse!

This was a weird issue that had to do with the server-side caching we use for custom domains. Should all be fixed now, but please let me know if you still notice any issues!

#updates #WriteAs

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Just found this today -- an @obsidian plugin to publish posts directly to Write.as! Works really nicely.

https://github.com/encima/obsidian-writeas-plugin

#WriteAs #WriteFreely #Obsidian

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Just a heads up: we've temporarily disabled new registrations on our forum while we deal with a spam wave this morning.

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Another update: we're still monitoring, but our recent changes have seemed to hold up and gotten us back to the capacity we had before. No downtime in the last day.

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@mcg they're definitely there, but much of it is communities of real users who often swarm the platform all around a certain time as they share the stories they're writing.

Either way, we do block some big scrapers and have discussed doing more on the platform, but nothing major yet https://discuss.write.as/t/protecting-content-from-llms-ai-etc/8784

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An update on some availability issues this week: https://discuss.write.as/t/current-downtime/17953/3

TL;DR, all should be running smoothly again

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We should be back to normal now, but there may still be lingering issues today.

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We're currently experiencing some downtime while our servers our overloaded. Will keep you updated here.

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Also, more updates and info on this forum thread: https://discuss.write.as/t/closing-new-free-registrations-tonight/17890

#WriteAs

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Ultimately, we face too much daily spam from non-paid users and bots that make it hard for our small team (me, @matt) to do much of anything else besides fight them off. So temporarily closing Free accounts is the easiest way to slow the tide a bit. After a little progress elsewhere, I'm sure we'll open up Free accounts again in the future.

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After that, you can always get a free account by asking an existing Write.as user for an invite.

Otherwise, you can support our independent, 10-year-old publishing platform by subscribing to Write.as Pro! (https://write.as/pro)

And of course, you can always join one of the many independent @writefreely communities out there (https://writefreely.org/instances).

#Writeas #WriteFreely

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Just a heads up: we'll be closing Free account registrations in about 5 hours! Now is your chance to grab a completely free Write.as blog if you don't already have one.

As always, Free accounts created before this close time will remain free always.

https://write.as/start

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@smallcircles yep! Have been working closely with other platforms (especially long-form ones) to do things consistently, and plan to keep it up!

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Just rolled out some fediverse-related improvements:

- Now you can follow Write.as blogs from Ghost! There was a tiny bug with this that we just fixed. (WriteFreely PR: https://writefreely.org/pull/1373)

- We now support the `preview` property as a fallback for Articles. This will make your posts look much nicer as more platforms support it! (WriteFreely PR: https://writefreely.org/pull/1374)

#WriteAs #WriteFreely #WriteFreelyDev #Ghost #fediverse #ActivityPub

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Our free, anonymous-only publishing app for Android is back on Google Play! It was taken down for a bit when they changed some requirements β€” sorry it's taken so long to fix!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.abunchtell.writeas

#WriteAs #Android #app

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To be sure, this is a very minimalist platform for your words. It won't compare to rich platforms like Ghost or WordPress, even though it has things in common, like newsletters.

It's opinionated -- we're all about you getting your words down easily, so you can publish them to the open web. Some people will need something more, and others will find our unique way of doing things fits them well. We're happy either way!

Here's some of what people are writing today: https://read.write.as

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But if you're new to the platform, *please* don't buy this long-term plan without trying our completely free Pro trial first. We don't need your credit card! You can always upgrade if it works out!

https://write.as/start/pro

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Just two days left to grab our 5-year plan at a steep discount! More from our @deals newsletter: https://write.as/deals/a-decade-of-write-as-sale

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@mcg We'll have a way to add on 5 more years to existing plans soon! But also plan on running this sale every year for the foreseeable future, so you shouldn't have to worry about missing it this time.

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If any of your posts failed to send while we had email issues over the last few days, you can now check on that and manually send them out to your subscribers! Details here:

https://discuss.write.as/t/temporary-email-issues/16632/11

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@ernmander @audiomo That's awesome to hear! Looks like it's showing up already on my instance 😊

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@ernmander Ah, you'll just insert the plain URL there, without all the HTML around it -- that's probably why it isn't working. You can also insert your @ handle, to be sure the fediverse:creator tag works too!

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Investigating some temporary email issues on Write.as -- follow on the forum for updates: https://discuss.write.as/t/temporary-email-issues/16632

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Write.as has been on the web for an entire decade!! πŸ₯³ We launched February 2, 2015.

I'll share more about how we got to where we are today soon. But for now, if you've been eyeing our very-discounted 5-year plan, it's the perfect time to grab it! Only $180 for 5 YEARS of Write.as Pro, which includes everything the platform offers. Read more:

https://write.as/5years

#Writeas #WriteFreely #sale

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ICYMI, we have a few sales going on through December 10!

\"writeas\" Write.as Pro subscriptions are 25% off

\"writefreely\" WriteFreely iOS app (compatible with Write.as!) is 33% off

Read more on our @deals newsletter: https://write.as/deals/december-sale-2024

#WriteAs #WriteFreely #sale #BlackFriday #CyberMonday

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How about this @write.as?

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Looks like #Threads supports two-way following now! This should show up over there now!

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Like I do most years, I'm planning on running a few sales soon. You can always keep up with those by following our blog @deals or subscribing to email updates! More coming soon.

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This is part experiment, part laying the groundwork for a new structure to Write.as / #WriteFreely sites that make it more accessible and easier to build themes for.

To find your blog's URL, you can head over to Write.as Labs: https://write.as/labs#tinypage

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Want to give your readers a lightweight, even more accessible way to read your blog? All Write.as blogs have an alternative view available on https://tiny.write.as!

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We’re gradually starting to block content scraping from AI / LLM platforms like ChatGPT.

After getting feedback from the community last year, and the increasingly chilling effect these uninvited guests have on creative expression online, I think it’s the best way forward.

#ai

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