On Social Media, Lurkers, Introverts, and Blogging • Links • Dominik Schwind

Substack Did Not See That Coming #

I'm dismayed every time I see content that I like being published on Substack. (Or any other big content platform to be honest. But Substack in particular.)

platforms, attention spans, paragraphs #

I have to admit that my attention span isn't what it used to be as well - but just like Winnie I really like long, well-written blog posts and I should work on making mine a bit more verbose as well.

Personal blogs are the best, I love yours and I’ll try and tell you why - Nothing Original Here #

I agree 100%!

the web as a space to be explored #

Just like Roy says: that's the kind of web that is actually interesting. Not the couple of big social media sites.

Enough With The Bullshit #

So much bullshit everywhere

powRSS - Feed the web #

This is a pretty nice little public feed reader. (And I'm not just saying that because my blog is on it.)

adding [type of post] to rss titles #

I really like this idea!

Bluesky’s Quest to Build Nontoxic Social Media #

I hardly ever open Bluesky but Jay Graber fascinates me

How personal should a personal site be? #

I'm currently (as in: since 1996) redesigning and rethinking my personal website and this question has been in my mind for a long time as well.

Poster's neurosis #

An old article, but I have been thinking about that lately.

Algorithms are breaking how we think #

Yes, he is clearly right about all of this.

The Open Source Torment Nexus #

Hm. I see where he's coming from and I think I agree. But I need to think about it a bit more.

Ep. 566: "My Talking Chair" - Roderick on the Line #

John and Merlin talk about something that has been bothering me, too - it's hard to find your tribe online these days because randos aren't fun potential friends anymore.