Early December sale
Early December sale
Something good happened this year with my writing. I said goodbye to Medium and hello to @write_as.
At first Medium was lovely. Then they went down the dark side of publishing with:
1. Pay-to-win membership
2. Editor-promoted of clickbait
3. Account gatekeeping
I dive deeper in my piece. Please give it a read.
Glad to see @write_as reopening its signups. Always wanted to try it out.
Yeah, I did tried @writefreely before, but gave up, because it was confusing to choose a WF instance. And while I did tried out some (like https://rant.li), I weren't satisfied, because WF lacks some features that WA has.
So, finally, I can try this thing out.
P.S. Those wondering what's the link to my blog - well it's in my profile bio, verified. Oh and you can follow the account on Fediverse -> @expertplus@write.as .
It’s been a productive month! Released WriteFreely v0.15.1, our sub.club...
https://micro.baer.works/its-been-a-productive-month-released-writefreely-v0-15-1-our-sub-club
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!
They mostly involve bringing #WriteFreely into parity with #Writeas. The goal is to have all features available in WF by v0.17!
Due to various happenings *gestures vaguely at WordPress* I’m moving away from WordPress, but to what?
At first I was thinking about hand-coding or self-hosting something but these days I don’t think I’m up for it tbh.
So, any opinions on micro.blog vs write.as for a simple personal blog that has a photo or two a day, but other than that requires nothing fancy. Or recommendations for some other platform I’m not aware of?
Places we send out #WriteAs posts upon publishing:
- locally
- Integrations (cross-posting)
- ActivityPub
- Email
Places we render posts:
- Blog index (web)
- Blog post (web)
- https://tiny.write.as (web)
- https://read.write.as (web)
- API (json)
- RSS feed
Okay, got the #fediverse side of things working. The publishing and rendering side of #WriteAs / #WriteFreely really is a mess. Needs a major refactor
I’ve been much more organized and focused over the last several weeks.
https://micro.baer.works/ive-been-much-more-organized-and-focused-over-the-last-several-weeks
Not partnering with trillion-dollar, people-farming, human-rights-eroding, and democracy-destroying surveillance capitalists like Meta should be the lowest of low bars when it comes to organisations that purport to work on ethical technology but, clearly, even that bar is just too fucking high for some.
We've had a WordPress importer in development for way too long now. With all the latest drama in that world, I think it's time to wrap that up as soon as possible.
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Want to give a friend a reason to start #blogging? Invite them to Write.as!
Whether you're a free or paid user, you can head to your Invites page (https://write.as/me/invites) and get a special link that will let them create a forever-free blog.
Does anyone here use WriteAs for blogging/publishing writing on the web? How is it? I currently use Wordpress because I've used it, off and on, for ages, but I avoid writing in it because it feels like too much. I want something simple. #WritingCommunity #writing #blogging #writeas #WritersOfMastodon
My blog on write.underworld.fr. blog (via WriteFreely) has been down for ca. half a day now. Any clues if it's really gone or just a stubborn bug?
Loving the fediverse, what should be the #web if capitalist predations, and also ads and data big tech did not fuck up everything.
- #PeerTube for videos
- #Lemmy for link sharing
- #Pixelfed for photos sharing and #Vernissage iOS client app
- #Mastodon for microblogging and #IceCubesApp iOS client app
- #WriteAs for blogs with #WriteFreely app
Some priorities for new Write.as development at the moment:
https://micro.baer.works/some-priorities-for-new-write-as-development-at-the-moment
Nine years of Write.as sale