{"id":37761,"date":"2022-11-30T15:05:15","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T20:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=37761"},"modified":"2023-07-13T11:51:46","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T15:51:46","slug":"new-social-media-platforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/30\/new-social-media-platforms\/","title":{"rendered":"New Social Media Platforms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jwz.org\/blog\/2022\/11\/psa-do-not-use-services-that-hate-the-internet\/\">Jamie Zawinski<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.jwz.org\/blog\/2022\/11\/psa-do-not-use-services-that-hate-the-internet\/\">\n<p>If posts in a social media app do not have URLs that can be linked to and viewed in an unauthenticated browser, or if there is no way to make a new post <i>from<\/i> a browser, then that program is not a part of the World Wide Web in any meaningful way.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Hive Social is exactly this app-only experience. [&#8230;] Post Dot News also seems absolutely vile.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Mastodon is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jwz.org\/blog\/2022\/11\/mastodon-and-federation\/\">kind of a mess right now<\/a>, and maybe it will not turn out to be what you or I are looking for. But to its credit, interoperability is at its core, rather than being something that the VCs will just take away when it no longer serves their growth or onboarding projections.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goldenhillsoftware.com\/2022\/11\/oohdirectory\/\">John Brayton<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.goldenhillsoftware.com\/2022\/11\/oohdirectory\/\">\n<p>A few days ago Phil Gyford launched <a href=\"https:\/\/ooh.directory\/\">ooh.directory<\/a>, a collection of blogs with RSS feeds.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stuff.tv\/features\/what-is-mastodon-all-you-need-to-know-to-switch-from-twitter\/\">Craig Grannell<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.stuff.tv\/features\/what-is-mastodon-all-you-need-to-know-to-switch-from-twitter\/\">\n<p>But get over this hurdle and it turns out Mastodon&nbsp;<em>is<\/em>&nbsp;easy. Well, easy<em>ish<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/25\/tumblr-to-add-support-for-activitypub\/\">Tumblr to Add Support for ActivityPub<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/23\/mastodon-uris-not-urls\/\">Mastodon URIs, Not URLs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/08\/migrating-from-twitter-to-mastodon\/\">Migrating From Twitter to Mastodon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/11\/the-way-out\/\">The Way Out<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamie Zawinski: If posts in a social media app do not have URLs that can be linked to and viewed in an unauthenticated browser, or if there is no way to make a new post from a browser, then that program is not a part of the World Wide Web in any meaningful way. 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