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Written by Matt Baer on 2025-01-31 at 18:51

And if you want to grab coffee or just chat in the new couple days, let me know! Would love to meet up.

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Written by Matt Baer on 2025-01-31 at 18:49

I'll be talking about @writefreely at #FOSDEM tomorrow at 15:00 in the Social Web devroom, UA2.118. If you're around, stop by and stay for the many other great talks going into the evening!

https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-6017-federated-blogging-with-writefreely/

[#]SocialWebFOSDEM #FOSDEM2025 #WriteFreely

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Written by Matt Baer on 2024-12-04 at 21:54

just testing something!

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Written by Matt Baer on 2024-11-30 at 01:21

Honestly bring back timed programming and put it in streaming services. Curate channels and let me pick one. Sometimes I just wanna watch something without thinking too hard about it.

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Written by Matt Baer on 2024-10-12 at 12:18

Maybe it's devs implementing the C2S side of #ActivityPub, or a multi-protocol client, or built-in browser support for the #fediverse. Maybe we need a single entry point to the fediverse, with a smooth interface, easy setup, and a server behind the scenes.

Either way, making "decentralization" central to the user experience here is keeping a ton of people off the network.

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Written by Matt Baer on 2024-10-12 at 12:11

Reading (on Threads) about why people like #bluesky over #mastodon, and most seems to boil down to usability / wrestling with servers.

Have to agree. And it's why I still think we need a good #fediverse client as an entry point.

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Written by Matt Baer on 2024-09-28 at 02:15

n.b. this was a "dispelling the illusions" post, not a "welcoming our new Meta overlords" post, btw

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Written by Matt Baer on 2024-09-28 at 02:07

And there should probably be some more transparency. And it can absolutely be alienating, especially to long-time fedizens.

But it doesn't exclude similar efforts from everyone building this space. It doesn't crush those fighting for what has made this place great in the first place.

The fediverse is everyone's, and we should all recognize that. Don't lose hope. Keep on building the web we all want to see.

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Written by Matt Baer on 2024-09-28 at 02:06

E.g. the days of every fedi platform needing to be open source (as you'd get dogpiled for back in 2018) are gone. Proprietary platforms and major corps like Meta are joining, and they're collaborating with other major fedi platforms behind the scenes to take this all mainstream.

But that's what's happening right now, just so everyone knows.

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Written by Matt Baer on 2024-09-28 at 02:04

The fediverse is a strange place to be sometimes. It's an open network where progress happens in fits and starts in random, often hidden, pockets. And the rest don't often hear what's really going on. In the 6 years I've built on #ActivityPub, we've all had to fight for some kind of coordination.

Especially re: the new #SocialWebFoundation (which I've backed as an outside supporter via my tiny company @write_as), you can see something new is happening.

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