Notices by matt (matt@writing.exchange)

It's finally here! Version 0.1 of #WriteFreely, the federated, open source version of @write_as 🎉

Get the release for your platform here: https://github.com/writeas/writefreely/releases/tag/v0.1.0

Then head over to our guide to get set up: https://writefreely.org/start

Some initial thoughts and ideas after getting basic #ActivityPub support in @write_as the other week.

https://write.as/matt/bringing-blogging-to-the-fediverse

@thor And the problem is that there's a difference between seeing what your friends like within the service (something you can easily observe) and being tracked across the entire web, every time you click "Like" somewhere or login via Facebook or see an invisible tracking pixel. One is observable, expected, and easy to reason about. The other is invisible, unexpected, and requires external education (I couldn't plainly reason that FB knows my income because they buy offline data about me).

Sometimes you want to take a picture, capture how the morning light looks filtering through the trees; your cooled skin; the sound of birds.

But you can never smell the air in that photo. You can't look around to see the rest of the world from that spot you stood, capturing a split second of light.

The only way to remember it is to sit for a while; feel it as deeply as you can; accept that it'll never be as good as it is right now.