Notices by Matt (matt@writing.exchange)

It's kind of weird to look back and see that I've been working on something for five straight years now -- I don't think I've ever spent that much time on a single project.

But I'm really happy that Write.as has reached this milestone. Exciting times to come in the years ahead!

"5 Years" from @blog: https://write.as/blog/5-years

On the note of fake followers, before I blocked gab.com on our https://m.abunchtell.com instance I noticed very bot-like behavior from seemingly real accounts on that instance -- very reminiscent of birdsite bots.

Definitely worth thinking about how we guard against misinformation and astroturfing in the #fediverse as this gets more prevalent. Domain blocks alone probably won't be enough -- the classic social media features we include or leave out matter, too.

Today is the day @write_as joins the #fediverse :fediverse:! Finishing up boosting now and anything else I missed. Live-tooting the process @writeas_dev

One night a while ago #Medium annoyed me enough that I made a browser extension to fix all the "engagement" / nag UX.

Today I launched a little site for it: https://makemediumreadable.com

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