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   Dave Winer ☕️ (davew@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 02-Feb-2024 00:49:36 JST Dave Winer ☕️

   This is a tiny little text box. My goal is to eradicate these beasts.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Friday, 02-Feb-2024 00:49:36 JST Evan Prodromou

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     @davew They give people permission to share small, offhand thoughts quickly. Why do you want to get rid of them?

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Friday, 02-Feb-2024 01:08:44 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • Julian Lam

     @devnull @davew Definitely. I think using a full blogging platform for writing more complicated thoughts is a better idea. It's also nice if you can move from a small thought to a big thought as the thought grows.

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     Julian Lam (devnull@crag.social)'s status on Friday, 02-Feb-2024 01:09:04 JST Julian Lam

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     • Evan Prodromou

     @evan I think it's because @davew has 10,000 characters to work with on his instance 😆

     I also feel constrained by this tiny box, but I don't often have much to say.

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     Dave Winer ☕️ (davew@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 02-Feb-2024 02:34:38 JST Dave Winer ☕️

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     • Evan Prodromou

     @evan

     i don't argue on social media. if you want to know what i think, please read my blog. thanks.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Friday, 02-Feb-2024 02:34:38 JST Evan Prodromou

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     @davew Cool. I saw https://textcasting.org/ and http://scripting.com/2024/01/14/031201.html Good luck!

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     phiofx (phiofx@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 02-Feb-2024 02:47:47 JST phiofx

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     • David Megginson
     • Evan Prodromou
     • Julian Lam

     @devnull

     a quick UI win would be if mastodon fixed its little threads problem (the capital Threads problem is a different story :-).

     People were pointing out to me that Pleroma and others have done this already.

     @david_megginson @davew @evan

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     Julian Lam (devnull@crag.social)'s status on Friday, 02-Feb-2024 02:47:49 JST Julian Lam

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     • David Megginson
     • Evan Prodromou

     @david_megginson @davew @evan I disagree, #ActivityPub is perfect for medium and long-form content. #Mastodon is just crap at displaying it because its UI is optimized for short-form microblogging.

     You can watch an on-stage performance through a camera lens but it doesn't mean the performance itself is sub-par because of it.

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     David Megginson (david_megginson@mstdn.ca)'s status on Friday, 02-Feb-2024 02:47:50 JST David Megginson

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     • Evan Prodromou

     All respect, @davew (we've known each-other online for over 25 years), but you just did argue on social media. You posted a contentious claim about "tiny little text boxes". Making a proclamation and then refusing to discuss it further is a bit of a hit-and-run.

     cc @evan

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     David Megginson (david_megginson@mstdn.ca)'s status on Friday, 02-Feb-2024 02:47:50 JST David Megginson

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     • Evan Prodromou

     @davew If your implied point is that #ActivityPub isn't a replacement for #RSS, then I fully agree: ActivityPub is a good fit for short-form stuff (like social-media discussions), while RSS is a good fit for sharing headlines and links to long-form stuff (like blogs or news stories).

     Render unto Caesar, for everything there is a season, fit for purpose, and all that jazz.

     cc @evan

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     phiofx (phiofx@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 02-Feb-2024 03:21:47 JST phiofx

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     • David Megginson
     • Evan Prodromou
     • Julian Lam

     @devnull @david_megginson @davew @evan its when the neat, sequentially linked comments become a bushy tree if somebody replies to a comment higher up.

     A busy "discussion" (that may last days or weeks) with many participants in different branches of the tree is very cumbersome to get an overview of. Like parallel, non-interacting universes.

     Not to mention that every new joiner in the discussion reduces your available reply text length, but maybe that is a feature not a bug :-)

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     Julian Lam (devnull@crag.social)'s status on Friday, 02-Feb-2024 03:21:49 JST Julian Lam

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     • David Megginson
     • Evan Prodromou
     • phiofx

     @phiofx @david_megginson @davew @evan interested in hearing more about this threading problem? I'd love to tackle something like this with #nodebb

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     Dave Winer ☕️ (davew@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 02-Feb-2024 06:31:31 JST Dave Winer ☕️

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     • Evan Prodromou

     @evan

     here's what i wrote today.