Notices by Dan Thornton (badgergravling@mastodon.social)

@dansup Spotify licensing rights are temporary - physical media is forever (relatively speaking).

@dansup @pixelfed Where Dan party? Can Dan join Dan party?

@pfefferle
Yeah, I've worked on a large scale WordPress plugin in the past (on the marketing/content/product dev side, not code), so I appreciate how difficult it is to account for hosting/other plugins etc...

So I can understand why it's not easier, but at the same time, with my marketing hat on, it's the main reason why it's not more widely adopted...

If I can't get it working after going through all the help files I can find, I can safely say no client is going to bother...

@pfefferle
I've attempted to get it working on a couple of different sites, and for some reason, I'm having issues with it (and getting verification to work at all)...

Tried some trouble shooting, but basically anything that makes it quicker, easier and requires less technical input to get it up and running would make it much easier to recommend (especially to clients, who might not be convinced by Mastodon enough to devote lots of time and energy until they have something up and running)

@Gargron Still miss it - and while there are plenty of good current alternatives for feed readers, it was the critical mass of social interaction that made it so good...

I'd love to see what all my friends are reading, enjoying and sharing without having to delve into social networks and everything else that entails - but sadly I think it'd be almost impossible to get enough using RSS feed readers again...

@atomicpoet I think the issue there is that the definition of journalism has become a broad, and almost meaningless title, self-selected by social media 'commentators' and handed out to interns...
Took me years to be formally titled as a 'reporter' on a publication, and reactionary takes required interviewing experts etc, rather than embedding tweets