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    Richard MacManus (ricmac@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 10-Oct-2025 23:21:57 JST Richard MacManus Richard MacManus
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    Also, I tried my hand at a WTN-related meme.

    In conversation about 5 days ago from mastodon.social permalink

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    Richard MacManus (ricmac@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 10-Oct-2025 23:21:57 JST Richard MacManus Richard MacManus
    • Ben Werdmuller
    • Jason Scott
    • Brent Simmons
    • Web Technology News
    • Maximiliano Firtman
    • Cory LaViska

    The latest issue of Web Technology News (WTN) has just been published. This week I focus on the web-based ChatGPT Apps platform, but there's also #FediForum action, other open social web news, and web platform opportunities. https://webtechnology.news/openai-turns-chatgpt-into-a-web-app-platform/

    Fedi folks mentioned: @firt, @ben, @laurenshof, @brentsimmons, @claviska, @textfiles

    Subscribe to WTN via email or RSS, or on the fediverse @feed

    In conversation about 5 days ago from mastodon.social permalink

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    Richard MacManus (ricmac@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 10-Oct-2025 06:26:36 JST Richard MacManus Richard MacManus

    The block button is a wonderful invention, but apparently the blocked person’s content stays attached to your posts on both Mastodon and Bluesky. I understand the technical reasons for this, but wouldn’t it be great to add a tag to their inane comments: “This individual is a turd and has been blocked by the person who started this thread.” Maybe a feature request for Mastodon?

    In conversation about 6 days ago from mastodon.social permalink
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    Richard MacManus (ricmac@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Oct-2025 23:56:53 JST Richard MacManus Richard MacManus

    Starter packs coming to Mastodon 👀 https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/10/our-ideas-about-packs/

    In conversation about 8 days ago from mastodon.social permalink

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    1. Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: blog.joinmastodon.org
      Our ideas about Packs
      from Imani Joy
      Sharing our thoughts and plans behind sharing collections of accounts in the Fediverse.
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    Richard MacManus (ricmac@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Oct-2025 11:28:54 JST Richard MacManus Richard MacManus

    I'm curious what the W3C means by "re-engage" and "new audiences" here: "We have refreshed our logo to reflect the new type of organization we have become — an organization that wants to re-engage with our community, and reach new audiences."

    I *hope* they mean engage on truly open, web-loving platforms — like Mastodon and Bluesky. And of course audiences that may not be well-served by internet access right now (i.e. out in the real world).

    ref: https://www.w3.org/press-releases/2025/new-logo/

    In conversation about 14 days ago from mastodon.social permalink

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      The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) adopts a new logo to signal positive changes
      W3C is rolling out a new logo, following W3C’s formation in 2023 as a non-profit, public-interest organization, and the recent release of strategic objectives to support W3C’s roadmap.
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    Richard MacManus (ricmac@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 23-Sep-2025 04:00:43 JST Richard MacManus Richard MacManus

    1/x One of the things I liked about Web 2.0 was that you could build a following as a techno-optimist blogger. I mean in the sense that you could be passionate about a technology — the web, in my case — and people wanted to get behind that. Now yes, folks like me *should’ve* been a tad more critical. But I loved writing about the opportunities the web presented at that time. These days, your best bet to build a following in tech journalism is by being AGAINST something — AI, crypto, whatever.

    In conversation about 23 days ago from mastodon.social permalink
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    Richard MacManus (ricmac@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 19-Sep-2025 03:25:35 JST Richard MacManus Richard MacManus
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    In a post by Chrome’s GM, she said: “The browser is no longer just a window to the web; it’s an intelligent partner that learns and adapts to your needs.”

    I’d suggest Google is now closing the curtains on that window to the web. Sure, you can still open the curtains if you want to — Google isn’t preventing you from doing that. But from now on, I suspect most users will be content to stay indoors and let their AI agents surf the web for them. (Me, I’m opening those freaking curtains!)

    In conversation about a month ago from mastodon.social permalink
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    Richard MacManus (ricmac@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 19-Sep-2025 03:25:35 JST Richard MacManus Richard MacManus

    It’s happened: Google Chrome is now an AI browser https://thenewstack.io/chrome-switches-on-ai-the-future-of-browsing-begins-now/

    In conversation about a month ago from mastodon.social permalink

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      Chrome Switches on AI: The Future of Browsing Begins Now
      from Richard MacManus
      Today, Google's Chrome browser is rolling out new AI features. Are the curtains being drawn on web browsing as we've known it for 30+ years?
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    Richard MacManus (ricmac@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 18-Sep-2025 23:08:38 JST Richard MacManus Richard MacManus

    Alright, buckle up internet history fans: we've come to the RSS Format Wars! The year 2000 was when RSS got forked into 2 different protocols: Dave Winer's RSS 0.92 and the RDF-based RSS 1.0. What's remarkable, looking back, is that the top bloggers of the day — Kottke, CamWorld, Rebecca Blood, Brad Graham, and others — still weren't using RSS by the end of that year. But they *were* building blogrolls. https://cybercultural.com/p/blogs-rss-2000/ #InternetHistory #RSS

    In conversation about a month ago from mastodon.social permalink

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      2000: Bloggers Make Friends, but RSS Format Wars Kick Off
      from Richard MacManus
      In 2000, the blogroll becomes a trend as bloggers increasingly link to each other. Meanwhile, RSS bifurcates into two opposing formats: Dave Winer's RSS 0.92 and the RDF-based RSS 1.0.
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    Richard MacManus (ricmac@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 13-Sep-2025 00:33:08 JST Richard MacManus Richard MacManus
    • Simon Willison
    • Emelia 👸🏻
    • World Wide Web Consortium
    • Casey Newton
    • Gabe Rivera
    • Ars Technica
    • Ryan Barrett
    • Anuj Ahooja
    • Tim Berners-Lee
    • Thomas Günther

    In Web Technology News this week, I look at the emerging agentic web. Plus, news and takes in the usual 3 categories: web platform, open social web, Web + AI. https://webtechnology.news/wtn-6-welcome-humans-and-bots-to-the-agentic-web/

    Fedi folk featured in this week's WTN: @timbl, @w3c, @caseynewton, @thisismissem, @laurenshof, @quillmatiq & @snarfed.org's Bridgy Fed, @gaberivera, @simon, @arstechnica, @medienbaecker

    p.s. If you're a webhead and want to keep up with web tech news, check the end of the post for subscribe options.

    In conversation about a month ago from mastodon.social permalink

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    Richard MacManus (ricmac@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 11-Sep-2025 06:35:31 JST Richard MacManus Richard MacManus

    OMG, I just discovered I got a mention in Tim Berners-Lee’s memoir!! Totally unexpected. Ok, he spelled my name wrong, but that doesn’t matter :) The read-write web lives on!

    In conversation about a month ago from mastodon.social permalink

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    Richard MacManus (ricmac@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Sep-2025 22:07:23 JST Richard MacManus Richard MacManus

    I'm working on my next Cybercultural post, about blogging/RSS in 2000 (following on from my 1999 post: https://cybercultural.com/p/blogs-rss-1999/). An open question: I'm trying to pin down when "blogroll" became a term. Google tells me Doc Searls used "blogrolling" in Dec 2000: https://web.archive.org/web/20010126064700/http://doc.weblogs.com/2000/12/17

    Anyone have other references? I've looked at copies of Kottke.org, CamWorld et al from late-2000, but blogroll wasn't a used term then as far as I can tell. I suspect it was 2001, but if you have pointers... 🙏

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    1. Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: kottke.org
      kottke.org
      home of fine hypertext products
    2. Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: cybercultural.com
      1999: Blogs Burst Onto the Scene, but RSS Is Slow To Settle
      from Richard MacManus
      The launch of Blogger in August 1999 signals the arrival of weblogs into mainstream web culture. At the same time, web syndication formats are being worked out — starting with Netscape's RSS 0.90.
    3. Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: web.archive.org
      Doc Searls Weblog
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    Richard MacManus (ricmac@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Sep-2025 06:03:05 JST Richard MacManus Richard MacManus
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    • Evan Prodromou

    @evan Ahhh, ok. I think my brain didn’t make that connection because I always think of a URL as an address, whereas a DID is an identity. Or maybe I just need to be more alert to web witticisms!

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    Richard MacManus (ricmac@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Sep-2025 05:13:04 JST Richard MacManus Richard MacManus
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    • Evan Prodromou

    @evan Sorry, I actually wasn’t sure if you were being serious or not :) I may have missed some of the context…

    In conversation about a month ago from mastodon.social permalink
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    Richard MacManus (ricmac@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Sep-2025 05:09:18 JST Richard MacManus Richard MacManus
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    • Evan Prodromou

    @evan I believe developers use it to authenticate users, etc, as it’s the canonical ID for users.

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    Richard MacManus (ricmac@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Sep-2025 04:52:46 JST Richard MacManus Richard MacManus
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    • Evan Prodromou

    @evan Can you explain what you mean re Bluesky — I had to add my DID into my domain host when setting up my domain as URL. Or are you just saying nobody uses the DID as a public ID?

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    Richard MacManus (ricmac@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 08-Sep-2025 19:06:06 JST Richard MacManus Richard MacManus
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    • Eugen Rochko

    @Gargron I hear you. If you try and argue the point on Bluesky, you get called a nerd 🤷

    In conversation about a month ago from mastodon.social permalink
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    Richard MacManus (ricmac@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 08-Sep-2025 19:03:37 JST Richard MacManus Richard MacManus

    I think this is a fair statement, right? #Threads #FakeFediverse

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    Richard MacManus (ricmac@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 08-Sep-2025 18:49:04 JST Richard MacManus Richard MacManus

    Anyone have the answer to Rob's question for his project, https://arewedecentralizedyet.online/ ?
    https://discuss.systems/@ricci/115165575167627371

    In conversation about a month ago from mastodon.social permalink

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      Are We Decentralized Yet?
      from Robert Ricci
      A site with statistics regarding the decentralization status of various web services
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      Rob Ricci (@ricci@discuss.systems)
      from Rob Ricci
      @ricmac@mastodon.social The real reason is that none of the data sources I've seen count it, so I couldn't even if I wanted to. I don't know for sure whether they are excluding it on purpose or whether Threads is not exposing this information via the same APIs as most fediverse software.
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    Richard MacManus (ricmac@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 08-Sep-2025 00:46:41 JST Richard MacManus Richard MacManus
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    • Buttondown

    @buttondown https://bookshop.org/p/books/bubble-blog-from-outsider-to-insider-in-silicon-valley-s-web-2-0-revolution-richard-macmanus/7b55c18959512c81

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    Founder of ReadWriteWeb (2003–2012). Now publishing Web Technology News, a weekly briefing on the Web’s future: infrastructure, open networks, AI → https://webtechnology.newsTech journalist @ The New Stack · Internet historian @ https://cybercultural.comAlt: @classicweb (screenshots of the early Web) · 🥝 in 🇬🇧

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