If you ever need help, feel free to reach out to me or anyone else in the community. Also: an avatar, bio, and #introduction post will go a long way toward helping you connect with more people 😊

**matt** @matt@writing.exchange · Feb 24, 2018, 13:46

Pinned toot

**matt** @matt@writing.exchange · Feb 24, 2018, 13:46

Feb 24, 2018, 13:46

matt @matt@writing.exchange

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.

**matt** · Dec 11, 2019, 14:40

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**Apple** @missmansanas@writing.exchange · Dec 11, 2019, 14:40

Dec 11, 2019, 14:40

Apple @missmansanas@writing.exchange

Hi writing.exchange, I'm Apple! I'm a writer trying to reach out to fellow writers, and am new to Mastodon. Anyone wanna show me the ropes of this instance? #introduction #writingcommunity

**matt** · Dec 05, 2019, 15:39

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**MaineBot** @Mainebot@octodon.social · Dec 05, 2019, 15:39

Dec 05, 2019, 15:39

MaineBot @Mainebot@octodon.social

Thinking about a summer that never was

**matt** @matt@writing.exchange · Dec 05, 2019, 00:13

**matt** @matt@writing.exchange · Dec 05, 2019, 00:13

Dec 05, 2019, 00:13

matt @matt@writing.exchange

Added a new tool for reading Medium articles in peace:

https://makemediumreadable.com/read

You can also grab the article as Markdown -- maybe even publish to #WriteFreely!

**matt** · Dec 01, 2019, 19:23

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**Jake LaCaze** @jakelacaze@writing.exchange · Dec 01, 2019, 19:23

Dec 01, 2019, 19:23

Jake LaCaze @jakelacaze@writing.exchange

"Some of what's truly good for us is bad for them. So let's not rely on them to tell us when we finally have privacy, or digital wellbeing, or whatever will comfort the masses today. We know what real privacy feels like, even online. All we have to do is acknowledge what we've lost and take the smallest of steps to reclaim it."

https://write.as/matt/iprivacy

**matt** · Dec 01, 2019, 20:59

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**Write.as** @write_as@writing.exchange · Dec 01, 2019, 20:59

Dec 01, 2019, 20:59

Write.as @write_as@writing.exchange

Write.as Cyber Monday sale

**matt** @matt@writing.exchange · Nov 30, 2019, 20:32

**matt** @matt@writing.exchange · Nov 30, 2019, 20:32

Nov 30, 2019, 20:32

matt @matt@writing.exchange

And of course this ignores implementations like @darius's Hometown (https://github.com/hometown-fork/hometown) that display Articles in their entirety, making the post + comment perhaps a little less needed. But I still think it'd be nice to have.

**matt** @matt@writing.exchange · Nov 30, 2019, 20:22

**matt** @matt@writing.exchange · Nov 30, 2019, 20:22

Nov 30, 2019, 20:22

matt @matt@writing.exchange

(I think it's more noticeable with Articles because Mastodon only shows a title and the link. Which is oddly terse in social media land.)

One way to enable this while reducing abuse might be to let the publishing Actor (i.e. the post author) specify other Actors that can boost and add a comment. So e.g. @ matt @ write.as could allow: @ matt @ writing.exchange, and I could get the effect I'm after.

**matt** @matt@writing.exchange · Nov 30, 2019, 20:13

**matt** @matt@writing.exchange · Nov 30, 2019, 20:13

Nov 30, 2019, 20:13

matt @matt@writing.exchange

One time I really wish Mastodon had quote-tooting is when I'm sharing ActivityPub Articles (i.e. blog posts).

Would be awesome to natively boost a post with a little personal comment added, especially to aid in a fediverse conversation around the post. Otherwise you get what we have right now: every post is "Shared without comment."

**matt** · Nov 30, 2019, 19:00

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**Matt** @matt@write.as · Nov 30, 2019, 19:00

Nov 30, 2019, 19:00

Matt @matt@write.as

iPrivacy https://write.as/matt/iprivacy

**matt** · Nov 29, 2019, 22:06

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**Matt** @matt@write.as · Nov 29, 2019, 22:06

Nov 29, 2019, 22:06

Matt @matt@write.as

Self-Checkification https://write.as/matt/self-checkification

**matt** · Nov 28, 2019, 15:35

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**Matt** @matt@write.as · Nov 28, 2019, 15:35

Nov 28, 2019, 15:35

Matt @matt@write.as

"Alternative to Social Media" https://write.as/matt/alternative-to-social-media

**matt** · Nov 27, 2019, 20:41

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**Bearded Pen** @beardedpen@writing.exchange · Nov 27, 2019, 20:41

Nov 27, 2019, 20:41

Bearded Pen @beardedpen@writing.exchange

Hey Mastodon and Writing Exchange. Thanks for having me.

**matt** · Nov 27, 2019, 21:52

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**Matt's Dev Log** @devlog@matt.writefreely.dev · Nov 27, 2019, 21:52

Nov 27, 2019, 21:52

Matt's Dev Log @devlog@matt.writefreely.dev

A recent idea I had: what if WF federated Notes instead of Articles in certain situations? I just tweaked this instance so that if there's no newline in a post, it'll come out as a Note. Otherwise it'll be an Article, like normal. Thoughts? Reply to @matt@writing.exchange.

**matt** · Nov 27, 2019, 15:14

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**noblogo** @noblogo@writing.exchange · Nov 27, 2019, 15:14

Nov 27, 2019, 15:14

noblogo @noblogo@writing.exchange

hello everybody
this is the https://noblogo.org account, an italian #writefreely instance.
We'll share the most important article from the website here.
#introducion

**matt** @matt@writing.exchange · Nov 27, 2019, 16:22

**matt** @matt@writing.exchange · Nov 27, 2019, 16:22

Nov 27, 2019, 16:22

matt @matt@writing.exchange

Still getting caught up on November.

**matt** · Nov 24, 2019, 20:14

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**Florence** @forktogether@toot.cat · Nov 24, 2019, 20:14

Nov 24, 2019, 20:14

Florence @forktogether@toot.cat

Our CoC is live, and we have a roadmap, kinda!

Stay tuned for more news about #Florence

https://write.as/florence/florence-update-coc-and-roadmap

**matt** @matt@writing.exchange · Nov 26, 2019, 18:58

**matt** @matt@writing.exchange · Nov 26, 2019, 18:58

Nov 26, 2019, 18:58

matt @matt@writing.exchange

@dansup Hey, are you active at all on the Pixelfed section of SocialHub (https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/c/software/pixelfed)? I wanted to continue the conversation about Article support in PixelFed in a public place like that, if that's alright.