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Write.as  

Need help installing ? You can jump over to our forums to ask for help or see if anyone else has encountered the same problems.

discuss.write.as/c/writefreely

Discussing the project in a public place like this helps our small team (@matt) save time answering common questions, and makes it so more people can benefit from / join our conversations.

And if you want to support the project, please feel free to help others in the community. Any help you can offer is welcome and appreciated!

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Write.as  

We're working to build a suite of tiny, focused tools that all work together, and share the same simplicity and privacy-awareness of Write.as. This little platform is just the start.

Now you can along with each of them right here in the fediverse:

@readwriteas - stories from Write.as
@snap_as - photo and album hosting
@htmlhouse - HTML hosting

Future:
@draft_as - collaboration on text
@jot_as - private, encrypted notes

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TechZerker  

Just finished migrating my site to a much cleaner and simpler Write Freely platform, thanks to @write_as for the excellent product! I will easily be donating to the project very soon :) It's now up and running at techzerker.com

I'm not entirely certain if federation is working for it yet, but I have a few pinned pages to prep and whatnot first before I fiddle with that. If it is working, the settings page says the handle is "@techzerker@techzerker.com"

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Write.as  

New in Labs: email subscriptions!

This is a very early, very experimental feature, but I'm excited to launch it for everyone and start putting it through some real-world testing.

Get started here: write.as/letters

Feedback / discussion here: discuss.write.as/t/new-in-labs

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Write.as  

What are your biggest questions as someone *writing* on the platform? Looking for feedback on what to include in the Writer's Guide here:

discuss.write.as/t/feedback-wa

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Write.as  

New article about on (note: paywall): lwn.net/Articles/782945/

It's great to read something like this from someone using it for the first time: "WriteFreely has achieved its goal of making it possible to set up a new blogging site with a minimum of effort."

But also plenty of valid criticism there that'll help us making the project better.

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Write.as  

We'll be at in Portland, Oregon in 2 weeks!

Let us know if you'd like to grab coffee before or after the conference. Otherwise, you'll find us at booth #10096!

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The email subscriptions feature will involve new processes that regularly check for posts scheduled to be sent out via email, so with that in place, we'll be able to support federation on scheduled posts, too.

This was mentioned in #writefreely issue #76 (writefreely.org/issues/76)

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Write.as Development  

As an ongoing project, I'm hoping to get #WriteFreely federation working with all #ActivityPub-supporting platforms.

Just tested with #misskey and saw it wasn't working: github.com/syuilo/misskey/issu

Still need to see what works with #hubzilla and #osada

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Hippo  

My thoughts about getting Medium-style "Publications" on the #fediverse (on @write_as or otherwise).

I'm not sure how it'll work, but here are some vague ideas. Let me know what you think!

badrihippo.writeas.com/publica

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Gerrit Niezen  

Just started a new blog at gerritniezen.com using Write.as (@write_as)

It's pretty awesome that Write.as enables me to add my blog to the fediverse at
@gendor

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Write.as  

2018 was the first year we received requests for user data or to have content taken down, so we're going to start releasing an annual report with this kind of information.

Read about the requests we received in 2018 and how we responded in our latest @intheopen blog post: write.as/intheopen/2018-transp

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Write.as  

New on @readwriteas: global hashtag browsing! Now you can browse posts across all public blogs by topic, like : read.write.as/t/blogging

If you publish publicly, be sure to add hashtags somewhere in your post. There's no algorithm here; the humans behind Write.as will periodically look at popular tags and choose certain ones to showcase at the top of the site.

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Write.as Development  

State of the Development, March 2019:

discuss.write.as/t/state-of-th

#writeas #WriteFreely @snap_as

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write.as blog  

Extending Write.as write.as/blog/extending-write-

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Mormegil  

#introduction

I haven't really done a formal one of these so here we go:

I write essays about writing, government, philosophy, religion, software and anything else that interests me. My goal is to provide high quality evidence based content on a bi-weekly basis, and to promote the use of critical thinking.

I also write fiction on #Tapas.

I am a big proponent of FOSS and federation, and am launching the new home for my writing on @write_as

More details here: write.as/hdansin/preface

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Write.as Development  

Updated the #WriteFreely Instances page to explain more of what's going on, and to not prioritize Write.as over everyone else's instance anymore.

At this point, it gets enough exposure elsewhere on the site. The goal for this page is to help all these other great communities grow.

writefreely.org/instances

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Aris  

Write Freeely : afficher un extrait des billets en page d’accueil
lab.papatheodorou.net/write-fr

#writeas #writefreely @write_as

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Write.as  

If you're at all interested in the development / progress of and , I'd highly recommend following @writeas_dev.

Whereas I try to keep this account low-volume and limited to the important stuff, the dev account often contains what we're working on at any given moment, as well as new issues, small fixes, and our future plans.

Even if you're not a developer but instead run a WriteFreely instance — or just publish on one — there's relevant information for you there.

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Write.as Development  

Could use some input on this. Would data URIs be useful for you in WriteFreely? Or not needed?

writefreely.org/issues/80

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switching.social  

Yesterday was the last post in the current #AlternativesAtoZ series.

You can see the whole series most easily by going to:
mastodon.at/tags/alternativesa

You can find out more about alternatives on the website:
switching.social

If you wish to support the site, please consider buying the eBook:
mastodon.at/@switchingsocial/1

Cheers! :blobsmile:

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Write.as  

@Kye You can always pay monthly if you prefer. Often people will actually find that they end up using the other features on Pro that they didn't imagine using at first, so you might see the same thing.

Otherwise, it's always available with WriteFreely, whether you host yourself or join another instance: writefreely.org/instances

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