Write.as @write_as@writing.exchange

@emsenn No problem 😊

@emsenn Not sure if the post's token is saved anywhere with that plugin, but if it is, you can delete it by making an API call: https://developers.write.as/docs/api/#delete-a-post

Do you publish several posts a day on Write.as, especially on a free account or without an account at all? I'd love to hear what you think of some potential upcoming changes.

Read more: https://write.as/intheopen/some-free-limitations

Discussion: https://discuss.write.as/t/potential-change-posts-per-day-limit-for-free-users/288

@adalbertsen1 Hey, not right now unfortunately. But that's planned for the future

@abc @matt Yeah, we do have the hosted services (incl. https://writefreely.host for communities) for those who don't want to do the setup / maintenance.

But you could always use @writefreely with Apache and MySQL. As long as you can run an executable on your server, it'll work -- so it just needs to be on a server you have control over, or shared hosting environment where they allow that.

@abc Yeah, unfortunately it's still needed right now. Out of curiosity, which operating system do you use?

Here's a nice walkthrough of setting up your own #WriteFreely instance, for the less-technical crowd 🤓

https://discuss.write.as/t/simple-install-how-to/264

@mcg Awesome. That's the goal! Glad it was easy for you :)

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

https://discuss.write.as/c/writefreely/installation

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!

@m3g5 @slackz @nutomic @Ajz I appreciate it -- that's a great point. I'll definitely do that in the future.

@m3g5 @slackz @nutomic @Ajz Hey, sorry for the delayed response -- as I mentioned in the email reply I just sent, I need a little more time to debug the issue. This week I was still getting caught up on other support from over the holidays.

I try to take weekends off, but I'll be looking at it today, and will let you know when I have a solution. Thanks for bearing with me!

@mikro2nd I know. It wasn't a decision made lightly, but I haven't found a more ethical solution that works as well yet. If the onslaught of spam we get every day eventually subsides, we'll remove it. I'm just trying to keep the service open and free.

For now, you can get around it by going to the editor (https://write.as/new), hovering over "Anonymous" at the top of the page, and clicking "New blog".

@slackz Sounds great! Yep, that was the right place for the issue -- I'll respond over there soon.

@nw @slackz I'd love that too, but unfortunately that's up to the receiving platform, and Mastodon only shows the title and link. Posts look good on Pleroma, though -- even the formatting shows up:

@slackz Hah it's all good! Thank you so much, I love hearing it 🙏

I'd love to keep getting your feedback and thoughts as you use it more, either here or on our forums (https://discuss.write.as) -- that helps me keep building around what the community wants and needs 🙂

@nw @slackz Yeah, I haven't extensively tested it myself, but I've heard reports that changing the username messes up federation. Followers on other platforms receive the blog posts, but the blog's name doesn't match who the receivers originally followed, so validation fails and the post doesn't get sent to them.

@slackz @nw Thanks! Really glad you like it (and great article, btw)!

There isn't a quick and easy place to discover the username.. But you can just search for the blog by its URL in the fediverse -- that'll pull in the blog and show you its username.

Also, just to mention this: it's probably best to settle on a @handle as soon as possible, because the fediverse isn't really set up for username changes yet (e.g. Mastodon doesn't support it)