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Comment · 3 years ago
(writer of the site here) I've never liked Twitter, or any mainstream social media for that matter. The only one that came close for me was Google+, that was brilliant, I thought.
So yeah, nothing to do with the shit show that is Elon Musk, it's just good timing. :-)
Comment · 3 years ago
I think you misspelled “profit” there. Engagement isn't the driver for the algorithm, profit is. It’s all about showing “fresh” content on every refresh so they have your eyes longer, and therefore more ad revenue.
Masto is chronological, so there’s WAY more chance of natural discovery of content. It’s not buried by the algorithm because it doesn’t align with the hot take of the day, or isn't “trending”.
I’ve personally found Mastodon to be far more engaging than Twitter, but that’s probably not going to be the se for everyone.
Comment · 4 years ago
Really glad you’re enjoying it! :)
Comment · 4 years ago
Im a firm believer in links being underlined. I also wanted it to be a little opinionated, as to started life as a personal project, yet easy to customise.
Comment · 4 years ago
That’s what I see a framework as being - sane defaults. It’s a way to get started quickly without having to write everything from scratch.
I would argue that “frameworks” like Bootstrap, Tailwinds and their ilk are more ecosystems than frameworks, but that’s just me. :)
Comment · 4 years ago
That’s good to know, thanks. I always (incorrectly it seems) assumed that a citation was valid within a blockquote too.
Comment · 4 years ago
Hi!
Comment · 4 years ago
Creator of Simple.css here.
Thanks for all the feedback and comments here, folks. It really is appreciated.
I’m not a professional web designer - this just started off as a personal project that I ended up publishing as people I shared it with seemed to like it.
I’m taking on board the various feedback from people much more knowledgeable than I here, again I really appreciate it.
If you do have feedback/changes I’d urge you to log an Issue or a PR on Github[1].
Also great to see so many other minimal CSS projects that I wasn't aware of. I’ll have to add an alternatives page to the site, I think.
Comment · 4 years ago
Thank you. That’s so kind.
Comment · 4 years ago
There was SO MUCH more I wanted to mention. Cookie banners being one of them, but I figured it was long enough as it was. I will likely add more to it in the future though.
Comment · 4 years ago
(author here) I agree - there's definitely a technical ransom to pay for hosting your own site, even with managed solutions, there's still domain names, hosting etc. to work though - it's not for everyone and I'm not claiming it is.
Maybe I wasn't clear on that point, apologies if that's the case. I spoke about POSSE and using more decentralised platforms, like Mastodon.
Again, they're not for everyone either, and I don't expect them to be. It would just be nice if we got a little more of web 1.0 back. :-)
I’m Kev. A cyber security nerd, web design enthusiast and privacy advocate from the UK.