shopkins
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Comment · 4 years ago
"Most corporations" don't do global surveillance on the scale Facebook does. It's that simple.
It's not about 100% purity. Just not doing this one little, tiny, fundamental-to-their-entire-business thing.
Comment · 5 years ago
This is literally a way to "self-host your shit."
Comment · 6 years ago
I've been using https://write.as for years and enjoying it. Perfect for plain text, does Markdown and code syntax highlighting.
Comment · 7 years ago
The Write.as guys have been working on a good alternative with their Snap.as service [0]. It's tied to the blogging side, but looks like it'll be another simple tool that doesn't pull the same signup-wall crap as Instagram.
[0] https://snap.as
Comment · 7 years ago
Here's the actual link, so you don't have to give out a temporary email address like I did: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11Db_mfeUocbPSIN52y8h...
I would echo that this is a terribly user-hostile tactic and, to be honest, makes me want to avoid the main product you're launching.
Comment · 7 years ago
Hard to find, but it's here: https://write.as/guidelines
From what I've read it sounds like they're not free speech absolutists, but they're pretty liberal about what is allowed.
Comment · 7 years ago
Just a little feedback: as someone not deep in the blockchain world, I have no idea what Blockstack is, or why nothing happens when I click "sign in" or "start writing now". The page does a good job of describing the product benefits, but it doesn't cover square 1 and describe what I need in order to actually start using the product.
Otherwise I know this was a fun project, but it always helps to hone in on your audience on the landing page. Answer, Who's going to appreciate this the most?
Comment · 8 years ago
There are also dedicated extensions for this [0]
Comment · 8 years ago
Obligatory life-saving browser extension: https://makemediumreadable.com
Comment · 8 years ago
It means your posts are sent out to followers via ActivityPub. It explains this below, in the "publish to the fediverse" section.
Comment · 8 years ago
1. No, services in the US like DDG largely aren't liable for what users post (or do) on their sites, mostly because of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 [0].
2. We don't know they haven't been served with a national security letter. DDG's protection scope doesn't cover you needing protection from the government, though. So we know using DDG != Google because that's the surveillance threat vector they're concerned with: literally not being Google (which they aren't).
[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_Decency_Act#Sec...
Comment · 8 years ago
Much quicker to have the legal team fire off the standard email threat than get the dev team to reverse-engineer the extension and block it (if this wasn't just an automated email).
Comment · 8 years ago
Yep on their cheapest plan, for $10 / year. Also comes with SSL.
Comment · 8 years ago
I'm on Write.as and enjoying it a lot [0]. Simple, privacy-focused, and easy to create multiple blogs.
Comment · 8 years ago
This argument is disingenuous, and not really more than a projected opinion. Not everyone is this tribal, and people are allowed to be angry when they see the manifest implications of surveillance capitalism without being partisans.
WRITING: https://shopkins.writeas.com/
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