Published 2024-12-02
tag(s): #yell-at-cloud #failures #meta #blogging
I didn't feel like writing two separate posts for what individually would be shortish text. So, combo post!
I cloned the site in a new directory and didn't realize I hadn't pushed changes after the last
post. And because all the website tooling I have is so basic artisanal, I lost a post.
In the published version only, because all content is in a repository, so nothing should ever
be lost "forever".
I didn't realize until this morning, then Git got confused on how to deal with the XML merges
for the feed. I ended up removing the borked markup, and re-adding them using the command for
that purpose.
So I guess in the end the tooling isn't that bad. I still prefer static files
from having a database and templates and whatnot.
And actually, as long as I use Fastmail to host the site, I have no way of running anything
dynamic. And I am still in love with everything being plain text files. I
really, really, REALLLY don't want to learn a web framework.
After the US election, BlueSky keeps adding users and growing. People are mad that Twitter is overrun with propaganda and Trump rhetoric and Musk owns it and moderation and......
I just don't get it.
We have seen a number of social networks come and go. We have seen the late-stage for many of
them. Why does anyone think that BlueSky will be different? Or even Mastodon.
Isn't it about time we realize that the whole concept of a social network cannot prosper? The
more a replacement looks like Facebook/Twitter/Reddit, the less likely they are to
succeed.
They all become echo chambers, need tons of moderation, costs to run them are
astronomical.
Unless whatever comes next is radically different from what we had before, I just don't see
the appeal.
And maybe it is because I am old and jaded, but I am over it. I am doing my best to reduce my
Instagram and Reddit usage[1]. I am definitely not opening a new account
anywhere else.
I needed to vent about how ridiculous I find that people jump to BlueSky as if it were some
kind of salvation from all the crap in other social networks, without seeing it as more of the
same. And, like I said before, I have a site that I can use for venting now!
Yay![2]