Today I updated my “Contact” page, in effect retiring Twitter, which is a platform that I no longer use, the rapid deterioration of that platform has been remarkable.
Mastodon has now become far more valuable to me, and email returning to be the main social networking tool in my bag. Newsletters have really improved things. Though RSS feeds may still hold first spot for news and information.
New is Nostr, which for me is taking the place of SSB/Manyverse, which with Andre and other stepping away seems to have had it’s day. Nostr has a similar vibe to SSB when I discovered it, hopefully the good things from SSB transition.
I am enjoying exploring the niches of the web again. As brands and corporations steamroll the internet, little pockets of creativity and innovation flourish in the wreckage. The Gemini Protocol for example is fascinating to me.
LinkedIn is a wreck, Facebook attrocious. Both lost as they try to out compete one another and try and survive twitter destroying expectations. The smaller innovators like WhatsApp, Instagram, TikTok getting wrecked in the venture capital hellscape.
Pockets of sane appear, like Beeper, Readwise, Hey.
These services that (currently) focus on giving a great experience at a reasonable price, where I am the customer and not the product really appeal more. And I am happy to pay real money for the serenity of these apps as escapes from the broken internet of Twitter, Facebook, etc.
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