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# Micro.blog: what Twitter would be if it was built as part of the open web
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2018/02/micro-blog-yay-fun-conversation/
- Published: 2018-02-06T11:18:46.000Z
- Updated: 2018-02-06T11:24:33.000Z
- Author: Adam Tinworth
- Tags: indieweb, micro.blog, microblogging, open web, social networks, social neworking

For the last couple of months, I’ve been really enjoying using [micro.blog](https://micro.blog/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com), a Kickstarted Twitter-like microblogging service. It has made some interesting design choices – like not disclosing how many people follow you, and keeping Favourites as a purely personal bookmarking tool – that tend to [promote real discussions](https://micro.blog/kulturnation/303847?ref=onemanandhisblog.com) on there.

Best of all, it’s not a silo like Twitter; it’s built with the tools of the open web. [As Brent Simmons puts it](http://inessential.com/2018/02/01/why%5Fmicro%5Fblog%5Fis%5Fnot%5Fanother%5Fapp%5Fnet?ref=onemanandhisblog.com):

> We could be excused for thinking that Micro.blog is like App.net — a Twitter alternative greeted with enthusiasm but that eventually closed.
> 
> It’s not the same thing, though, and I’ll explain why.
> 
> Micro.blog is not an alternative silo: instead, it’s what you build when you believe that the web itself is the great social network.
> 
> That’s the important part: even if Micro.blog doesn’t last (though I believe it will), the idea — that the web itself is where we are and where we talk to each other — will continue.

If this intrigues you, you can [sign up for micro.blog](https://micro.blog/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com), and you can [follow my micro.blog](http://microblog.onemanandhisblog.com/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com), too.