microblogging

A blue butterfly squares up to a spool of thread…

The post X-battle: Threads is down, but not out Members Public

The fight to capture ex-X users heats up, as Meta, the sleeping giant, wakes up and realises that it has a blue butterfly problem…

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Social Media
Playing the last post for the defunct Twitter competitor Post News

The last post for Post News Members Public

Another would-be Twitter replacement is dead in the water. What killed this one?

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
microblogging

Better Threads than dead Members Public

Threads has gone global by finally launching in the EU, and is beginning to add ActivityPub, connecting it to the Mastodon world. Could it be winning?

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Meta

What if the Twitter replacement isn’t a Twitter clone? Members Public

Twitter's growth was fuelled by making it easier to publish micro blog posts there than on a website. That was a trap, and we fell into it.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Blogging

The would-be Twitter replacements: who's winning and who's dead? Members Public

Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter prompted a raft of competitors to launch. Which ones are still surviving?

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
microblogging

Let's kick the Tweetstorm habit Members Public

Why do we give Twitter our most valuable thoughts?

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
X (Twitter)

Micro.blog: what Twitter would be if it was built as part of the open web Members Public

For the last couple of months, I’ve been really enjoying using micro.blog [https://micro.blog], 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

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
indieweb

One Man on app.net Members Public

![Me on app.net](https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2012/09/adders-appdotnet.jpg?resize=668%2C358) In news not entirely unrelated to my [last post](http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2012/09/twitter_has_chosen_a_fickle_monetization.html), you can now find me [on Twitter

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Adam Tinworth
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