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> I thought that if I left Twitter, I could find a new social network that would give it some competition I mean, the self-hosted website - where this blog is
by wlkr 8y ago
> I thought that if I left Twitter, I could find a new social network that would give it some competition
I mean, the self-hosted website - where this blog is posted - is exactly that. I don't quite follow his desire to find a third party community. He seems to want a service that meets his standards of what a social network should be without realising that he has complete control of his own content and how people interact with him on his own website. Interestingly, where he disabled comments.
- eesmith 8y agoHe would like a place with "Cat pictures! Jokes! Links to interesting things that we found in the backwaters of the internet! Interaction with friends we just haven’t met, yet!" A blog, even with comments enabled, is less effective at that than Twitter was. (Certainly not ineffective, but as Wheaton has had long experience on both Twitter and maintaining a blog, I think we can conclude he wants something he doesn't get from blogging.)