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This is just sort of how the internet is going right now. Global, free services like that are starting to make less money. Facebook is circling the drain, Twitt
by djhaskin987 4y ago
This is just sort of how the internet is going right now. Global, free services like that are starting to make less money. Facebook is circling the drain, Twitter is in hot water. Going decentralized is sort of getting more popular. Companies are focused more on profitability than growth right now, so there's little incentive to grow these platforms and more incentive to ruin them in the hopes of making money.
I find myself using markdown files these days to store my links. That way I can also store context around the links by writing stuff around the links. This sounds foolish, but it does in fact check all your boxes:
- You can publish this markdown file on GitHub pages so it has integration with browsers
- People can follow you using RSS (yes, people still do this, myself included)
- I use Epsilon Notes and FolderSync Pro on my Android device to sync the markdown files over Dropbox so there's mobile app support
- Portable across time because it's just text
- Widely supported by different tools
This is actually also my note-taking system. I have shortcuts in them that allow me to take screenshots and store them next to the markdown and link to them. I store links by simply making a link in the markdown file of the paragraph I'm working on.
- jimmaswell 4y ago> free services like that are starting to make less money GDPR's fault?
- svachalek 4y agoThey made money by making all their users angry and depressed and they're finally getting tired of it. I think GDPR and the rest are just reflections of their user's fatigue.
- hammyhavoc 4y agoDo you really believe Facebook is circling the drain? Still quite literally 1.97bn daily active users, and they made $28.82bn per the most recent quarterly report. I dislike Facebook as much as the next person, but this is just straight up disinformation.
- djhaskin987 4y agoFor the curious, yes, I do think so. Sure, it's big; doesn't mean it's not getting smaller. I also think that it will continue to get smaller. I think its heyday is past.