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Syndicate usually doesn't mean just posting a link, it means actually posting all the content on other platforms. Cory Doctorow is a good example, every blog po
by burkaman 4y ago
Syndicate usually doesn't mean just posting a link, it means actually posting all the content on other platforms. Cory Doctorow is a good example, every blog post is on his own site (pluralistic.net), but the full content is also posted on Twitter, Mastodon, Medium, and Tumblr. If you use one of those platforms you can read his stuff without ever visiting his site.
- dahwolf 4y agoThat would be better, but how would you even do that for long form content, which is typical of blogs? This idea also goes against the "Copies cite the original." approach mentioned in the article. You'd lose view/readership tracking or fragment it.
- burkaman 4y agoUsing the Cory Doctorow example, he converts articles into long threads when necessary. Here's an example: https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/110231149492915096 https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/110231149492915096 It does start with a link to his own page, but you can just skip that and keep reading if you want to. I think this is a great approach - if you just want to read the article you can click through, but if you really prefer a long thread you can read that instead, and then easily repost or respond to a particular quote from the thread. It's true that you lose unified view/readership tracking, but I think that's considered a positive for a lot of people.