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title: Technically I'm microblogging now.
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tags:
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- rss
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I am a _big_ fan of the open web and although I have enjoyed
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[Twitter](https://twitter.com/agentdero) the platform has regressed in dramatic
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form and function since I first adopted it. I remember Twitter actively
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_avoided_ building a walled garden with fantastic APIs and RSS feeds open to
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the public. Much of the popularity of the platform hinged upon the incredible
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third party applications and integrations developers like me built in the first
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five-ish years of its existence. Over time the site has strayed from open APIs
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and standards, and while I still enjoy Twitter, I want some more flexibility
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which is why you can now subscribe to my [microblog](/microblog.xml) with any
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RSS-capable client.
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[Microblogging](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microblogging) is basically RSS
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with a slight change in conventions to support more Twitter-style postings,
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with a somehow sillier name. When I was exploring the concept, I came across
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numerous posts of folks trying out microblogging only to find that their feeds
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had gone _very_ stale. They couldn't bridge the gap between their existing
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community in sites like Twitter with their microblog set up. This excludes some
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users I have seen on [micro.blog](https://micro.blog), but I'm not about to pay
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$5/month for something that primitive.
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My set up is built around me existing blog (you're reading it!) with
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[some](https://github.com/rtyler/brokenco.de/blob/4e1513b75cab88ed4f098a0f905c33c9860f9d39/_config.yml#L15-L18)
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[tweaks](https://github.com/rtyler/brokenco.de/blob/4e1513b75cab88ed4f098a0f905c33c9860f9d39/_scripts/new-microblog)
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to make it easier to author microblog entries. I then integrated
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[twitter-together](https://github.com/gr2m/twitter-together/) to ensure that my
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microblog posts are duplicated automatically into my Twitter account. Not
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everything I post to Twitter goes through my Microblog however, replies and
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retweets don't make much sense to me outside of the context of Twitter. But
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practically anything I would typically share via my desktop I can now broadcast
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via both channels!
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Subscribe to my [microblog](/microblog.xml), or don't, it's a free internet after all. :)
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