{"id":6555,"date":"2017-01-03T16:15:52","date_gmt":"2017-01-03T16:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/\/?p=6555"},"modified":"2017-01-03T16:15:52","modified_gmt":"2017-01-03T16:15:52","slug":"linked-micro-blog-kickstarter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/01\/03\/linked-micro-blog-kickstarter\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: Micro.Blog Kickstarter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:3642,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.kickstarter.com\\\/projects\\\/manton\\\/indie-microblogging-owning-your-short-form-writing\\\/description&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20240406071310\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.kickstarter.com\\\/projects\\\/manton\\\/indie-microblogging-owning-your-short-form-writing\\\/description&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 04:50:54&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-26 12:32:10&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-06 09:41:05&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-23 05:53:00&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-26 15:53:21&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-29 12:17:18&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-29 12:17:18&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/manton\/indie-microblogging-owning-your-short-form-writing\/description\">via KickStarter<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>I first set out to build a new service just for microblogs. It has a timeline experience like a social network, with replies and favorites, but it\u2019s based on RSS, with the main posts pulled from independent sites.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>+ it appears to be $10 to reserver your username and $100 for 12 months of the service.<\/p>\n<p>Manton should make money but isn\u2019t he simply re-creating the issues we have with today\u2019s social networks? He\u2019s creating a centralized silo that is a destination to read people\u2019s written words. Markdown, RSS, ad-free are all great but I don\u2019t see any commitments here to data-portability or a self-hosted version. I\u2019d pay Manton $30 to license Micro.Blog\u2019s architecture and host it on my own site for my own personal use. $100 a year to borrow his server space seems poorly thought out when his video talks about the issues with sites going away and so does your writing along with it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"via KickStarter: I first set out to build a new service just for microblogs. 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