TiddlyWiki on Social Media

#1

I have recently deleted the TiddlyWiki account on X (and also my personal accounts there). It has become an unpleasant place to be, and there are fewer and fewer people there. Others are free to disagree with my stance, and I will listen to feedback, but this is a personal decision, and I am no longer comfortable for TiddlyWiki to be implicitly supporting the platform.

I intend to switch my attention to the TiddlyWiki Fediverse account at TiddlyWiki (@TiddlyWiki@fosstodon.org) - Fosstodon and welcome interactions there.

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#2

Just to add that I loved Twitter for many years, and it’s a great shame to see its decline.

Some personal history is that in November 2006 I was invited by Ev Williams (one of the founders of Twitter) to their offices in San Francisco. I met Ev and the then CTO Blaine Cook, and had a fun discussion about TiddlyWiki and Twitter. Ev actually asked me if I was interested in working at Twitter. I immediately declined because by that time I felt committed to TiddlyWiki, and wanted to keep working on it. I do sometimes think about what would have happened if I had pursued the offer, but of course I don’t regret the time I’ve devoted to TiddlyWiki.

A postscript, Blaine ended up joining Osmosoft, my team at BT, in 2008 and I enjoyed several years of working with him there.

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#3

I suppose that if I’m following this forum, I won’t be missing anything TiddlyWiki related if I don’t go to Mastodon?

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#4

A very respectable decision. I for one am inclined to agree. Well done Jeremy.

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#5

That is a very wise decision, I think that’s a good idea. I left X months ago for Bluesky due to the functionality changes and increasingly hostile environment, and it seems to have only gotten worse since then. While Bluesky is a much smaller community, I’d love to see more fellow TiddlyWikians there.

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#6

At TiddlyWiki (@TiddlyWiki@fosstodon.org) - Fosstodon, there is still a link to Twitter, which returns a “does not exits” message. IMO the link can be removed.

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Is the Twitter history gone?

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#7

Thanks @pmario, that should be fixed now

I downloaded an archive for the account, but it’s not great. On the plus side, it has all of the account tweets (with attachments) and likes. Sadly, the tweets don’t include replies, and the likes don’t even include the username of the tweet, just the full text. Better than nothing. I will endeavour to use the TiddlyWiki Archivist plugin to make it into a presentable form, and ultimately post it on tiddlywiki.com.

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#8

I agree whole-heartedly. I quit Twitter when Elon Musk took over and have not regretted it one bit.

I’m on Mastodon now too, and it seems to feel similar to how Twitter was 8-10 years ago: a very good place to discuss technology and/or politics.

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#9

I just today stumbled onto a Canadian social networking site that I’m now exploring: https://hey.cafe/

Update: I like it enough that I decided to get a “pro” account (i.e. pay for a subscription). My profile: Charlie Veniot 🇨🇦 (@charliejv) / Hey.Café

#10

IMO, this is the happening place for TiddlyWiki.

Most Mastodon TiddlyWiki comments are opinions about TiddlyWiki, and not an exchange of usable information.

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#11

I never mix technology with politics.
Have different accounts for that.
Politics? I stand my ground.

#12

But just being on X is a political statement, and supports certain political positions financially.

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#13

I think this is starting to slide into offtopic :man_facepalming: At this pace after some time you all might end having to read my rants against Mastodon, but that would be already 100% offtopic :slight_smile:

Being or not being on X or Mastodon or whatever is not necessarily a political statement, even if both these particular networks have very vocal minorities with agenda that make them very much look so. I don’t really know the deep reasons of @jeremyruston 's decisions about this but I’m just fine with assuming (even if the following assumption is wrong) that he exercised what I call a “fundamental digital right” to isolate himself from any online resource that doesn’t feel comfortable. The good part of it is that the Internet is big and diverse, and ultimately each of us deserves to find a few comfy places.

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#14

I do think everybody will enjoy this place more if we keep well away from politics, and stay focused on our shared interest in TiddlyWiki.

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