Alternate Sharing Buttons (Now with Less Tracking!)Sharing buttons that don’t talk to Facebook, Twitter, or even a third party until you actually click on a button! I’m testing SharingButtons.io on one site, and Share42 on another.
Finding Fediverse FeedsHow to find the RSS/Atom feeds for Mastodon, Pixelfed, PeerTube, Misskey, and other Fediverse platforms.
Share to the Fediverse with ShareOpenlyA share button that connects to Mastodon, Bluesky, Micro.blog, Threads and more. Here’s how I’ve hooked it up to Eleventy.
What Can You Build With the Google+ API So Far? (Obsolete)
Google Plus has released the beginnings of its API for third-party apps. All you can do so far is read a user’s public activity. What can you do with that?
What’s in Your Social Media Archive?I checked out what you get when you export your content from Twitter, Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, WordPress, LiveJournal, Tumblr, and Mastodon, with an eye for both private archives and migrating to your own site.
Why Google Buzz Won’t Run on Your Android Phone (Yet) (Obsolete)
Buzz relies on several HTML5 features which were added to the browser with Android 2.0. Older versions support Gears instead, which may be the way to solve it.
WordPress + ActivityPub in a SubdirectoryThis rewrite rule lets other Fediverse sites find your blog through the ActivityPub plugin, without breaking Let’s Encrypt renewals.
Wrapping Your Head Around MastodonI’ve been on Mastodon for several years now, and it’s completely replaced Twitter for me. It is a shift in perspective on how social media works, so here are a few tips to help wrap your head around it.