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Shrutarshi Basu - They Hate Us for Our Links
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Proprietary Social Media Tags Considered Contemptible | starbreaker.org
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| | To suggest that use of Open Graph and Twitter Cards metadata is harmful would be an exercise in belaboring the obvious.
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Why are we not using free, decentralized platforms?
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| | [AI summary] The author discusses the migration of users to the decentralized Fediverse following Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter, highlighting the benefits of privacy and decentralization while addressing challenges like server sustainability and moderation.
| | hjr265.me
Parsing Social Media URLs in Go With Slinky ยท hjr265.me
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| | Toph now allows programmers to show up to 5 social media URLs on their profile pages. Instead of showing the entire URL, I wanted to show the important bits from the URL. Screenshot of a profile panel from Toph To do that, I had to parse the social media URLs and extract information like the username or profile ID (when it is a GitHub, Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, etc. profile URL) or the instance of Mastodon.
| | leejo.github.io
Social Media Zero
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| [AI summary] A long-time web user argues against the modern trend of platforms embedding direct messaging, advocating for 'Social Media Zero' by staying on RSS and rejecting app-based distractions to achieve Inbox Zero.