andi

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andi @mcc9/9/2024, 8:11 PM

I wish there was anything we could do

https://cohost.org/staff/post/7611443-cohost-to-shut-down

There isn't anything I know of equivalent to Cohost and without Cohost I'm simply going to post less and stop posting certain kinds of content. I cannot trust Tumblr. I don't really trust bluesky and it only lets me post 300 characters at a time. Mastodon is like trying to hold a tea party in the middle of a busy stroad and also it only lets me post 500 characters at a time. I have a personal Wordpress, which I guess I could move my longform content to, but I hate interacting with it and also I have never, since 2007, figured out how to get people to look at it.

My most popular post here was an introduction to WebGPU. I'm about 78% done with a sequel which is a tutorial. Do I bother finishing it? If it's on a personal blog will anyone read it? (If you are considering replying with "I'd read it!" this is not helpful, because I probably won't believe you. How would you even find it?)

Tons of thanks and sympathy to the Cohost dev team for holding all this on their backs the whole time. 🙁 🙁 But also like, fuck

#cohost #cohost meta

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Mx. Aria Stewart @aredridel9/9/2024, 8:20 PM

I'd absolutely read it, and if you mentioned it on Mastodon I'd see it, and I'd pass it around WITChat. It'd get read. Your stuff gets passed around remarkably often

Steven Z @steven-z9/9/2024, 8:23 PM

I'd like to think if you finished the webgpu followup on a wordpress and shared it across any socials you had it'd probably get around somehow. The first one was just really good and got reach because of that to loads of people outside of cohost. I know that's not a very concrete sentiment but it got linked to a discord I was in that isn't even dev focused! Have some faith.

@esdonto9/9/2024, 9:07 PM

I'd definitely read it! Fuck, the WebGPU post is how I started following you

lynn @opossumcaviar9/9/2024, 9:41 PM

Regarding "How would you even find it?", I would love to access your posts in a Mastodon feed or in an RSS reader. You make fantastic posts and your WebGPU post is one I've sent to several friends, many of whom are not even technical.

andi @mcc9/10/2024, 12:14 AM

My Mastodon feed is linked in my bio. However I have doubts you would be able to find any specific longform thing I link there through the Mastodon feed alone as I make like 30 posts a day conservatively lol

(Put a different way: Cohost provides/provided something very specific as a social space where "slow" communication was still possible and longform writing could find an audience. There used to be more places like that on the Internet, now there are fewer.)

nicky flowers @nicky9/11/2024, 4:32 AM

i loved your posts. i loved having you on my timeline. i wish there was another cohost out there

SArpnt @SArpnt9/12/2024, 4:23 PM

many mastodon instances have a much longer post length limit. mine (disroot.org) has 5000 characters. i've heard some have no limit at all.

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