With the #WorldBlogDay coming up on Sunday, I updated my World Blog Day post from last year.
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With the #WorldBlogDay coming up on Sunday, I updated my World Blog Day post from last year.
"A funny thing happens with history in that the most mundane, ubiquitous parts of daily life are the things that we've kind of lost the most because nobody wrote about them."
@stefan much I want to support this, it seems like a rather dubious 'day'. Seems like Automattic invented it in order to sell its .blog domains? All they say in the post is "Since the early 2000s, August 31st has been known as World Blog Day." -- but they provide no link as evidence of that claim? https://my.blog/2022/08/25/what-is-world-blog-day-and-how-can-you-celebrate/
(And yes, I wouldn't so suspicious of Automattic if it weren't for Matt Mullenweg's antics in recent times. But, I am now...)
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@stefan much I want to support this, it seems like a rather dubious 'day'. Seems like Automattic invented it in order to sell its .blog domains? All they say in the post is "Since the early 2000s, August 31st has been known as World Blog Day." -- but they provide no link as evidence of that claim? https://my.blog/2022/08/25/what-is-world-blog-day-and-how-can-you-celebrate/
(And yes, I wouldn't so suspicious of Automattic if it weren't for Matt Mullenweg's antics in recent times. But, I am now...)
@ricmac Ah, totally missed that connection, thank you!
Bummer. Seemed like a perfect way to cap off Blaugust. https://aggronaut.com/2023/07/12/blaugust-2023-is-coming/
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@ricmac Ah, totally missed that connection, thank you!
Bummer. Seemed like a perfect way to cap off Blaugust. https://aggronaut.com/2023/07/12/blaugust-2023-is-coming/
@stefan I would be in favour if you started a brand new 'day' to celebrate indie blogs, though
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@stefan I would be in favour if you started a brand new 'day' to celebrate indie blogs, though
@ricmac Hmm, #IndieBlogDay doesn't seem to be a thing yet.
https://fediwall.social/?tags=indieblogday&accounts=
https://bsky.app/search?q=%23indieblogday
I do like the idea of tying it with Blaugust, maybe August 1st would be a good date? (A bit late for this year, though.)
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@ricmac Hmm, #IndieBlogDay doesn't seem to be a thing yet.
https://fediwall.social/?tags=indieblogday&accounts=
https://bsky.app/search?q=%23indieblogday
I do like the idea of tying it with Blaugust, maybe August 1st would be a good date? (A bit late for this year, though.)
@stefan I agree at the start of Blaugust would be ideal. Sorry, I didn't mean to put you off celebrating on 31st though — I'd get behind that too. I actually have a relevant Cybercultural post I'm working on...
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@stefan I agree at the start of Blaugust would be ideal. Sorry, I didn't mean to put you off celebrating on 31st though — I'd get behind that too. I actually have a relevant Cybercultural post I'm working on...
@ricmac Ah, no worries, definitely appreciate you calling this out!
I guess there's always the option of coopting this date?
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@ricmac Ah, no worries, definitely appreciate you calling this out!
I guess there's always the option of coopting this date?
@stefan I think that's fine — especially if Automattic hasn't actually mentioned it since that 2022 post?
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@stefan I think that's fine — especially if Automattic hasn't actually mentioned it since that 2022 post?
@ricmac I think that would be fair!
Anyway, let me see if I can build some consensus!
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@ricmac I think that would be fair!
Anyway, let me see if I can build some consensus!
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