• [Peter Clark @plc asks](https://twitter.com/plc/status/1378928541962706950 pull):

  I really want a simple, thoughtfully private, not owned by a tech conglomerate, photo sharing app that is really nicely designed. like instagram in 2010. does this exist?

  • I answered with links to [[Micro.blog]] and the [[Sunlit]] client and [[ActivityPub]] powered [[Pixelfed]].
  • I think Pixelfed is probably the strongest foundation, with the bonus that you could pull in [[Mastodon]] and other ActivityPub content that included photos for a broader network.
  • I’ve talked to some artists and for them it’s about other inspiring artists on the platform and... people who buy the work they post.
  • Some social networks — like art or styles of photos — simply aren’t niche, so where do network effects come from? How do we get started?

2021-04-04

• Thinking about [[Improving my note-taking]]. At the moment, I've just jotted down what it is that I currently do as food for thought on where the pain points are.
• [[ox-agora]] continues to be functional, and I am enjoying sharing my content in [[Agora]] (https://anagora.org/@neil).
  • A side benefit, or perhaps a full-fledged co-benefit, is that I have my notes always in a Foam-y/Obsidian-y format. I don't foresee myself moving away from org-roam anytime soon, but regardless I do like the idea of having my notes in a more portable format. I mean, org syntax is of course plain-text and readable, but it still has its own lock-ins, of sorts.
• I note here Jethro's use of org-id-extra-files in his export process. This could help me [[Preparing for org-roam v2]].
• Twitter archive is now ready. Continuing [[Archiving my tweets in my garden with orger]] now then.

[[rebus principle]]