Testing 2… this shouldn’t be showing up in the Micro.blog timeline…

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Just trying to figure out how to post here on MB without it cross-posting to BS.

I unchecked a box, but I only see it on web and not in the apps (official, Gluon).

Otherwise, is it always on? Have I missed something?

I just found I can mute words in @gluon app for Micro.blog. Excellent! It seems to support emojis too!

I have now found two people on Micro.blog who live in Manchester. I know it’s a big place. And I don’t live in the city itself anymore. But still, it’s a thing I didn’t expect.

I first joined Micro.blog in 2018 and I didn’t do much with it until 2022 when I bought a 1 month subscription and blogged for a couple of weeks. But then I decided to go back to Blot.

I’ve been back on Micro.blog for about 6 weeks and I’m pretty sure I’m here to stay. (I’m keeping Blot for something else).

Two main things helped me decide:

  1. I like that’s it’s a hybrid of a blog and a social network. Although I have ‘left’ social media, maybe forever, I do need that social interaction. And Micro.blog allows me to tailor that quite well. I like that the blog doesn’t have traditional comments, but is connected to a platform feed.
  2. I need that input box. A quick box I can type a few words and tap Publish. Whether it’s in an app, or on the website. I can upload images quite easily too. The simplicity! Other ‘micro’ services lack this (and is their strength in some cases, like Blot).

It is possible to upload video files at original quality on Micro.blog. it’s not currently supported..

The video I’m uploading is a 1080p mp4, 47MB and pretty good quality … But micro.blog is converting it to a 50MB file at 360p that looks really awful … I would rather have the original file hosted on micro.blog as I have found a suitable compression that works for the video.

But @manton suggested a hack, that works perfectly.

Simply upload with a different file extension and rename afterwards.