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@rysiek This is why I use an app (Mona app) on an instance (infosec.exchange) that runs the glitch-soc fork of Mastodon and has a reasonable length limit, so I can post everything all at once in a single post.
@bhawthorne so, I actually enjoy threading. It promotes brevity and succinctness. It allows people to reply to specific bits of the thread. When I want to write a longer-form thing, I have my blog.
But the rate limiting during threading? Come on.
@rysiek Even before I switched to infosec.exchange, I don’t think I ever hit a rate limit when posting, so it sounds like something about your instance needs some tuning! I do like threaded conversations, but I rarely read posts that are split into multiple pieces. I gave up keeping a separate blog when I realized that I do most of my best writing when I’m not thinking about polishing it for perfection.
@rysiek@mstdn.social@bhawthorne hah, yeah, polishing and perfection bit rings very true, I need to stop worrying about it so much and just blog more!
And maybe set up my own instance so that I can control stuff like rate limits.
@rysiek I said that to myself over and over again, yet I was never able to maintain an ongoing weblog. I have had a dozen blogs on different platforms, some from before they were called blogs, and they all fell into disuse. Why? Because I do my best writing on the spur of the moment, usually in response to something someone else says.
In fact, this is just the sort of conversation that often turns into a long format post. I start replying to someone, and realize I have more to say. If I have the energy, I keep writing, and at some point I have to make the decision between just sending it as a reply, sending it as a reply with Public distribution and then boosting the reply so those following me will see it, or turning it into a standalone post and linking to the original discussion thread.
Which I choose usually depends on how satisfied I am with the result, how much time and effort I put into it, and how interested I think others will be. I have considered also posting those full-length posts on a WriteFreely blog, but just haven’t set that up yet. For now, I just copy and paste it into my personal journal for posterity.