@pratik I get where Matt Birchler is coming from about Apple’s recent changes and how they’re impacting developers. But I think it’s worth noting that most of the noise we’re hearing is from independent developers. Corporate developers, on the other hand, don’t really have the luxury of jumping ship unless they’re also ready to find a new job. Their hands are pretty much tied to whatever their company decides.

I don’t have the exact numbers on how many independent developers there are compared to those working for companies, but I imagine the latter group is quite large. I think the bigger picture might be a bit different for most developers who are part of larger teams or corporations.

Just my two cents!

@amerpie Technically these are not wild horses as horses are not native to the United States. Horses were brought over to the United States by European colonists. These are horses that had escaped from captivity which makes them feral. The feral horses are found in eastern North America on barrier islands off the coasts of Maryland, Virginia, Georgia, North Carolina, and Nova Scotia.

@khurtlwilliams Good stuff.

@khurtlwilliams hello.

@LSON e.g. The ability to migrate followers (whomever they may be) away from micro.blog to a Mastodon account on another server never worked. Sadly, after five years there are still features of the micro.blog service that don’t work.

https://micro.blog/mastodon/migrate/away

https://help.micro.blog/t/problems-migrating-away-from-micro-blog-to-mastodon/1629/8

@LSON lots of reasons but mainly features do not work as advertised and support is not responsive.

@Denny 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

@maique this is the number one reason why my commute to new york city was exhausting. I would leave my home at 6:30 AM to catch a train to another train to a ferry. 2 hours 15 minutes one way.

@brettkosinski darn. Ok. I've spent too much time troubleshooting on my end. Gotta wait for either Manton or Webmention dev to fix.

@khurtwilliams got it. Responding from micro.blog.

@khurtwilliams This a comment left via micro.blog. It should appear on my WordPress blog.

On a balmy mid-August day, I hiked with Bhavna in the Mount Rose Preserve. We've enjoyed walking the preserve trail many times, but not today. It was clear that the trail had yet to be maintained. The trail was overgrown, and bushwhacking our way in the heat and humidity was exhausting. I had my XF150-600mmF5.6-8 R LM OIS WR lens with me, and carrying it through the dense vegetation was a chore.

Bhavna was not enjoying the hike this time and wanted to turn back. But then I reminded her that large trees cover the second half of the loop trail and the understory is sparse. We agreed it would be less effort to complete that end of the loop.

While completing this second half of the loop trail, I heard the very energetic chee-dit calls I have learned to associate with the Ruby-throated Hummingbird. I asked Bhavna to stop while I looked around. Once we stopped walking, I could hear the quiet humming sound somewhere between the branches of a fallen tree.

I pulled the viewfinder to my eye and panned the XF150-600mmF5.6-8 R LM OIS WR slowly around. Then I saw it. The delicate mosaic of muted hues of a female Ruby-throated Hummingbird perched on a slender dead branch of a fallen tree. The labyrinth of branches criss-crossing behind her made composition challenging. These branches, stripped of their leaves, outline a web of lines.

The female Ruby-throated Hummingbird feathers, though not as flamboyantly vivid as her male counterparts, shimmered under the August sunlight. Her watchful eyes, sharp and alert, seemed to scan the surroundings in the vigilance demanded by the wild.

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@khurtwilliams Hello, this is a micro.blog comment.

@manton I appreciate that.

It seems like we're both in need of some insights from @manton, as he's the expert on how micro.blog operates. Since you're not familiar with micro.blog, it might be best for us to wait for @manton's guidance. I appreciate your input so far, but it looks like this is something that only someone with direct knowledge can address.

Just to clarify, I wasn't seeking troubleshooting help, but rather trying to highlight some issues I've encountered, despite micro.blog's stated support for these features.

@jsonbecker WRONG! none of those (or this) comments originated from my website. They originated here on micro.blog.

@jsonbecker isnt it odd that some of the replies on micr.blog are to @khurtwilliams and some are to @islandinthenet.com but all of my exchanges are via the only micro.blog account I have?

@jsonbecker @manton another thread about webmentions not working as expected.

@Annie I think they are suspending accounts that have been inactive in a long time.

@jsonbecker, I wanted to gently point out something that might have been a bit unclear in our earlier exchange. It seems there's a bit of a hiccup with the external u-in-reply-to Webmentions linking to micro.blog comments. I've shared that thread where others have encountered a similar issue. I know they were functioning before but now there's an issue. Perhaps @manton could take a peek to see if the solution might be on the micro.blog side of things? My WordPress logs indicate that the Webmentions are being sent out successfully.

@brettkosinski can you successfully post replies to M.B. from your blog?

@jsonbecker @Erlend read this thread started by @jayeless

@Annie why did Twitter suspend your account?

@jsonbecker there are no threaded comments on micro.blog so …. unsure what this rerers to.

In any case, replies to replies is how Webmentions work. That’s expected behaviour. If micro.blog doesn’t support that, perhaps @manton can document that.

@jsonbecker It seems like there might be a bit of confusion around our conversation. Here's what's happening: when a micro.blog user leaves a comment on a WordPress post that I've syndicated to micro.blog, that comment also shows up on my WordPress blog. In my reply, I make sure to include the right Webmention markup when I reply from WordPress. This means my WordPress blog sends a Webmention back to micro.blog, with the expectation that my reply will be displayed there too.

Do you think that's an unreasonable expectation? I'm keen to hear @manton's thoughts on this.

Do you recall this thread: https://help.micro.blog/t/webmentions-not-working/2066/2