Matt Mullenweg responds to DHH's claim that “Automattic is doing open source dirty”, pointing out Rails' own trademark policy and taking some jabs at 37signals
RE: https://www.threads.net/... Casey Newton / @crumbler : The number of ad hominem personal attacks against DHH in here that have nothing to do with the issue are extremely telling. Joe Rosenthal / @...
Matt Mullenweg says WP Engine no longer has free WordPress.org access and directs WP Engine customers having trouble with their websites to WP Engine support
disrupting essential work for #WordPress users, agencies, freelancers, and plugin developers. Please read: https://wpenginestatus.com/... Brian Gardner / @bgardner : My heart is breaking. 💔 @pressable...
Twitter's new API tiers are useless for researchers; the $100/month plan is much worse than the old free plan, and the $42K-$210K/month plans are too expensive
and @jbenton wonders whether ‘enough phyla, kingdoms or classes’ exist to encompass them all — here's one to find room for: His decision to kill off free API access for researchers. https://www.nieman...
The NYT, LAT, and WaPo won't buy Twitter Blue; NYT, LAT, BuzzFeed, and Politico won't reimburse reporters for Blue, but Semafor and other small outlets plan to
'If You Know Me I Ain't Paying' Jess Weatherbed / The Verge : News outlets respond to Twitter Blue coercion with a resounding 'meh.'Twitter is removing blue checkmarks from legacy verified accounts to...
Social media “war rooms” that are set up to fight misinformation and reported on by the media ahead of the US midterms are nothing more than theater
and ones that speak the same language they post in — you're probably not going to make much of a dent in this stuff” https://www.garbageday.email/ ... Ryan Broderick / @broderick : “Our platform may h...
Facebook's most-viewed story in Q1, from Chicago Tribune linking a doctor's death to COVID vaccines, shows why publishers should consider how content is shared
On Friday, The New York Times had a scoop. Facebook — that known vector for the spread of kid photos, neighborhood goings-on … Tweets: @jbenton , @wexler , @parkermolloy , @niemanlab , @parkermolloy ...
Apple's changes to notifications on phones and the addition of Mail Privacy Protection could hurt publishers, including solo newsletter publishers on Substack
A jam-packed, if muted, WWDC 2021 — I sat on it for a day. Kimberly Huang / Litmus : Email Client Market Share in May 2021: The Recovery of Mobile and More David Nield / Wired : How to Tell Which Em...
Michigan GOP lawmaker introduces a bill that requires fact checkers to register with the state using a $1M fidelity bond, and levies $1K/day fine for violations
Lansing — A Michigan lawmaker who's been at the center of efforts to question the 2020 election introduced a bill Tuesday that would require … Tweets: @ddale8 , @jtemple , @campuscodi , @mcmuckraker ,...
A skeptical look at Clubhouse, where most conversations are boring and whose audio-centric, synchronous content may be far less compelling after the pandemic
I feel like I'm taking crazy pills! … Share Medialyte — Clubhouse in the dog house — On Sunday night … Tweets: @rafat , @elenistefanou , @mathowie , @mathowie , @martinfehrensen , @niviachanta , @...
The 016, a small social network with no algorithmic feed, seeks to connect local media, organizations, and businesses with the citizens of Worcester, MA
it's all decided by the user https://www.niemanlab.org/... Joshua Benton / @jbenton : Does anti-Facebook fervor mean it's a good time to create...a local social network? Built around news? @InThe016 i...