Captains Log 1759799708
Updates from the bridge
If there's one thing I love, it's a new SSG to play with. Checked out bckt this evening by my friend Vrypan and I absolutely love it. He's currently using it for his blog and I'd highly recommend checking it out! Even whipped up my own demo for fun and I love that it already has an RSS feed 😎
Have thoroughly enjoyed the emails regarding blog comments vs email vs something else! One of my favorite quotes:
"one could argue that if we’re all 'connected enough', we can comment on each others’ blogs via our own blogs. And perhaps that is enough. After all, having some friction in this particular dimension of online communities might just turn out to be a good thing."
I think to some extent this strikes at the heart of the issue. The comments on the HN post of BlogFeeds.net missed the point of blog feeds. Many look at the concept and try to add back in all the parts of existing social media, and the challenge of blog feeds is to rethink how we engage with people online. Maybe comments aren't the right approach. Perhaps Email or replying via another blog post is the way to go. Even in those cases it can be a place to exchange info to start a group chat if you really need it.
To make email more of a CTA I updated my Bear Blog post template to include the following code snippet:
<div class="reply-button-container"> <a class="reply-button" href="mailto:contact@stevedylan.dev?subject=Re: {{ post_title }}">reply via email</a> </div>
Ends up being a perfect way to start an email while including the subject matter! 🔥
That's all for now! This is your reminder to add a feeds page to your blog and then submit it to blogfeeds.net/feeds 🪖