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~jr, hi!

I feel the same. I used to want to be able to have a one-off status site, like Twitter, but smaller, more simplistic, and self-hosted. I tried building something akin to that, but I gave up the project.

After a while, I lost the "urge", the need, to leave any type of update online, other than a response via IRC chat, or e-mail, or blog "comment" response (such as here on M.p).

I think the concept (turned-reality) of having a status/microblog..."thing" in one's life was/is likely only pertinent to site that needs updates, data, engagement, etc. Outside of the monetized social media sites, they (small updates) serve very little purpose.

Nevertheless, good luck on what you find, if anything, and all the best! :)

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~jr wrote (thread):

agreed! i like the idea of having timely "blog posts", if you will, but i just can't handle the maddening consumption cycle of traditional social media. even mastodon became too much for me. i may still look into developing something more formal, but for now i'm happy with this.

thanks, you too! :)