A case for Mastodon
– cmorrell.com – Edit
Chris Morell has seen a bunch of pushback against Mastodon as an option, so he takes the time to address some of the issues that folks have put out there.
Read more [cmorrell.com]
Posts tagged with social media
Dynamically Generating Thousands of OG Images for a Viral Twitter Campaign
– www.netlify.com – Edit
Fascinating read by Aaron Francis on how he used Netlify to generate dynamic OG images.
Read more [www.netlify.com]
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Laravel and PHP developers to follow on Mastodon original
by Freek Van der Herten – 5 minute read – Edit
I love Twitter and I will be there until the ship goes down. Unfortunately, there are some strong signals that it may go away for a while or even permanently. I surely hope it doesn't come to that.
Through years of curating people to follow, I've built a very nice, positive group of people I admire and get inspired by. If Twitter goes down, I want to stay following these people (in a non-creepy way, rest assured). That's why I've already created a Mastadon account, and am looking around for the positive Laravel and PHP vibes there.
Getting the share count of a URL
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At work I’m working on a project in which we need to track the share count of an URL. Below are my quick notes.https://www.bram.us/2016/01/11/getting-the-share-count-of-a-url/
Don't use social media buttons
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Social media buttons are not a social media strategy, even though they’re often sold that way. Excellent content, serious networking and constant human engagement is the way to build your profile. Adding those sleazy buttons won’t achieve anything.https://ia.net/blog/sweep-the-sleaze/
