Social media

Like a lot of people, I recently spent some time cleaning up my social media accounts. I plan to keep this page updated in the future, along with the social icons on the website, but I figured a post is also warranted.

tl;dr: I use Bluesky the way I used to use Twitter (e.g. more likely to react to memes or news items, or attempt self-promotion). I use Mastodon for slightly more personal posts (e.g. dog pictures, random thing-I’m-doing-right-now type posts). The aphowell.com website is my hub on the Internet: I control it, use it to verify my identity, and push content outward via bridging and syndication.

Currently in use

Bluesky (@aphowell.com): This is a verified account. Use of this handle confirms that the Bluesky account owner (me!) was able to make DNS updates to aphowell.com.

Mastodon (@[email protected]): This is a verified account. The little green checkmark (next to the listing for aphowell.com in my profile) means that the account owner (me!) was able to make HTML updates to aphowell.com.

SendFox (@aphowell): This is a newsletter, not really social media, but it is a service that I’m actively using to stay in touch with folks.

Bridging and syndication

Bluesky (@aphowell.com.web.brid.gy): This account publishes my aphowell.com blog posts to Bluesky. (I used Bridgy Fed to set it up.) In theory, it should allow for interaction across platforms/protocols.

Mastodon (@[email protected]): This account publishes my aphowell.com blog posts. (Federation is a backend feature of WordPress.) This allows you to read or interact with posts from a federated account.

RSS: My blog posts are syndicated using ye olde fashioned RSS, if you have a favored reader.

I was thinking of bridging my Bluesky and Mastodon socials, so either account could be followed on either protocol.1 But since I’m active (albeit in slightly different ways) on each platform already, I don’t feel the need to broadcast purely social posts.

Technically extant

I have accounts on Amazon (@aphowell), Dreamwidth (@aphowell), Goodreads (@aphowell), LibraryThing (@aphowell), Linktree (@aphowell), and Ravelry (@APHowell). Of those, I keep Amazon and Linktree up-to-date, but none of these places is a particularly good place to find me and I never really used them for the social part of social media.

Nope

Facebook: I started using this pseudonym after Facebook started asking for identification, which is just as well. Any A. P. Howell you might see is most emphatically not me.

Threads: I want no part of this. If there is an A. P. Howell Threads account, it’s definitely not me.

Tumblr: I deleted my account a while back. There was no original content there and I didn’t bother with any sort of profile redirect.

Squatter’s rights

Bluesky (@aphowell.bsky.social): This was my original handle. During a recent major influx of new users, I decided an extra layer of verification was a good idea. I am squatting on this handle to use as a redirect and prevent confusion.

Mastodon (@[email protected]): This was my first Mastodon account. I created it a few years ago, then quickly noped out because at that point the learning curve for finding folks was not worth my time. Since I never used it, I just updated it to point people toward my active account.

Instagram (@a.p.howell): I had maybe a dozen posts, few enough that it did not take long to delete them manually. The profile is just there to direct folks to other accounts; I don’t plan on posting anything in the future.

Twitter/X (@APHowell): I deleted my account and set this profile up as a redirect. I do not plan on tweeting in the future.

#activitypub #atProtocol #bluesky #bridging #fediverse #mastodon #Newsletter #socialMedia #website #whereToFindMe #whereYouCannotFindMe

#WhereToFindMe when Twitter dies

Instagram: @[email protected]

Vevo: @[email protected]
Mastodon:

@rcosgrove

CounterSocial: @[email protected]

Reddit: @[email protected]

(If in doubt, try "rcosgrove".)

DM me if you want to swap Signal, WhatsApp or Telegram.

#TwitterDown #TwitterRIP

Places to find me online:

Blog: https://t.co/mGPy8hPvwK
Instagram: https://t.co/fltgdlpzUo
Keybase: https://t.co/Oxyj3u10o6
Mastodon: https://t.co/f8Dkm04qQe
Tumblr: https://t.co/AHCfDAOk7o
Flickr: https://t.co/23yetmjEwt
LinkedIn: https://t.co/DeLXQVDhpO

#WhereToFindMe

#wheretofindme on the www:

deviantart: https://wolfgryph.deviantart.com/
Furaffinity*: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/wolfgryph/
Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/dashboard
Twitter*: https://twitter.com/wolfgryph
Inkbunny: https://inkbunny.net/wolfgryph
Weasyl: https://www.weasyl.com/~wolfgryph
FurryNetwork: https://beta.furrynetwork.com/wolfgryph/
Mastodon: https://mastodon.art/@wolfgryph

*) main accounts