The timeline was full of bats. Algorithmic bats — Threads engagement bats, screeching about reach metrics and suggested content from a guy who sells motivational posters to other guys who sell motivational posters. Horrible things. We had to get out of there.

So I did what any reasonable person would do and rebuilt Riposte from scratch. Bluesky + Mastodon. One app. Liquid Glass. A sidebar that opens like pulling back a curtain made of ice. Haptics on pull-to-refresh because you should feel something when you ask the void for more posts.

The original Riposte was an App.net client. The Sweet Setup called it the best on iPhone. Then App.net died and I wandered the desert for a decade — excellent preparation for the current state of social media. I'm back. Same taste. No algorithms. Same bats. TestFlight soon. Tell your friends. Tell your enemies. Tell the bats.