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I read things. I write things too. I run. Love dogs 🐶. People not so much. 🇨🇦
Posts about #journalism, #media, #books and #reading, #lifestyle in general.

Automattic is one of the most important companies on the Internet.

They make Tumblr, WooCommerce, Akismet, LongReads, WordPress—among others.

WordPress alone powers ~44% of the world's websites.

More interesting: despite being such a large, dominant company, few people hate Automattic.

Why is this? 🧵

I must admit, this made a lot of things clearer for me. If you wonder how #Mastodon differs from #Twitter, read this:
https://uxdesign.cc/mastodon-is-antiviral-design-42f090ab8d51
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#antiviral #social #socialmedia #opinion
Twitter alternative: how Mastodon is designed to be “antiviral”

The new social software is subtly designed to reduce the huge, viral surges of attention we see on Twitter

Medium
Got some spare change for a village?
Joking aside, this looks insanely attractive! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63586271?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
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#village #Spain #forsale #RealEstate #news #weird
Salto de Castro: Spanish village on sale for €260,000

With 44 homes, a hotel and a church, an uninhabited town on the Portuguese border is on the market.

BBC News