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Comment by Retr0id | original | Show HN: textlog – A quiet, text-only microblogging platform, open-source, no JS

[−]Retr0id · 2026-08-07 Fri 18:17 UTC · link

Those are definitionally not microbloggers. It's ok for a platform explicitly for microblogging to not cater to their macroblogging desires.

[−]supermatt · 2026-08-07 Fri 20:18 UTC · link

Definitionally not?

"Microblogs, for example on Twitter..." https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/microblo...

"Some popular social networks such as X (formerly Twitter), Threads, Tumblr, Mastodon, and Bluesky can be viewed as collections of microblogs." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microblogging