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Would love to attend too! Evenings are always good

More to come soon, but if you'd be interested in testing, giving feedback, etc. let me know!

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Cross-protocol from the start (ATproto + ActivityPub), fully social, made for the less tech-savvy, compatible with the WriteFreely API, and generally incorporates the biggest lessons from running @write.as over a decade.

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Matt Baer @baer.works · 06/04/2026

Sooo I might be launching a new publishing platform soon -- at least as an experiment. It's basically what I'd build if I was starting @write.as in 2026 instead of 2015. (And well, if Write.as didn't already exist.)

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That's the one, thanks!!

Matt Baer @baer.works · 06/04/2026

I saw something a while ago that was some "ATproto operating system" but lost it inside 800 browser tabs 🫣 Anyone know the name of it?

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Write.as (atproto) @write.as · 03/02/2026

We're celebrating 11 years on the web, with a sale on our Pro plan that will last you for the next half-decade, and a discount on our WriteFreely iOS app! Read all about it on our Deals newsletter: write.as/deals/celebr... @writefreely.writing.exchange.ap.brid.gy #WriteAs #WriteFreely #sale

Celebrating 11 Years on the Web! 🥳

We launched Write.as on this day way back in 2015 — eleven years ago! To celebrate, for the next two weeks ending February 16, we're havi...

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Matt Baer @baer.works · 24/12/2025

It's a good essay that makes other great points, but the "Mary problem" so dumb lol. Like Mary can do anything! She wouldn't want to be a librarian? Her grand achievement would be marrying someone else? George "isn't going to like seeing it" because she won't recognize him, and he loves her. Duh.

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Matt Baer @baer.works · 24/12/2025

Anyone who's ever been as bone-headed with love as George is knows how much Mary loves only him. That's what makes most of the movie so frustrating, his refusal of what's right in front of him the whole time. The scene where he's an ass and Mary smashes the record she put on says it all, for one.

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Write.as (atproto) @write.as · 29/08/2025

We've just released #WriteFreely v0.16, with a ton of improvements for the fediverse, including support for Likes, the Creator tag, and better look for your articles on microblogging platforms! Read about all the new changes and grab the latest version on our blog: blog.writefreely.org/version-0-16

blog.writefreely.org

Version 0.16

WriteFreely v0.16 is finally here, and it brings a ton of improvements, especially for the fediverse! We've also fixed some long-standing...

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Matt Baer @baer.works · 31/07/2025

On my way to #FediCon in Vancouver! Excited to see friends both old and new in person. If you'll be there, let me know -- I'd love to make sure we meet up.

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Matt Baer @baer.works · 26/06/2025

lmaoo insanely bad churn framed this way is a hell of a story

Matt Baer @baer.works · 25/06/2025

after having a long heart-to-heart with my AI best friend, i am now AI-generating my resume to send to the AI hiring manager of a new AI company. the resume showcases how absolutely stoked i am about AI

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Matt Baer @baer.works · 25/06/2025

praying to my ultra-sentient AI god while on the phone with my AI therapist doing couples therapy with my AI girlfriend about how my AI ceo laid me off to replace me with AI. been a tough week, y'all

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 11/06/2025

I love reading serious stories about guys who believe AGI is real, it feels like a bunch of millionaires plotting to find and capture Santa Claus

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Write.as (atproto) @write.as · 10/06/2025

After that, you can always get a free account by asking an existing user for an invite. Otherwise, you can support our independent publishing platform by subscribing to Pro! (write.as/pro) And you can always join one of many independent #WriteFreely communities (writefreely.org/instances).

Write.as Pro gives individual writers all they need to write, publish, and reach an audience.

Write.as Pro

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Ron Bronson @ronbronson.com · 09/06/2025

Twitter is never coming back. It was a moment of time. Microblogging is a bad modality in a world flooded with malicious velocity, algorithmic distortion & frankly patterns we rewarded w attention in the peak twitter era. We need to invent new forms, probably lots of them.

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Matt Baer @baer.works · 05/05/2025

Hi again 👋 I'm back, getting caught up and back to work on @write.as & #WriteFreely. More updates soon!

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Matt Baer @baer.works · 21/03/2025

the future is just us sitting by while a bunch of bros with no taste whatsoever post AI-generated bullshit and chant, "it's getting so good, so fast"

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Matt Baer @baer.works · 03/03/2025

our networks are tightly coupled with our media formats, so something that should be a blog post instead comes out as this unwanted mutant child of maybe-photo, maybe-video, maybe-text — ground up and processed into this unappetizing content soup for us to begrudgingly slurp

Matt Baer @baer.works · 03/03/2025

an Instagram reel that's basically a still image just telling you to read a caption is the most cursed social media format

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Matt Baer @baer.works · 19/02/2025

Oh yep I did respond — but just sent it again in case the first didn't go through. Might want to check spam folder too, in case it ended up there

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Matt Baer @baer.works · 19/02/2025

Ah, sorry about that. What were you emailing about, so I can find the message?

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Matt Baer @baer.works · 19/02/2025

Yo! 👋 Think I responded, but let me know if you didn't get the email. It's just me here, so responses take a bit sometimes :)

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Write.as (atproto) @write.as · 15/02/2025

We're celebrating a decade on the web with a sale on our long-lasting Pro plan and iOS app, all throughout February 🥳 write.as/deals/a-deca...

A Decade of Write.as Sale

It's been 10 years since we launched Write.as! To celebrate, for all of February, we're having a sale on our long-term, 5-year Pro plan a...

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Matt Baer @baer.works · 30/11/2024

Honestly bring back timed programming and put it in streaming services. Curate channels and let me pick one. Sometimes I just wanna watch *something* without thinking too hard about it.

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Matt Baer @baer.works · 25/11/2024

For one, being able to leverage moderation already in bsky would be absolutely huge. Having to build all that functionality from scratch is the single thing keeping us from already having ActivityPub-enabled comments on blogs.

Matt Baer @baer.works · 25/11/2024

Seeing this, most useful and quickest way to getting ATproto into @write.as could be comments.

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Beyond that, we could always send the full post contents, maybe both short and long formats alongside each other, etc. (I think that's the ideal for a platform like ours in these kinds of networks)

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From the fediverse, I've seen it's hard to cram long-form content into short-form platforms without good client support (and that's beyond my scope). So short-term, I think would use the bsky schema and just send a post intro with the link.

This is all really great information — thanks so much for sharing! I'll start digging into it all. I've been thinking of which way to go, but I think baking a PDS into W.a is the goal.

So implementing this on @write.as is trivial. But all it really does is verify that you own your Write.as blog. That's great, but especially with our ActivityPub integration, I think people will expect it to do more, like send out your posts from that handle.

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Matt Baer @baer.works · 19/11/2024

Verrry interesting 🤔

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I've always hated texting, since I was 14 laying in bed using T9 on my Nokia brick. These platforms are just texting but for the whole world to read and index forever

Matt Baer @baer.works · 19/11/2024

They say this a lot in the southern US too. Always grates on me lol, but think it's just partially regional

Matt Baer @baer.works · 18/11/2024

I'm just having trouble finding these components in bsky's repos. Luckily our backend is in Go too, so hopefully it's relatively straightforward

Matt Baer @baer.works · 18/11/2024

I'd like to experiment with adding ATproto support alongside ActivityPub in @write.as, but where do I start? Assuming all blog posts would be hosted in our PDS, and we'd provide identity so people can have e.g. @myblog.write.as

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Molly White @molly.wiki · 10/11/2024

Independent writers starter pack! I'll keep adding to it, so let me know if I've missed anyone.

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Musing Studio Dev @dev.social.musing.studio.ap.brid.gy · 19/10/2024

the spammers are getting clever over on github

A WriteFreely Github issie: "Hello everyone,

I’m considering using WriteFreely to power the blog for my jewelry store, Australian Opal Direct (linking to their site), and would love some advice. My main goal is to create engaging content that highlights the beauty and history of opal jewelry while also boosting SEO.

A few questions:

Does WriteFreely support SEO optimizations (like meta tags or sitemaps)?
Are there any themes or plugins that work well for product-focused blogs?
Is it easy to integrate product links within blog posts to drive traffic to specific pages?
Can I easily track content performance using analytics tools?
Thanks in advance for any guidance or tips from the community!"

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Matt Baer @baer.works · 19/10/2024

Also this bsky.app/profile/writ...

Matt Baer @baer.works · 19/10/2024

Been spending most of my time on Masto and (ugh) Threads. But maybe time to revisit bsky

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Write.as (atproto) @write.as · 18/10/2024

We just opened up completely free accounts again! Now you can start a blog on our clean, minimalist platform at no cost — and even post directly to the #fediverse! write.as/blog/re-open...

We’re re-opening completely free accounts on Write.as, so more people can start a blog on our clean, distraction-free writing platform. ...

Re-opening Free Accounts

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Matt Baer @baer.works · 10/10/2024

Really excited to bring paid long-form writing to the fediverse with @write.as and sub.club! Really cool possibilities here, and it works so well across the social web.

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da share z0ne @dasharez0ne.bsky.social · 07/10/2024

REGRET'S - dashare.zone ADMIN

A SKLEATON TRYEN TO DIG UP SOMETHING GOOD TO LOOK AT ON THERE COMPUTER AND ALL ITS SHOWEN IS SOME HORSE SHIT ,NEVER THOUGHT DA GOOD YEARS OF DA NET WOULD BE TEMPORARY BUT THEY WERE, AND DA TEXT SAYS "CANT BELIEVE I DIDNT LOOK UP MORE COOL SHIT WHEN THE INTERNET STILL WORKED" AND DA COMPUTER SCREEN IS DA SKALATON LOOKEN UP COOL SHIT AND ITS JUST SHOWEN BULL SHIT, PRIVATIZATION OF COMMON RESOURCES FOR THE PEOPLE HAS CONTINUALY WORSENED OUR LIVE'S FOR DECADES AND WE SOULD FIGURE OUT HOW TO STOP IT IN A WAY THAT DOSENT BREAK ANY TERM'S OF SERVICE OF ANY SITE THIS ALT TEXT IS ON, - DASHARE.ZONE ADMIN

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Matt Baer @baer.works · 12/08/2023

Were we not liberated by cryptocurrency to make better procedural art all day?