I settled on Raindrop.io which is free but I paid to support it ($30 a year I think). I had to change my workflow slightly and the Obsidian integration is not as great as Omnivore’s, but it wasn’t a pain. The browser integration is really good and I prefer it to Omnivore’s. It supports RSS and has a decent mobile app.

Overall I think it’s a decent replacement and I’m happy.

I tried Wallabag but the Obsidian integration was poor and Wallabag felt unloved recycle by extension made me question it’s future (which is unfair given my limited time with it). There was a trial which was not enough time for me to evaluate it comfortably.

Can we stop all this philosophising and just get on with enjoying it for what it is? Please?

I’m really tired of hearing everybody’s thoughts on Meta and Threads. And souls. And money. And the future. There are too many captains of the ship who want their 15 minutes of steering time. Opinions ate like assholes, everybody has one.

If you want Meta and Threads in your life, then join it or an instance that is going to federate with it. If you don’t, move to an instance that won’t. Same applies for any community that your part of. Or start your own. That’s the beauty of this.

Can we please let it rest?

That being said, comparing it to mastodon in terms of size at the moment doesn’t make sense.

I wasn’t doing that. I was really talking about where the Twitter exodus went. I’ve said before, my opinion is that those that have left Twitter are gone and those that want to stay are not going anywhere. From what I’ve seen of Bluesky is that much of that exodus hasn’t gone there, or have stayed if they did. Bluesky feels very empty.

So what I was really saying is that they haven’t capitalised on that exodus and I think they are too slow and too late to be able to do that now.

Big question is how viable a small user base is for their company behind it and whether the structure of their system is something a community organisation could keep afloat.

I think they is a really good question. And it’s something that confuses me (but I don’t know much about their financial situation). They are moving slow which isn’t ‘normal’ for a company. We’re used to them moving quickly, gaining market share and a user base and monetising it. So, assuming they are not going this out of the goodness of their hearts, what’s the end game?

It has some nice ideas, particularly for moderation. I like that they’re thinking hard about these things.

I think its moving too slowly and it’s lack of momentum at the time of the Twitter exodus was lost. Its too late for it to become an alternative to the likes of Twitter, Mastodon etc. and I think it will die.

I hope that once it’s gone it will leave a legacy of those good ideas I mentioned above which other platforms will take learnings from.

All my opinion.

Feels like a case of switching sides, in an effort to say relevant and make a few bucks from interviews.

If the game ends up being like the trailer and description, that’s a game I’d play. Sounds really good.

Ahhh. Kotaku. Yeah, I’ll give that big ole clickbait bullshit article a miss.