Manton asks Daniel about MarsEdit 5.1’s progress, particular about the forthcoming ability to post to Mastodon. They talk about some shortcomings of Mastodon’s API, and Daniel’s effort to submit a pull request that remedies one such shortcoming. Finally, they talk about Manton’s resistance to considering Mastodon a “real blogging platform”, itemize the features that prevent it from being one, and wonder about how it might evolve in the future.

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Links:

• MarsEdit – Daniel’s Mac blogging app.
• Testing an Image Upload – Daniel’s first image upload from MarsEdit to Mastodon.
• Support a “Format” Parameter – Daniel’s pull request to the Mastodon project.
• Mastodon API – Getting started page from the Mastodon project.
• Micro.blog – Manton’s ActivityPub-compatible blogging platform.
• Can “Indie” Social Media Save Us? – Cal Newport’s 2009 post at the New Yorker.

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