IndieWeb link sharing - which method do you prefer?
Michael Harley
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Link sharing is a fundamental piece of the IndieWeb. It's a kindness we show to other bloggers and sites. We share things we find good or interesting so that others may enjoy them, and it provides the author a bit more reach.
I notice there are two main ways people tend to share links.
The first is as link dump posts like the way Andreas does it. I assume they save the links as they're going about their week then post them all at the end of the week.
The second way is to post the shared links immediately as a bookmark or repost type post. Here is my own site as an example. These come out in dribs and drabs, but it's more in real time.
So, dear reader, I'm curious: which method of link sharing do you prefer? Link dumps or individual posts?
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53 people have voted. Voting closed Wednesday, September 30 at 8:05 AM.
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@michaelharley
*Andreas ;)
And yes, I save links to a text file when I come across them and then sit down Friday morning with a cup of coffee and put together the next post :)
@82mhz @michaelharley
I save them also in a text file. Here's how I do it
https://lazybea.rs/ils-bookmarks-and-notes/
@82mhz ah sorry friend. Will fix.
@michaelharley
No worries :)
@michaelharley
I don't think this is necessarily true or fair, but I think I tend to see individual link posts as 'sponsored' type posts and don't really read them beyond the title, but a link dump feels a little more like getting a look at a person's interests all together.
I think this is probably a carryover from social media that will need to be unlearned on my end, though.
I’ve run a somewhat irregular series called "Sunday Paper" where I post links along with pithy observations about them. I have also posted a single link via WordPress social along with a pith observation about it. There are no rules.
examples of each at https://islandinthenet.com/category/weekly-summary/ and https://islandinthenet.com/sn/249109/
@michaelharley While I did lean to both equally on first glance (with Taco really trying hard to steal my attention... mmmm... tacos....), I think I do prefer @82mhz's approach as it also includes insight into why the link was shared.
I make a post for every like, but the visibility is "unlisted". So a webmention is sent, the target can verify it, but it doesn't show up in my feed.
Reposts, on the other hand, are public. The show up in my feed and usually have context added by me. Bookmarks are private.
I’m so glad I came across this post. I’ve been trying to figure out how I want to handle links. Sometimes I want to send the author a “like” webmention, while other times I just want to save a link to something I found interesting.