Scripting News: Monday, May 6, 2024
An unsung miracle of ChatGPT. I usually write my prompts very carefully, esp when using it to build software, but I just tried not really caring, and asking a question the way I thought of it, so it rambled a lot, was repetetive and had an error I didn't bother to correct, to see what would happen. It didn't even criticize me. It figured out what I was trying to ask/say, and gave me the answer I was looking for. Yes I am aware that all my fellow programmers taught it how to do this, though I have no idea how it does that, but it is freaking amazing. I keep finding miracles in this tech. #Some pragmatic notes how cross-posting works these days.#
I use regularly: Twitter, Threads, Facebook, Mastodon, Bluesky. #
Two that have APIs I can use: Mastodon and Bluesky.#
I can't send images to Bluesky via their API, they broke the interface. My way of doing it is now called "legacy." The app that uses that feature doesn't work. But I don't even remotely have the time to go back and fix it.#
The items in my linkblog come from this flow. If it appears in my linkblog, it also appears on Masto and Bluesky.#
When I want broader distribution, I do this:#
Open a new browser window.#
Open a tab to Twitter usually. I don't know why.#
I write some text into the Twitter tab. #
Paste an image if there is one.#
I open another tab for Threads, Facebook, Mastodon, Bluesky. #
I make one pass to paste the text, another to paste the image.#
I click Send in each of the tabs, and get back to what I was doing.#
I'm sure a lot of people are doing something very much like this. I can actually witness Jeff Jarvis doing it. I think Jay Rosen probably is too.#
One thing that Bluesky may not be aware of is that their character limit is signficantly lower than the others, so sometimes I can't include them in this rotation. #
I'd love to see one of these support the features of textcasting. I would give them 100 good netizen points for that, because it wouldn't be long before the others did it, and we'd have a much more complete network writing environment. #
Linkblog items for the day.
Tesla Pullback Puts Onus on Others to Build Electric Vehicle Chargers. nytimes.com
The Case for Letting Mortgages Move With Us. nytimes.com
NY Times Buries The Lede As It Buries Itself. warnercrocker.com
Scripting News: Cross-posting in 2024. scripting.com
Ben Smith asks the editor of the NYT an easy question: "Why doesn't the executive editor see it as his job to help Joe Biden win?" Because it's not my job, he might say. semafor.com
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