My Fediverse Digest for November 2022
A monthly digest of my thoughts, links, and updates from the Fediverse for November 2022.
Nov 29
12:10 AM
Hello. This is an #introduction post. I’m #mastodonadmin Jay. https://cuthrell.com is my self-hosted #mastodon instance and the vanity domain name I’m using has had many purposes over the years. I write a weekly #newsletter on https://fudge.org and that vanity domain name has had many purposes over the years too. If you want to learn more about me you can visit https://jaycuthrell.com which is yet another vanity domain name that has had many purposes over the years as well.
09:33 AM
Having access to 500 characters (a default I can change) will be interesting.
07:41 PM
Life was different 10 years ago
Nov 30
10:17 AM
Today I learned the default sharing link for Substack app does not use my cu$tom domain.😳
sunday.fudge.org swaps to open.substack.com/pub/fudge instead.🤔
This design choice is enough to make me reconsider my migration to Substack…. just 6 months after leaving Revue (Twitter).😂
Maybe I need to try and roll my own?🤷♂️
Or, do I test Buttondown first?🤷♂️
Thank you for attending my 500 char TED talk.🤓
https://open.substack.com/pub/fudge/p/dont-worry-bout-sre?r=17x9s&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
07:43 PM
And… the answer is money/time.
https://buttondown.email/comparisons/substack
$29/month
5000 subscribers
This could cover the ~2000 subscribers I have now but… I don’t charge for my newsletter so that would be an out of pocket cost.
Worst best case?
Professional
$79/month
10000 subscribers
Or, I roll up my sleeves and plug in something else like Mailtrain v2.
Decisions.
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