{"id":324,"date":"2024-10-23T22:17:59","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T22:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jarednewman.com\/blog\/?p=324"},"modified":"2024-10-23T22:17:59","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T22:17:59","slug":"my-posse-is-failing-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jarednewman.com\/blog\/2024\/10\/23\/my-posse-is-failing-me\/","title":{"rendered":"My POSSE is failing me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Molly White on POSSE<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Short for\u00a0P<\/strong><\/strong>ost (on)\u00a0O<\/strong><\/strong>wn\u00a0S<\/strong><\/strong>ite\u00a0S<\/strong><\/strong>yndicate\u00a0E<\/strong><\/strong>lsewhere, it\u2019s not a protocol or even a piece of software, but rather a philosophy. Rather than publishing a post onto someone else\u2019s servers on Twitter or Mastodon or Bluesky or Threads or whichever microblogging service will inevitably come along next, the posts are published locally to a service you control.d<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0At that point, the rest is simple (if not easy): plugging in whichever social media sites you desire, and\u00a0syndicating<\/em><\/em>\u00a0the posts through them either by copying the post there directly, or publishing a snippet with a link back to the original source.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Love the idea, but I’ve been tearing my hair out trying to make it work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is what I want:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. I post here, on my blog.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. If the post is short and has no title, it is posted on social networks as text\/images only.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. If the post is longer, it is posted on social networks with a link back here.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Here is what I’ve tried:<\/p>\n\n\n\n