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Thanks to Robb Knight’s explanation of how Author Tags work on Mastodon, I was able to activate them on my Micro.blog site.

Prerequisite: I’m using the Sumo theme, which has full support for Microhooks.

The process is very simple from the Micro.blog web dashboard: go to Design -> Open Theme -> New Template

Give the template this location and name:

layouts/partials/microhook-head.html

insert this code using your fediverse handle name instead of mine:

<meta property="fediverse:creator" content="@prealpinux@mastodon.uno" />

Well done, you’re ready to go!

Disclaimer: I tried to use multiple author tags, but there seems to be no support for them at the moment.

There are a lot of funny domain extensions you can use for your website today. Some of them are run by companies (like .blog), while others are country top level domains. Examples of country top level domains are .it for Italy, .us for the USA, .de for Germany and so on… Most of us might think that using a “national top level domain” is safer than using a domain completely run by a private company, but this isn’t entirely true.

For example the British goverment has recently approved the transfer of sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius. This means that .IO domains seriously risk to disappear in few years, as explained in this article.

Climate and political changes can put your domain existence at serious risk. It is always better to keep this in mind, especially if you choose an exotic domain name for your website (as I did several times).

As I just wrote on my jrn.sh blog, I’m trying to consolidate all my blog posts here on prealpinux.com.

There is a new slash page /subscribe where you can find all the feeds you can use.

For my 🇬🇧 English readers, I suggest you just add this one to your feed reader: https://prealpinux.com/categories/eng/feed.xml

If you speak 🇮🇹 Italian, please also add this one: https://prealpinux.com/categories/ita/feed.xml

Do you like photos? I’m on 📷 Pixelfed, but if you prefer I have a feed just for you.

You can also add micro-posts to your feed reader, but in this case it’s probably better for you to follow me on social networks, unless you’re a big fan of mine 🤣🤣🤣.

I have tried Nostr (a new protocol for decentralized social media) and would like to give a personal & non-technical verdict on this system.

First doubt: if the average user is already struggling to use Mastodon at first glance, I can imagine how they might find themselves overwhelmed by such a system.

Second doubt: the fact that it is uncensored is a good thing, but also a major Achilles’ heel. As far as I understand it, there is in fact no content moderation.

Have you tried Nostr? If so, what do you think?