One year ago today, after months of feedback from Kickstarter backers, we opened up Micro.blog to the public. In that time, we’ve watched the community grow, seeing more folks than ever writing on their own blogs while sharing in the Micro.blog timeline and participating in conversations. We are proud of maintaining our commitment to a safe community space where harassment is not tolerated while promoting independent blogging.
We’ve also added a lot of functionality to the platform during this first year. To mark the anniversary, we are highlighting 12 features of Micro.blog over the next 12 days. We’re kicking off the 12 days of microblogging with a major hosting feature that rolled out earlier this year: microcasting.
What are microcasts? Just short podcasts. A major idea behind Micro.blog is that if blog posts are shorter and easier to post, more people will stick with writing on their own site every day. Podcasting should be easier too.
As I wrote when announcing microcast hosting and our companion app Wavelength:
Everyone has a story to tell. Whether that’s through short microblog posts, longer essays, photo blogs, conversations with friends, or now through podcasts, I hope that the Micro.blog platform and suite of apps can help.
I’ve been so excited to see new podcasts launch on Micro.blog, including our very own Micro Monday hosted by Jean MacDonald. For today’s episode, Jean interviews long-time blogger and Mac developer Brent Simmons about his podcast The Omni Show and working on the new NetNewsWire feed reader.
You can find recent episodes from a variety of microcasts in the Discover section of Micro.blog. Also check out Microcast.club, a directory of microcasts. Get started with your own microcast with this help article and join our Slack community where the friendly folks in the #microcast channel can help with questions.
Tune in tomorrow for day 2 of our 12 days of microblogging series.
jw 
Chris Morrissey Congratulations! Here’s to many more!
💬 John Philpin CONGRATS!!
... and through that link discovered a few more microcasts that I did not know of … I am keeping my collection public here
... will continue to add - if you aren’t in there - let me know.
Kitt Hod 
William Schuth Thank you for everything you & @macgenie do for us. Happy anniversary, Micro.blog!
Miraz Jordan Congratulations. I haven't been on board for quite a full year yet, but I'm loving it and enjoying the regular updates.
Dan Cohen 
John Johnston Congratulations, feels like micro.blog is a permanent part of my life.
Smokey Ardisson Congratulations on the milestone and thanks for all the hard work you and @macgenie have done & continue to do. In so many ways this place looks nothing like it looked nearly a year ago, but in the ones that matter most—humanity, civility, deliberation, and dedication—it looks exactly the same.
Here’s to many more microversaries! 🎉
Michael Fürstenberg 
Joel Mearig Congrats on the milestone. I’m still enjoying the service.
Roger Wm. Bennett Congratulations, and thanks.
Brad Enslen 
Ben Hager 
Ron Guest Congrats and thanks to @macgenie too! I think I’ve been here 11 months - steady progress in tech and community!
Jean MacDonald @ronguest Steady is my favorite velocity. 😇
Avanceé.Agency congrats on one year. I was paying attention to this throughout the KS; it took a month after launch to actually decide exactly what to launch. Am pretty excited with how the platform has developed; and see good things going forward. Best of blessings to you, and all who’ve worked alongside you to put things together to this point 🙌🏾
Amit Gawande Many congratulations to you and @macgenie. This has been a wonderful community to be a part of. I feel I know the people I interact with here very well. It’s always a good sign for any platform when it isn’t just a tool for its users. Thank you! 😊
//Jason This is amazing! A year Already! Huge congrats and thanks to you and Jean for getting us to where we are today. So happy to be along for the ride. 🚀
Micro.blog | The best damn community around!™️
Jean MacDonald @Burk Thanks! And great slogan!
Chris Campbell So glad that you started this.
Cheri Congratulations! I’m so happy to have found micro blog.
skoo.bz I still remember your Talk Show episode with @gruber. It was the first time in a long time I heard conversation about the open web and it truly felt like something I wanted to be a part of. Thank you for creating a gateway to something better.
Halsted M. Bernard Congratulations! I'm so glad to be a part of this community.
Gabz 
David Johnson Congratulations and thank you. I am grateful to be a part of this community.
Timothy Smith congrats! It’s been so very cool to see the growth
Thomas Juntunen 
bruceblog Belated congrats on the one year anniversary Manton! Micro.blog is awesome and the blogging platform/host I have always been looking for! Thank you for all your amazing work! Excited for the future of Micro.blog 🍻
Derek Peden Congratulations. I only signed up this year but it’s made my 2018 and looking forward to much more in the years to come
Simon Woods Congrats just doesn't cover it for me. Yourself and @macgenie have provided a place wherein I have both experimented and settled insofar as my online life is concerned. I can only imagine just how spectacular the second year of public life will be for all of us here. 🎉❤
Manton Reece Jean MacDonald @simonwoods I feel like I learned so much this year, and am getting closer to knowing what I am actually doing. 😅