Micro.blog news and help accounts

We’re changing the official Micro.blog user accounts so that they are easier to follow. It used to be that everyone automatically followed @help, where we posted occasional announcements. From now on, @help will mostly be used for replying to questions, with a new default account @news.

You can unfollow @help if you don’t want to see those replies in your timeline. New users will no longer automatically follow @help.

Here’s a summary of the different accounts and blogs:

And for the Micro.blog team:

In addition, Micro.blog user @simonwoods maintains 2 blogs with updates about Micro.blog and “Today I Learned” for tips:

Email is still a great way to get an answer to a question, but by splitting out these accounts we can be more responsive on @help as well. I think this setup will work better as the community grows.

Steve

it seems that the @updates account you referenced isn’t a followable user? I get a user not found error when I click on that account, but the link to the updates site seems to work fine.

Manton Reece

@stevesnider You're right, I forgot there wasn't a separate account for that, just the blog. I've updated the post.

Simon Woods

I like the way the official accounts now work, it definitely works better as more people join the platform. Also, thanks for linking to TIL; I'm relieved to have got regular activity back up and running in time, heh.

Manton Reece @manton
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