@manton actually do like how my micro.blog post gets cross-posted to Bluesky as compared to Mastodon:

@manton I would want to separate style from semantics and perhaps have both #markdown and facets.

There’s a difference between “I want this to be bold” vs “This is a hyperlink.” One expresses an author’s intended or requested presentation while the other codifies meaning, leaving the reader’s client to Do The Right Thing for the client’s situation.

In a way it’s what the author wants vs what the user needs.

And a natural benefit of this is not having to worry about straining markdown with new, semantic stuff like spoiler alerts.

interesting! The BlueSky approach reminds me of the stand-off markup used in Project Xanadu — IIRC

@manton.org I get the impression that Bluesky has real potential for the development of an open, decentralized social network that's fun to use, well-equipped for more effective moderation, super-fast and even has a very pleasant interface.I can't wait for it to open up to as many people as possible!

@manton.org As for Paul Frazee who has opened a blog (pfrazee.com) to explain his approach, even for a neophyte like me, it's very interesting and a good illustration of this philosophy of openness.And a new blog, Manton, which must make you very happy, as you're always advocating (micro)use of it!

at first it was odd to understand but then I kinda like how this can be used both with OpenGraph to display a card or the image of the post (if any) for example the way github.com/milanmdev... implemented it is really interesting 😃