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Micro.blog Project Surges Past $65K on Kickstarter, Gains Backing from DreamHost

Sarah Gooding January 26, 2017 12

With one week remaining on its Kickstarter campaign, the Micro.blog indie microblogging project has surged past its original $10K funding goal with $66,710 pledged by 2,381 backers. This puts project creator Manton Reece closer to his stretch goal of $80K, which would enable him to develop a Safe Replies feature (more…)

Micro.blog Surpasses Kickstarter Funding Goal, Set to Launch New Social Network for Independent Microblogs

Sarah Gooding January 4, 2017 9

Developer Manton Reece is on a mission to take back short form content for the open web by providing better tools for independent microblogging. Most short form content today is posted through centralized social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, where posts are mixed with promoted content and users (more…)

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