@renevanbelzen Yeah, I can definitely see it’s not for everyone. It’s a pretty special little app, really. Very hackable. For me, the social protocols I’m on today are email, RSS, and ActivityPub. I really wish the closed platforms died already, but I still got friends, family, and people I care about on those sites. And many of my favorite third places—like cafés, galleries, and other venues—only have an online presence as microblogs on the corporate silos.
Tapestry won’t let me interact with them (the app is for reading, not writing), but it does let me keep an eye on what they’re up to without requiring an account there myself. But the social network support of Tapestry is just a fraction of the app’s potential. Here’s what Iconfactory says:
Weaving your favorite blogs, social media, and more into a unified and chronological timeline.
I’m subscribed to quite a few bloggers I like but who post a lot. Like, multiple times per day. I don’t read everything they write—they’re more like rivers I like to dip my toes in from time to time. Blogs like that don’t really make sense in a traditional feed reader with unread counts. At least not according to my brain. So I’ve moved them over to Tapestry, where their frequent updates are a better fit.
What does Iconfactory mean by “more” in the quote above? Well, with their connector system, folks with a little JavaScript knowledge can put anything they want on the timeline. I’m using it to get updates from websites that don’t provide their own RSS feeds. And I’m thinking about writing another connector to post changes to local electricity prices, so I know when to start the dishwasher or charge my car.
Wow, I’m getting long-winded here. 😅 All this just to say that you could ignore Tapestry’s social network connectors entirely and might still find some good use out of the app.