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@sparseMatrix Personally, I treat microblogging like Twitter, where I can specify a Magazine as a general hashtag so that the post can be seen by people interested to this subject (or use random when it does not fit a specific magazine).
I treat Threads as Reddit, a forum organized into different categories called Magazines (= subreddit).
Actually, it took a minute to sink in, but that is very helpful. Thanks for enduring my morning dimness :D
@sparseMatrix Sure no problem, it also took me a while to determine my use of Threads and Microblogging by myself ;).
Interesting but not really helpful. I found something in a recent FAQ that says I should add an article instead of a post, but the option to add an article is not on the menu on my instance, as it is in their screenie
Also I'm a mastodon user, and my account there is the focus of my microblogging activity. The user there follows this account, so my posts here, show up there. The short story is, the microblog here is essentially a right pain in my ass.
At least now I know what it is.
I found something in a recent FAQ that says I should add an article instead of a post, but the option to add an article is not on the menu on my instance
Looks like what you found was just outdated. It used to be "article" because of the whole magazine themeing, but people found that confusing so they changed it to "thread". Because, you know, it'll show up in the "threads" tab. So the correct option is "Add new thread".
The short story is, the microblog here is essentially a right pain in my ass.
If you get yourself a userstyle extension/addon for your browser (like Stylus for chromium ones), you can hide the tab if you don't want to see it.
This should work:
menu.head-nav__menu > li:has(a[href$=microblog]) {
display: none !important;
}
Assuming your browser and version supports the :has() selector, as it's relatively new. You can check support here.
This will remove the "Microblog" tab from the list, though other links to it will still get you there. So if you do want to see the tab for some reason, you can still just add /microblog to your url manually.
It's cool, user @djidane535 dropped some truth on me, and it finally soaked in.
I'll probably end up with some user scripts, or a browser extension, but I'm holding back until I know more about the ecosystem, what's useful, etc.