Manton Reece
manton.org · Personal blog · on HN since 2009
Manton Reece, creator of Micro.blog, writes about blogging, the open web, podcasting, Apple and indie software.
What HN saysHN links it for posts on blogging, titles and Jekyll, WordPress's Gutenberg editor and Micro.blog announcements, which commenters use to back their points.
33HN people shared it
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Most-shared posts
- 1We will survive Google Zero2 people · 6 points · first shared 2025 · 1 comments on HN
- 2A great developer can come from anywhere2 people · 4 points · first shared 2015 · discussion on HN
- 3Anchor on free podcasting2 people · 3 points · first shared 2018 · discussion on HN
- 4Twitter to decentralize something1 people · 173 points · first shared 2019 · 87 comments on HN
- 5Indexing the hidden web1 people · 56 points · first shared 2012 · 31 comments on HN
- 6Where Apple went wrong with free apps1 people · 54 points · first shared 2011 · 23 comments on HN
- 7[What Do You Get in Return for the] App Store 30% cut1 people · 7 points · first shared 2011 · 2 comments on HN
- 8Micro.blog Reclaiming Usernames Policy1 people · 7 points · first shared 2023 · 1 comments on HN
- 9iCloud is too opaque1 people · 6 points · first shared 2016 · 1 comments on HN
- 10Manton Reece: I hope iAd fails1 people · 6 points · first shared 2010 · 6 comments on HN
- 11Apple Needs a Flop1 people · 4 points · first shared 2024 · discussion on HN
- 12Let's welcome Meta, not block them1 people · 3 points · first shared 2023 · 1 comments on HN
- 13Micro.blog now free for teachers and nurses1 people · 3 points · first shared 2025 · discussion on HN
- 14My tweets from 17 years ago often had no faves, no replies, and no retweets1 people · 3 points · first shared 2024 · discussion on HN
- 15The iPad Pro is the new iPod Photo1 people · 3 points · first shared 2011 · discussion on HN
What HN people wrote when they linked it
Kye · 2023-10-24
>> "A blog post has to have a title."
nah
https://www.manton.org/2017/05/30/182107.html
Titles were always optional. Still are.
>> "Asymmetric relationships. On twitter you can follow someone, and they can follow you back or not."
That's RSS, or any of the myriad following systems on BBSes since time immemorial.
Starting off with a list of unique features that are not, in fact, unique isn't a great sign for the rest of it. I scrolled down, but the sign-up nag was too annoying to click out of.
tethys · 2025-11-12
Official announcement (that gets straight to the point): https://www.manton.org/2025/11/11/microblog-studio.html
chmars · 2018-10-25
Gutenberg makes blogging actually very difficult. You can’t just write because everything is a block or some other element …
https://www.manton.org/2018/10/23/wordpresss-gutenberg-vs.html
tambourine_man · 2017-07-19
Looks like it's Jekyll
http://www.manton.org/2017/07/5463.html
jp_sc · 2016-09-04
You are confusing them with Dreamhost: http://www.manton.org/2011/03/brent_on_baked.html