• Writing Fragments If youâ re a regular reader of my site, youâ ll have noticed that in the last few months Iâ ve been making anumberof â fragmentsâ posts. • Such a post is a short post with a bunch of little, unconnected segments. • These are usually a reference to something Iâ ve found on the web, sometimes a small thought of my own. • A few years ago, I wouldnâ t have covered these topics with posts on my own site. • Instead I would use Twitter, either retweeting someone elseâ s point, or just highlighting something Iâ d found. • But since the Muskover, Twitter has effectively died.
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- Martin Fowler has shifted his micro‑content strategy from Twitter to a multi‑platform approach. He now batches short, unconnected snippets-called “fragments”-into single posts that appear on X, LinkedIn, Fediverse, and Bluesky. This change follows Twitter’s decline after Elon Musk’s takeover, which fragmented his audience. By consolidating these fragments, Fowler keeps his content easily discoverable via RSS (specifically Atom) and reduces the need to post repeatedly across each channel. The move restores a “blogosphere‑style” link‑blog format, allowing readers to follow his insights through his regular RSS feed.
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