It must have been at least a year ago that I first noticed linkhut, and its
flagship instance at ln.ht, appear on SourceHut, where it immediately caught
my attention for its good taste in inspirations. Once upon a time, I had a
Pinboard account, which is a similar concept, but I never used it for anything
in the end. When I saw linkhut I had a similar experience: I signed up and
played with it for a few minutes before moving on.
I’ve been rethinking my relationship social media lately, as some may have
inferred from my unannounced disappearance from Mastodon.1 While reflecting
on this again recently, in a stroke of belated inspiration I suddenly
appreciated the appeal of tools like linkhut, especially alongside RSS feeds –
signal-boosting stuff I read and found interesting.
The appeal of this reminds me of one of the major appeals of SoundCloud to me,
back when I used it circa… 2013? That is: I could listen to the music that
artists I liked were listening to, and that was amazing fo
