🖋️ Stop Telling Us Why Not. Tell Us Why.

Sep 15, 20261 min read

We keep learning that ‘against’ is insufficient (take the last US election as a clear example) .. we need to answer ‘for’ … not only do we continually fail to learn that lesson we also seem to constantly rediscover the knowledge.

John Gruber blogged about XCancel shutting down yet again, adding this in a parenthetical:

…let’s admit it at this point, there’s not just a lot posted on X, it’s resurgent in popularity

It’s true. Just telling folks what we’re against has not been enough to rebalance the web to open platforms.
Manton Reece https://www.manton.org/2026/09/14/john-gruber-blogged-about-xcancel.html

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