I have two immediate reactions to micro.blog. The first is that it is a friendly and inviting. It feel less confrontational than the blue bird. It doesn’t feel like people are trying to score points by dunking on others. The other reaction is that it feels smaller. I don’t accidently encounter people talking about, say, Austin FC, or transportation planning.

Are the two related? Is it still an insular little community? What would it feel like if all the same micro-communities came over from the larger social media sites? Would I find those people as easily? What about if the trolls and bad actors arrived? Would it feel as suffocating and soul-sucking as the blue bird?