It’s fairly common for the local businesses I follow on Instagram to post there news of sales, or unusual opening hours, or special events. Sometimes I have shown up at a local food truck only to find it closed — something I would have known about in advance if my Instagram feed were chronological. I only follow about 150 Instagram accounts, so the algorithm has to work pretty hard to hide such news from me. One is to post everything directly to my own turf, which has advantages that I have outlined here on several occasions. So while I like the simplicity of keeping everything on my own turf, micro.blog offers other kinds of simplicity that are also very attractive.