Kevin Powell

CSS Evangelist

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[Kevin Powell @KevinJPowell]

Did you know I have a newsletter?

I tend to share some random general musings, what I've been up to in the past week, and other links and resources that I stumble across.

Goes out every Sunday. https://t.co/H1rOZ9hpBn

[Kevin Powell @KevinJPowell]

@genesis_neo @layer !important works in the opposite order, which is consistent with how it works with the cascade from user agent to user to author styles. A user agent style with !important can't be over written, for example (there are a couple of those).

[Arman @primarchdev]

I am excited to share the new "People Behind Industry" Episode with @KevinJPowell - a CSS Evangelist and Tech Content Creator with 2 decades of experience and educator who has inspired thousands (including me) through his work on YouTube, Twitch, and other platforms. 🧵

[Arman @primarchdev]

@KevinJPowell https://t.co/2XFbiOYisw

[Kevin Powell @KevinJPowell]

@ChooKingDev That's a good point, but my audience here is 58k, and under 2k there. Even if 2/3 of my audience left here, that's still 10x my audience there at the moment.

[Kevin Powell @KevinJPowell]

One thing I noticed here on Twitter was how my engagement had slowly been dropping in the last 6-months.

Earlier today, I cross-posted something here and on Bluesky. My audience there is 40x here... same engagement.

[Kevin Powell @KevinJPowell]

@KasparianArthur It will feel very familiar to here, in general. Sort of pre-Musk twitter.

Few small features still missing, like no quoting, and I'd like something to filter notifications (all, or only mentions) but also already better a11y features, and the feed choices are way better.

[Kevin Powell @KevinJPowell]

@sandipb I think the first place I ever saw it was Dropbox Paper, of all places!

Since I use that all the time, I accidentally paste links like that in other places from time to time, which is what happened in my .md file, but it worked!

The more places we have that, the better :)

[Kevin Powell @KevinJPowell]

Why has nobody told me that in VS Code you can select text and paste a link in a markdown file, and it makes it a link automatically?!

This is what the default should be everywhere... I mean, if it works in MD files, it should work everywhere, right? 😆

[Kevin Powell @KevinJPowell]

@MarkLyck I don't want to sound like I'm shilling for joining or anything, I have no vested interest in whether it succeeds or not 😂.

I think the state of social media right now is a bit of a mess, and 10x that when politics come up.

[Kevin Powell @KevinJPowell]

If anyone is either leaving here for 🦋 or just also going there, I'm there too!

Made my account last year and wasn't terribly active, but I'll ramp it back up.

I'm also on Mastodon too, where a lot of the CSS community seemed to have moved to last year 😊

[Kevin Powell @KevinJPowell]

@MarkLyck To be fair, that second one isn't unique to bluesky, that just seems like social media in 2024, and the other one had their account restored quickly

[Kevin Powell @KevinJPowell]

@MarkLyck Also, not sure about getting banned from servers there? Granted, I haven't looked into it, but that sounds more like Mastodon.

My account on bluesky is with my own domain, just takes a text record in your DNS.

[Kevin Powell @KevinJPowell]

@MarkLyck I totally get what you're saying there and 100% agree that diversity in everything is a good thing, especially when it comes to opinions.

It was one of the things I loved about this platform for a long time, though I feel like the overall vibe here has shifted over time too

[Kevin Powell @KevinJPowell]

@yacinec_dev Bluesky feels more polished and similar to here, and maybe even bigger already? I was surprised how active it was when I jumped back over.

Mastodon feels more old-school web in some ways, for good and bad, lol.

[Kevin Powell @KevinJPowell]

@eioluseyi Yeah I got lucky to get in when I did 😅

Lots of good servers out there though!

[Kevin Powell @KevinJPowell]

@adamzea Yeah that's me 😊

[Kevin Powell @KevinJPowell]

@AndiKod_ But not everyone is here anymore 😕

I'm active on Mastodon because a large group of CSS/Front-end/a11y related people I followed and interacted here left, and that's where they went.

I get the messy thing, and Bluesky seems to have figured that out.

[Kevin Powell @KevinJPowell]

@realRichieSoans Bluesky 😊

[Kevin Powell @KevinJPowell]

@AngelitoUK Bluesky 😊

[Kevin Powell @KevinJPowell]

@AwayCaludio My stats have cratered in the last 6-months.

Having 50k followers doesn't mean much here anymore if you don't pay for the check mark 😊