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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://social.epic-worlds.com/@ItWasntMe223/117134393258823607",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Inspired by the way <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://wandering.shop/@felix\">@<span>felix</span></a></span> has his blog setup as a webpage on his website, I have been moving my personal blog off of writefreely to my website. To consolidate my own stuff from my projects. They are also fully <a href=\"https://social.epic-worlds.com/tags/webmention\">#<span>webmention</span></a> enabled. Thanks for the idea, Felix! <a href=\"https://social.epic-worlds.com/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> </p><p><a href=\"https://jtworld.net/blog.html\"><span>https://</span><span>jtworld.net/blog.html</span><span></span></a></p>",
        "text": "Inspired by the way @felix has his blog setup as a webpage on his website, I have been moving my personal blog off of writefreely to my website. To consolidate my own stuff from my projects. They are also fully #webmention enabled. Thanks for the idea, Felix! #indieweb \n\nhttps://jtworld.net/blog.html"
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    "published": "2026-08-21T16:16:38+00:00",
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    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2026-08-21T15:29:42Z",
    "url": "https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:fwhnzbkc5lnmvbtyqwut5nwy/post/3mtm3b5vq6j2q",
    "content": {
        "text": "Teaser\u2026 I had flash of inspiration to do a thing this morning, and I\u2019m not sure why I didn\u2019t think to do it sooner. So, cool thing (at least I think so) coming soon. Indieweb is Punk."
    },
    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "jimmitchell.org",
        "url": "https://bsky.app/profile/jimmitchell.org",
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://social.jpoesen.com/@jpoesen/117134175217229619",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Following a discussion on <a href=\"https://social.jpoesen.com/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> initiated by <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://social.lol/@neatnik\">@<span>neatnik</span></a></span> I've published my thoughts on Softcore IndieWeb and <a href=\"https://social.jpoesen.com/tags/Smallscale\">#<span>Smallscale</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.jpoesen.com/tags/Drupal\">#<span>Drupal</span></a>.</p><p><a href=\"https://jpoesen.com/articles/2026/08/21/on-softcore-indieweb-and-smallscale-drupal/\"><span>https://</span><span>jpoesen.com/articles/2026/08/2</span><span>1/on-softcore-indieweb-and-smallscale-drupal/</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Following a discussion on #IndieWeb initiated by @neatnik I've published my thoughts on Softcore IndieWeb and #Smallscale #Drupal.\n\nhttps://jpoesen.com/articles/2026/08/21/on-softcore-indieweb-and-smallscale-drupal/"
    },
    "published": "2026-08-21T15:21:11+00:00",
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    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://mastodon.social/@HisVirusness/117133760771602431",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Yesterday, it became a year and four months.  Even when time flies, it's still important to take things one day at a time.</p><p><a href=\"https://hisvirusness.com/its-been-how-long\"><span>https://</span><span>hisvirusness.com/its-been-how-</span><span>long</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/sobriety\">#<span>sobriety</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/writing\">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/anniversary\">#<span>anniversary</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/smallweb\">#<span>smallweb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Yesterday, it became a year and four months.  Even when time flies, it's still important to take things one day at a time.\n\nhttps://hisvirusness.com/its-been-how-long\n\n#sobriety #writing #anniversary #indieweb #smallweb"
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    "published": "2026-08-21T13:35:47+00:00",
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    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
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        "photo": null
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    "url": "https://mastodon.social/@kalvin0x1ad/117133633032174976",
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        "html": "<p>It seems like my blog (originally intended to be) has turned into more of an app with a lot of information related to me. Thanks to Ghost CMS's HTML card and another separate SQLite-based PocketBase backend.  </p><p><a href=\"https://the.kalvin.click\"><span>https://</span><span>the.kalvin.click</span><span></span></a>  </p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/tech\">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/technology\">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/webdev\">#<span>webdev</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/coding\">#<span>coding</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/developer\">#<span>developer</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/ghostcms\">#<span>ghostcms</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/pocketbase\">#<span>pocketbase</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/sqlite\">#<span>sqlite</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/database\">#<span>database</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/software\">#<span>software</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/backend\">#<span>backend</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/frontend\">#<span>frontend</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/tools\">#<span>tools</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/blogging\">#<span>blogging</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/design\">#<span>design</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/ui\">#<span>ui</span></a></p>",
        "text": "It seems like my blog (originally intended to be) has turned into more of an app with a lot of information related to me. Thanks to Ghost CMS's HTML card and another separate SQLite-based PocketBase backend.  \n\nhttps://the.kalvin.click  \n\n#tech #technology #webdev #coding #developer #ghostcms #pocketbase #sqlite #database #software #backend #frontend #tools #indieweb #blogging #design #ui"
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    "url": "https://hackerspace.au/@ballarat/117133573668389623",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Ballarat Hackerspace is hosting a monthly <a href=\"https://hackerspace.au/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> Meetup starting this Wednesday the 26th August, and happening on the 3rd Wednesday of every month going forward. </p><p>Come play with HTML, learn to host your own website, manage your own domain name, etc:</p><p><a href=\"https://ballarathackerspace.org.au/calendar/\"><span>https://</span><span>ballarathackerspace.org.au/cal</span><span>endar/</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Ballarat Hackerspace is hosting a monthly #IndieWeb Meetup starting this Wednesday the 26th August, and happening on the 3rd Wednesday of every month going forward. \n\nCome play with HTML, learn to host your own website, manage your own domain name, etc:\n\nhttps://ballarathackerspace.org.au/calendar/"
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    "published": "2026-08-21T12:48:12+00:00",
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    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2026-08-21T12:31:11.372Z",
    "url": "https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xvw36rvprj4gand55pwbhznc/post/3mtlrbwfoqc2a",
    "content": {
        "text": "Ballarat Hackerspace is hosting a monthly #IndieWeb Meetup starting this Wednesday the 26th August, and happening on the 3rd Wednesday of every month going forward. \n\nCome play with HTML, learn to host your own website, manage your own domain name, etc:\n\nballarathackerspace.org.au/calendar/"
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    "author": {
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
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        "photo": null
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    "url": "https://hackerspace.au/@ballarat/117133193559097298",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Ballarat Hackerspace is hosting a monthly <a href=\"https://hackerspace.au/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> Meetup starting this Wednesday the 26th August, and happening on the 3rd Wednesday of every month going forward. Come play with HTML, learn to host your own website, manage your own domain name, etc:</p><p><a href=\"https://ballarathackerspace.org.au/calendar/\"><span>https://</span><span>ballarathackerspace.org.au/cal</span><span>endar/</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Ballarat Hackerspace is hosting a monthly #IndieWeb Meetup starting this Wednesday the 26th August, and happening on the 3rd Wednesday of every month going forward. Come play with HTML, learn to host your own website, manage your own domain name, etc:\n\nhttps://ballarathackerspace.org.au/calendar/"
    },
    "published": "2026-08-21T11:11:32+00:00",
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
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    "url": "https://wandering.shop/@RobinMarx/117132800469042236",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>New at my blog, a review of Seers in a Broken Season by Jonathan Olfert!</p><p>An Ice Age tale of Stone &amp; Sorcery starring a warrior wooly mammoth!</p><p>(As always, boosts are appreciated!)</p><p><a href=\"https://robinmarx.writeas.com/review-seers-in-a-broken-season-by-jonathan-olfert\"><span>https://</span><span>robinmarx.writeas.com/review-s</span><span>eers-in-a-broken-season-by-jonathan-olfert</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://wandering.shop/tags/BookReview\">#<span>BookReview</span></a> <a href=\"https://wandering.shop/tags/Books\">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href=\"https://wandering.shop/tags/Bookstodon\">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a> <a href=\"https://wandering.shop/tags/Booksky\">#<span>Booksky</span></a> <a href=\"https://wandering.shop/tags/Fantasy\">#<span>Fantasy</span></a> <a href=\"https://wandering.shop/tags/SwordAndSorcery\">#<span>SwordAndSorcery</span></a> <a href=\"https://wandering.shop/tags/StoneAndSorcery\">#<span>StoneAndSorcery</span></a> <a href=\"https://wandering.shop/tags/Blog\">#<span>Blog</span></a> <a href=\"https://wandering.shop/tags/SmallWeb\">#<span>SmallWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://wandering.shop/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon\">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>",
        "text": "New at my blog, a review of Seers in a Broken Season by Jonathan Olfert!\n\nAn Ice Age tale of Stone & Sorcery starring a warrior wooly mammoth!\n\n(As always, boosts are appreciated!)\n\nhttps://robinmarx.writeas.com/review-seers-in-a-broken-season-by-jonathan-olfert\n\n#BookReview #Books #Bookstodon #Booksky #Fantasy #SwordAndSorcery #StoneAndSorcery #Blog #SmallWeb #IndieWeb @bookstodon"
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    "published": "2026-08-21T09:31:34+00:00",
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://masto.ai/@ifrit/117132282067248498",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Bom artigo de Bela Lobato na revista brasileira Super Interessante sobre a \"indie web\".</p><p><a href=\"https://super.abril.com.br/tecnologia/internet-a-moda-antiga-conheca-a-indie-web-onde-as-pessoas-ainda-fazem-seus-proprios-sites/\"><span>https://</span><span>super.abril.com.br/tecnologia/</span><span>internet-a-moda-antiga-conheca-a-indie-web-onde-as-pessoas-ainda-fazem-seus-proprios-sites/</span></a></p><p>(via o blogue da <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://front-end.social/@anarodrigues\">@<span>anarodrigues</span></a></span>, que tamb\u00e9m fala no artigo)</p><p><a href=\"https://masto.ai/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://masto.ai/tags/SmallWeb\">#<span>SmallWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://masto.ai/tags/SlowWeb\">#<span>SlowWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://masto.ai/tags/OpenWeb\">#<span>OpenWeb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Bom artigo de Bela Lobato na revista brasileira Super Interessante sobre a \"indie web\".\n\nhttps://super.abril.com.br/tecnologia/internet-a-moda-antiga-conheca-a-indie-web-onde-as-pessoas-ainda-fazem-seus-proprios-sites/\n\n(via o blogue da @anarodrigues, que tamb\u00e9m fala no artigo)\n\n#IndieWeb #SmallWeb #SlowWeb #OpenWeb"
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    "published": "2026-08-21T07:19:44+00:00",
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    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
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    "author": {
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        "photo": null
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    "url": "https://fosstodon.org/@mala/117132274793422749",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://social.lol/@neatnik\">@<span>neatnik</span></a></span> thanks for sharing! I overall agree with you but I think about this in a less binary way. HTML (as well as minimal HTTP server management) can be easier for some and harder for others, which means it can be a disincentive, rather than a blocker, to publishing your thoughts freely. Still, it is a great chance to learn new things (which not everyone might want to learn\ud83d\ude05). What I love about the <a href=\"https://fosstodon.org/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> is that there\u2019s a variety of ideas to serve a whole spectrum of potential writers.</p>",
        "text": "@neatnik thanks for sharing! I overall agree with you but I think about this in a less binary way. HTML (as well as minimal HTTP server management) can be easier for some and harder for others, which means it can be a disincentive, rather than a blocker, to publishing your thoughts freely. Still, it is a great chance to learn new things (which not everyone might want to learn\ud83d\ude05). What I love about the #indieweb is that there\u2019s a variety of ideas to serve a whole spectrum of potential writers."
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    "published": "2026-08-21T07:17:53+00:00",
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    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2026-08-21T03:47:49.346Z",
    "url": "https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:3gqwjkiscvcit4jfw7f6svsw/post/3mtku233uqk26",
    "content": {
        "text": "askamonk.online\n\nNo AI comfort. No tracking cookies. No endless algorithms.\n\nJust a quiet place where real human strangers leave real warmth.\n\n#noai #antiai #SlowWeb #IndieWeb #DigitalMinimalism #PrivacyFirst"
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    "url": "https://robpegoraro.com/2026/08/20/flickrs-mobile-apps-have-become-a-mess-its-messaging-is-one-too/",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p><strong>Flickr\u2019s mobile apps have become a mess; its messaging is one\u00a0too</strong></p>\n\n<p>For years, <a href=\"https://flickr.com\">Flickr</a> has been the site of choice for people who love photography and hate drastic platform changes. Since SmugMug\u2019s <a href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2018/04/20/smugmug-buys-flickr-verizon-oath/537377002/\">2018 rescue of that property from Yahoo\u2019s erratic stewardship</a>, the user experience at Flickr has become pleasingly boring compared to <a href=\"https://robpegoraro.com/2022/10/19/instagrams-not-so-instant-response-to-an-instagram-impostor/\">Instagram</a>, with no radical feature shifts dictated by corporate overlords irate over the rise of Snapchat and TikTok. </p><p>But recently, somebody in Flickr HQ decided it was time to shake up Flickr\u2019s Android and iOS/iPadOS apps\u2013and then apparently hired developers who had never used Flickr. Because how else could you ship a photo-sharing app <a href=\"https://bsky.app/profile/robpegoraro.com/post/3mqhj64x6xc2l\">stripped of photo-editing features</a>?  </p><p>I promptly sent in a complaint about the erasure of editing tools and got a reply less than two hours later assuring me that <a href=\"https://bsky.app/profile/robpegoraro.com/post/3mqi7zcbkdc23\">\u201cour team is working to add it back in a future update.\u201d</a></p> <a href=\"https://robpegoraro.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/flickr-app-listing-reflection.jpg\"></a> <p>But that was only the start of problems with this new release. </p><p>The copy on <a href=\"https://robpegoraro.com/2025/10/02/pixel-9-pro-long-term-assessment-the-best-200-extra-ive-spent-on-a-phone/\">my own phone</a> had also had its automatic photo upload shut off. When I switched \u201cAuto-Uploadr\u201d back on, it busied itself with backing up every image available on my device\u2013with no setting to limit uploads to my camera roll.</p><p>The new apps were worse even for viewing other people\u2019s photos: Turning your phone sideways no longer displayed the image in landscape mode. Reddit\u2019s <a href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/flickr/\">r/flickr</a> forum lit up with complaints from people discovering these and other problems with this downgrade of an upgrade.</p><p>About a month ago, Flickr clicked the app-store equivalent of a \u201crevert\u201d button and replaced the new apps with previous versions\u2013<a href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/flickr/comments/1v4n7o9/old_app_is_released_as_v503/\">first on iOS</a>, then a few days later <a href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/flickr/comments/1vahcex/i_just_reinstalled_flickr_on_android_and_its_back/\">on Android</a>. My iPad mini\u2019s copy of Flickr got reversed automatically through an App Store update, while on my Pixel 9 Pro I had to uninstall the current app and then install it anew (except not, you know, \u201cnew\u201d) from the Play Store. </p><p>I sent a query to Flickr\u2019s <a href=\"https://www.mww.com/\">PR agency MWW</a>, identifying myself both as a journalist and as <a href=\"https://robpegoraro.com/2019/03/06/heres-my-web-services-budget/\">a longtime Flickr Pro subscriber</a>, and asked what was going on. Grace Goddard, an account executive there, sent a statement confirming the u-turn and suggesting more measured updates.</p><p>\u201cBased on feedback from the community, Flickr made the decision to roll back the recent updates while working to restore and improve the experience across both platforms,\u201d the statement read in part. \u201cWhile Flickr doesn\u2019t have a public roadmap for the mobile apps to share at this time, the team plans to continue making iterative, user-tested changes to the app experience going forward.\u201d</p><p>That is far more than what Flickr has said on its own public channels. The <a href=\"https://blog.flickr.net/en/2026/08/19/icymi-news-and-updates-august-2026/\">latest post on its blog</a>, published Wednesday, only has a casual mention of \u201ca few small design updates here and there on the desk top view and in the iOS app that you\u2019ll start seeing.\u201d </p><p>Flickr\u2019s <a href=\"https://www.threads.com/@flickr\">Threads account</a> has no posts about the app imbroglio, its <a href=\"https://x.com/Flickr\">X account</a> has been silent since July of 2024, it\u2019s yet to set up shop on Bluesky at all, and the only Flickr-app news I\u2019ve seen on its subreddit has come from other Redditors even through a verified Flickr employee is <a href=\"https://www.reddit.com/mod/flickr/moderators/\">one of that forum\u2019s moderators</a>.</p><p>(As much as I can whine about <a href=\"https://robpegoraro.com/2026/08/08/heres-why-black-hat-meeting-pitches-are-almost-always-doomed-with-me/\">annoying behavior by PR people</a>, this episode shows how a company can benefit from following the advice of comms professionals.)</p><p>I\u2019m not looking for a lot out of Flickr, by far the <a href=\"https://robpegoraro.com/2018/04/21/yes-i-still-use-flickr/\">oldest social-media platform</a> I still use. I don\u2019t need it to add AI tools to edit or create images (although this site does desperately need to modernize its account-security options). Its sharing features could use some polish, but overall its <a href=\"https://www.flickrhelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/4404078011156-Get-started-with-Flickr-groups\">groups</a> function fine for presenting pictures to people with shared interests (like, say, <a href=\"https://www.flickr.com/groups/1424233@N20/\">the D.C. area\u2019s built environment</a>). </p><p>Flickr already does one thing very well: By supporting <a href=\"https://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/\">Creative Commons licenses</a>, It lets  photographers require payment for commercial applications of their work\u2013which has generated a little extra income for me a few times\u2013but allow free non-commercial reuse.</p><p>To steal a phrase from <a href=\"https://jeffcarlson.com/about/\">my friend Jeff Carlson</a>, I just want \u201ca high-quality anti-Instagram.\u201d Except Jeff decided he wasn\u2019t using Flickr enough to justify the (rising) cost of a Pro subscription and instead switched to <a href=\"https://glass.photo/jeff-carlson\">Glass</a>, a <a href=\"https://glass.photo/press\">newer and more design-focused platform</a>. I would rather not make such a drastic platform change myself, but it would help if Flickr\u2019s management could show a little more focus.</p>\n\n<a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://robpegoraro.com/tag/auto-uploadr/\">#AutoUploadr</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://robpegoraro.com/tag/comms/\">#comms</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://robpegoraro.com/tag/creative-commons/\">#CreativeCommons</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://robpegoraro.com/tag/flickr/\">#Flickr</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://robpegoraro.com/tag/flickr-android/\">#FlickrAndroid</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://robpegoraro.com/tag/flickr-ios/\">#FlickrIOS</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://robpegoraro.com/tag/glass-photo/\">#GlassPhoto</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://robpegoraro.com/tag/indie/\">#indie</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://robpegoraro.com/tag/indieweb/\">#indieweb</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://robpegoraro.com/tag/photo-sharing/\">#photoSharing</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://robpegoraro.com/tag/ui/\">#UI</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://robpegoraro.com/tag/ux/\">#UX</a>",
        "text": "Flickr\u2019s mobile apps have become a mess; its messaging is one\u00a0too\n\nFor years, Flickr has been the site of choice for people who love photography and hate drastic platform changes. Since SmugMug\u2019s 2018 rescue of that property from Yahoo\u2019s erratic stewardship, the user experience at Flickr has become pleasingly boring compared to Instagram, with no radical feature shifts dictated by corporate overlords irate over the rise of Snapchat and TikTok. \n\nBut recently, somebody in Flickr HQ decided it was time to shake up Flickr\u2019s Android and iOS/iPadOS apps\u2013and then apparently hired developers who had never used Flickr. Because how else could you ship a photo-sharing app stripped of photo-editing features?  \n\nI promptly sent in a complaint about the erasure of editing tools and got a reply less than two hours later assuring me that \u201cour team is working to add it back in a future update.\u201d  But that was only the start of problems with this new release. \n\nThe copy on my own phone had also had its automatic photo upload shut off. When I switched \u201cAuto-Uploadr\u201d back on, it busied itself with backing up every image available on my device\u2013with no setting to limit uploads to my camera roll.\n\nThe new apps were worse even for viewing other people\u2019s photos: Turning your phone sideways no longer displayed the image in landscape mode. Reddit\u2019s r/flickr forum lit up with complaints from people discovering these and other problems with this downgrade of an upgrade.\n\nAbout a month ago, Flickr clicked the app-store equivalent of a \u201crevert\u201d button and replaced the new apps with previous versions\u2013first on iOS, then a few days later on Android. My iPad mini\u2019s copy of Flickr got reversed automatically through an App Store update, while on my Pixel 9 Pro I had to uninstall the current app and then install it anew (except not, you know, \u201cnew\u201d) from the Play Store. \n\nI sent a query to Flickr\u2019s PR agency MWW, identifying myself both as a journalist and as a longtime Flickr Pro subscriber, and asked what was going on. Grace Goddard, an account executive there, sent a statement confirming the u-turn and suggesting more measured updates.\n\n\u201cBased on feedback from the community, Flickr made the decision to roll back the recent updates while working to restore and improve the experience across both platforms,\u201d the statement read in part. \u201cWhile Flickr doesn\u2019t have a public roadmap for the mobile apps to share at this time, the team plans to continue making iterative, user-tested changes to the app experience going forward.\u201d\n\nThat is far more than what Flickr has said on its own public channels. The latest post on its blog, published Wednesday, only has a casual mention of \u201ca few small design updates here and there on the desk top view and in the iOS app that you\u2019ll start seeing.\u201d \n\nFlickr\u2019s Threads account has no posts about the app imbroglio, its X account has been silent since July of 2024, it\u2019s yet to set up shop on Bluesky at all, and the only Flickr-app news I\u2019ve seen on its subreddit has come from other Redditors even through a verified Flickr employee is one of that forum\u2019s moderators.\n\n(As much as I can whine about annoying behavior by PR people, this episode shows how a company can benefit from following the advice of comms professionals.)\n\nI\u2019m not looking for a lot out of Flickr, by far the oldest social-media platform I still use. I don\u2019t need it to add AI tools to edit or create images (although this site does desperately need to modernize its account-security options). Its sharing features could use some polish, but overall its groups function fine for presenting pictures to people with shared interests (like, say, the D.C. area\u2019s built environment). \n\nFlickr already does one thing very well: By supporting Creative Commons licenses, It lets  photographers require payment for commercial applications of their work\u2013which has generated a little extra income for me a few times\u2013but allow free non-commercial reuse.\n\nTo steal a phrase from my friend Jeff Carlson, I just want \u201ca high-quality anti-Instagram.\u201d Except Jeff decided he wasn\u2019t using Flickr enough to justify the (rising) cost of a Pro subscription and instead switched to Glass, a newer and more design-focused platform. I would rather not make such a drastic platform change myself, but it would help if Flickr\u2019s management could show a little more focus.\n\n#AutoUploadr #comms #CreativeCommons #Flickr #FlickrAndroid #FlickrIOS #GlassPhoto #indie #indieweb #photoSharing #UI #UX"
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        "text": "My Webmention plugin for #WordPress should be kind of stable now\u2026 Time to ping the #IndieWeb #Conversations from @eschnou, @Barnaby Walters, @Ben Werdmuller, @Tom Morris, @Will Norris, and @Aaron Parecki. \u2026and some <3 for Sandeep Shetty",
        "html": "My Webmention plugin for #WordPress should be kind of stable now\u2026 Time to ping the #IndieWeb #Conversations from @eschnou, @Barnaby Walters, @Ben Werdmuller, @Tom Morris, @Will Norris, and @Aaron Parecki. \u2026and some &lt;3 for Sandeep Shetty"
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        "html": "<p>If you liked The Bookstore Hope, my feed URL is <a href=\"https://sightlessscribbles.com/feed.xml\"><span>https://</span><span>sightlessscribbles.com/feed.xml</span><span></span></a> <a href=\"https://caneandable.social/tags/RSS\">#<span>RSS</span></a> <a href=\"https://caneandable.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "If you liked The Bookstore Hope, my feed URL is https://sightlessscribbles.com/feed.xml #RSS #IndieWeb"
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    "content": {
        "text": "Because I want to put things I find, enjoy, and read somewhere central that I own ... and I want it to be shareable ... and that to me feels like an Indieweb + POSSE setup. My only problem is my capacity and knowledge, so gaaah"
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    "url": "https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jwaipngz32x3qkfni2j2tqqx/post/3mtke5susak2n",
    "content": {
        "text": "Not me digging deep into the IndieWeb, finding neat websites with POSSE setups for like an hour, and still landing in... how do I do it"
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        "html": "<p>It's a quick one today: <a href=\"https://axxuy.com/blog/2026/short-posts/\"><span>https://</span><span>axxuy.com/blog/2026/short-post</span><span>s/</span></a><br /><a href=\"https://pony.social/tags/Blog\">#<span>Blog</span></a> <a href=\"https://pony.social/tags/Blogging\">#<span>Blogging</span></a> <a href=\"https://pony.social/tags/Blogpost\">#<span>Blogpost</span></a> <a href=\"https://pony.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://pony.social/tags/PersonalWebsite\">#<span>PersonalWebsite</span></a> <a href=\"https://pony.social/tags/PersonalBlog\">#<span>PersonalBlog</span></a> <a href=\"https://pony.social/tags/Blaugust\">#<span>Blaugust</span></a></p>",
        "text": "It's a quick one today: https://axxuy.com/blog/2026/short-posts/\n#Blog #Blogging #Blogpost #IndieWeb #PersonalWebsite #PersonalBlog #Blaugust"
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    "url": "https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:tdc5ruvu2vr323woy2vzcimv/post/3mtjyhnwmcc2j",
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        "text": "If you have a website, you're in the IndieWeb!"
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    "content": {
        "text": "i don't know if my website is indie enough for IndieWeb\u2122\n\nnicknicknicknick.net"
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