{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://madvibes.social/@mike/116009042050041791",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>if anyone here is interested in the Indieweb, here's a cool primer. I have an omg.lol account, and it's truly a delightful place. <a href=\"https://madvibes.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://madvibes.social/tags/smallweb\">#<span>smallweb</span></a> <br /><a href=\"https://brennan.day/a-beginners-guide-to-the-indieweb-for-writers-who-dont-code-but-maybe-want-to-a-little/\"><span>https://</span><span>brennan.day/a-beginners-guide-</span><span>to-the-indieweb-for-writers-who-dont-code-but-maybe-want-to-a-little/</span></a></p>",
        "text": "if anyone here is interested in the Indieweb, here's a cool primer. I have an omg.lol account, and it's truly a delightful place. #indieweb #smallweb \nhttps://brennan.day/a-beginners-guide-to-the-indieweb-for-writers-who-dont-code-but-maybe-want-to-a-little/"
    },
    "published": "2026-02-03T22:25:01+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "47250824",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://social.lol/@mrbatsu/116008324530734905",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>&gt; I\u2019m sure I\u2019ll fall for that voice in my head many more times. And I hope I\u2019ll manage to crawl back up again and again.</p><p><a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/blogging\">#<span>blogging</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/indieWeb\">#<span>indieWeb</span></a></p><p>\ud83c\udf5c Writing with doubt <a href=\"https://robertbirming.com/writing-with-doubt/\"><span>https://</span><span>robertbirming.com/writing-with</span><span>-doubt/</span></a></p>",
        "text": "> I\u2019m sure I\u2019ll fall for that voice in my head many more times. And I hope I\u2019ll manage to crawl back up again and again.\n\n#blogging #indieWeb\n\n\ud83c\udf5c Writing with doubt https://robertbirming.com/writing-with-doubt/"
    },
    "published": "2026-02-03T19:22:33+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "47249198",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://mastodon.social/@lzon/116008306041369077",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>You need to make your bed</p><p>What to do when you are at rock bottom, from someone who's been there.</p><p><a href=\"https://lzon.ca/posts/life/make-your-bed/\"><span>https://</span><span>lzon.ca/posts/life/make-your-b</span><span>ed/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/smallweb\">#<span>smallweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/blogging\">#<span>blogging</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/personalweb\">#<span>personalweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/depression\">#<span>depression</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/mental\">#<span>mental</span></a>-health</p>",
        "text": "You need to make your bed\n\nWhat to do when you are at rock bottom, from someone who's been there.\n\nhttps://lzon.ca/posts/life/make-your-bed/\n\n#indieweb #smallweb #blogging #personalweb #depression #mental-health"
    },
    "published": "2026-02-03T19:17:51+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "47249199",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://m.danq.me/@blog/116007862375221690",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p><strong>Content warning:</strong>Article: Postcard from San Diego</p><p>Another postcard for my collection; this time from an indieweb blogger who was previously JUST outside of my circle - Joe from ArtLung. There's something in this.<br />Read more: <a href=\"https://danq.me/2026/02/03/postcard-from-san-diego/\"><span>https://</span><span>danq.me/2026/02/03/postcard-fr</span><span>om-san-diego/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://m.danq.me/tags/article\">#<span>article</span></a> <a href=\"https://m.danq.me/tags/blogging\">#<span>blogging</span></a> <a href=\"https://m.danq.me/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://m.danq.me/tags/internet\">#<span>internet</span></a> <a href=\"https://m.danq.me/tags/postcards\">#<span>postcards</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Content warning:Article: Postcard from San DiegoAnother postcard for my collection; this time from an indieweb blogger who was previously JUST outside of my circle - Joe from ArtLung. There's something in this.\nRead more: https://danq.me/2026/02/03/postcard-from-san-diego/\n\n#article #blogging #indieweb #internet #postcards"
    },
    "published": "2026-02-03T17:25:01+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "47247980",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://mastodon.world/@ReGallery_WPplugin/116007637679595076",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Read the full article:<br /><a href=\"https://regallery.team/core/re-gallery-hover-effects-in-wordpress-improve-ux-engagement-and-conversions/\"><span>https://</span><span>regallery.team/core/re-gallery</span><span>-hover-effects-in-wordpress-improve-ux-engagement-and-conversions/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.world/tags/WordPress\">#<span>WordPress</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.world/tags/UXDesign\">#<span>UXDesign</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.world/tags/WebDesign\">#<span>WebDesign</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.world/tags/OpenWeb\">#<span>OpenWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.world/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.world/tags/ReGallery\">#<span>ReGallery</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.world/tags/WebsitePerformance\">#<span>WebsitePerformance</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.world/tags/ConversionOptimization\">#<span>ConversionOptimization</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Read the full article:\nhttps://regallery.team/core/re-gallery-hover-effects-in-wordpress-improve-ux-engagement-and-conversions/\n\n#WordPress #UXDesign #WebDesign #OpenWeb #IndieWeb #ReGallery #WebsitePerformance #ConversionOptimization"
    },
    "published": "2026-02-03T16:27:52+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "47247419",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://mastodon.social/@powRSS/116007528597804799",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Spotted on <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/powRSS\">#<span>powRSS</span></a>:</p><p><a href=\"https://robinrendle.com/notes/front-end-development-is-not-a-problem-to-be-solved/\"><span>https://</span><span>robinrendle.com/notes/front-en</span><span>d-development-is-not-a-problem-to-be-solved/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/blogs\">#<span>blogs</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/blogging\">#<span>blogging</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Spotted on #powRSS:\n\nhttps://robinrendle.com/notes/front-end-development-is-not-a-problem-to-be-solved/\n\n#blogs #blogging #indieweb"
    },
    "published": "2026-02-03T16:00:08+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "47247176",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://blorbo.social/@manipulatedstars/116007303590617463",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>New post on chronosaur.us - lunchtime boundaries. <a href=\"https://chronosaur.us/lunchtime-boundaries/\"><span>https://</span><span>chronosaur.us/lunchtime-bounda</span><span>ries/</span></a><br /><a href=\"https://blorbo.social/tags/blog\">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href=\"https://blorbo.social/tags/blogging\">#<span>blogging</span></a> <a href=\"https://blorbo.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://blorbo.social/tags/smallweb\">#<span>smallweb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "New post on chronosaur.us - lunchtime boundaries. https://chronosaur.us/lunchtime-boundaries/\n#blog #blogging #indieweb #smallweb"
    },
    "published": "2026-02-03T15:02:55+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "47246510",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://indieweb.social/@theadhocracy/116006869446015481",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Looking back at January, I am watching **way too much** YouTube, particularly Shorts \ud83d\ude2c I also haven't touched my feed reader in *months*!</p><p>Let's see what happens in Feb if I delete the YouTube app on my phone, and reorder my apps so that Reader is where it was \ud83e\udd1e</p><p><a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/FeedReader\">#<span>FeedReader</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/RSS\">#<span>RSS</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/YouTube\">#<span>YouTube</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Looking back at January, I am watching **way too much** YouTube, particularly Shorts \ud83d\ude2c I also haven't touched my feed reader in *months*!\n\nLet's see what happens in Feb if I delete the YouTube app on my phone, and reorder my apps so that Reader is where it was \ud83e\udd1e\n\n#FeedReader #RSS #IndieWeb #YouTube"
    },
    "published": "2026-02-03T13:12:30+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "47245546",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://mastodon.social/@simoncarstensen/116006615930949499",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>First step toward full IndieWeb support for Jottit: social links. Add your GitHub, Mastodon, or other profiles in settings and they'll appear in your footer with proper rel=\"me\" verification. <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "First step toward full IndieWeb support for Jottit: social links. Add your GitHub, Mastodon, or other profiles in settings and they'll appear in your footer with proper rel=\"me\" verification. #indieweb"
    },
    "published": "2026-02-03T12:08:02+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "47245053",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://mastodon.social/@gokayburuc/116006512668689886",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>RE: <a href=\"https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission/116005974914964322\"><span>https://</span><span>ec.social-network.europa.eu/@E</span><span>UCommission/116005974914964322</span></a></p><p>Let's take social media back from the platform owners and give it back to its true owners, the communities.</p><p>The community sets the rules, and the community manages. No one's data has to be a resource for someone else. </p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/fediverse\">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/independentweb\">#<span>independentweb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "RE: https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission/116005974914964322\n\nLet's take social media back from the platform owners and give it back to its true owners, the communities.\n\nThe community sets the rules, and the community manages. No one's data has to be a resource for someone else. \n\n#indieweb #fediverse #independentweb"
    },
    "published": "2026-02-03T11:41:46+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "47244861",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://mastodon.social/@venelles/116006283006779602",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://framapiaf.org/@sebsauvage\">@<span>sebsauvage</span></a></span> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/smolweb\">#<span>smolweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/smallweb\">#<span>smallweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/geminispace\">#<span>geminispace</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/gooherprotocol\">#<span>gooherprotocol</span></a></p>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://framapiaf.org/@sebsauvage\"></a>",
        "text": "@sebsauvage #smolweb #indieweb #smallweb #geminispace #gooherprotocol"
    },
    "published": "2026-02-03T10:43:22+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "47244619",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://social.lol/@flamed/116005771926814196",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>\ud83d\udd16 Bookmarked: Understanding blogs \u2013 Tracy Durnell's Mind Garden <a href=\"https://tracydurnell.com/2023/01/15/understanding-blogs/\"><span>https://</span><span>tracydurnell.com/2023/01/15/un</span><span>derstanding-blogs/</span></a></p><p>Tracey Durnell breaks down what personal blogs are.</p><p>\ud83d\udd25 Read more: <a href=\"https://flamedfury.com/bookmarks/understanding-blogs-tracy-durnells-mind-garden/\"><span>https://</span><span>flamedfury.com/bookmarks/under</span><span>standing-blogs-tracy-durnells-mind-garden/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/Blogging\">#<span>Blogging</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/Personalweb\">#<span>Personalweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/Indieweb\">#<span>Indieweb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "\ud83d\udd16 Bookmarked: Understanding blogs \u2013 Tracy Durnell's Mind Garden https://tracydurnell.com/2023/01/15/understanding-blogs/\n\nTracey Durnell breaks down what personal blogs are.\n\n\ud83d\udd25 Read more: https://flamedfury.com/bookmarks/understanding-blogs-tracy-durnells-mind-garden/\n\n#Blogging #Personalweb #Indieweb"
    },
    "published": "2026-02-03T08:33:23+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "47243608",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://mastodon.social/@powRSS/116005641108898586",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Another find from <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/powRSS\">#<span>powRSS</span></a>:</p><p><a href=\"https://some.pics/682a4e2576932\"><span>https://</span><span>some.pics/682a4e2576932</span><span></span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/blogs\">#<span>blogs</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/blogging\">#<span>blogging</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Another find from #powRSS:\n\nhttps://some.pics/682a4e2576932\n\n#blogs #blogging #indieweb"
    },
    "published": "2026-02-03T08:00:07+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "47243479",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://matrixdreams.com/blog/code/making-cool-stuff/let-me-tell-you-about-openmentions/",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p><strong>Let me tell you about OpenMentions</strong></p><br /><br /><p><a href=\"https://openmentions.com/\">OpenMentions</a> is a website I made around the idea of OpenTopics, which are targets for WebMentions with a standing invitation to tag them whenever you want. This, I hope, creates a little more discoverability in the WebMention ecosystem.</p><p><em>OpenMentions also supports ActivityPub.</em></p><p><strong>Eh, what, Matt?</strong></p><p>This post is about my <a href=\"https://openmentions.com/\">website</a>, which you can add comments to from your own website.</p><p>If your website supports WebMentions (the tech that does all that) and auto-sends mentions, all you need to do is add a link to the topic page (or <a href=\"https://openmentions.com/news/category/question-of-the-week/\">question of the week</a>). If not, there\u2019s a ping thing where you can post your link on the page you linked to.</p><p>WebMentions are a better, more modern Trackback.</p><p><strong>Why, though, Matt?</strong></p><p>Not long after I started using WebMentions, I started to think thoughts. Dangerous, I know. My thoughts ran something like this:</p>  <p>I remember when <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technorati\">Technorati</a> was cool. It used to index blog posts.</p>    <p>I wish we had something like that now, but a bit more IndieWeb.</p>    <p>These WebMention things are great. You could use them to live update blog topics. I wonder why no one has done that yet.</p>  <p>With those thoughts refusing to leave my head, I saw an idea I could make happen. That was when I made <a href=\"https://openmentions.com/\">OpenMentions</a>. I was, I would later learn, following the IndieWeb principle of <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/make_what_you_need\">make what you need</a>. Closely followed by <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/use_what_you_make\">use what you make</a>.</p><p>I tag OpenMentions from many of my blog projects and try to encourage others to do the same. To avoid drowning out less frequent voices, I try not to tag it too much.</p><p><strong>Okay, sure. What\u2019s the tech behind OpenMentions, Matt?</strong></p><p>Because I lacked the spoons to code something from scratch, I took a few minor shortcuts. I created a WordPress blog, custom-themed it (not my best work) and used the excellent WebMention (and later, ActivityPub) plugins. After all, why reinvent the square wheel?</p><p>I wrote a simple plugin to help me add topic pages.</p><p>That\u2019s it. Not much at all.</p><p><strong>You said something about OpenTopics. What are they, Matt?</strong></p><p>OpenTopics is the theory I cooked up first. My idea was that my website should not be the sole endpoint because it could go away.</p><p>I envisage a set of meta tags that all topic end points to be found and followed. But, for now, all I do is link from a topic page to other websites that want to host more specific topics.</p><p><strong>You silly-billy, Matt. IndieNews is a thing!</strong></p><p>I first learned about <a href=\"https://news.indieweb.org/\">IndieNews</a> in the last few days from Wojtek Powiertowski\u2019s blog post, \u201c<a href=\"https://behindtheviewfinder.com/exploring-the-smallweb-and-indieweb/\">Exploring the Smallweb and IndieWeb</a>\u201c. To be honest, I might not have made OpenMentions if I found IndieNews first.</p><p>I think both can coexist because the overlap is only a good thing. I\u2019m about to go add links to IndieNews to OpenMentions.</p><p><strong>Who can use OpenMentions?</strong></p><p>Anyone at all.</p><p><strong>What about spam then?</strong></p><p>Because WebMention checks for an inbound link, spam has been entirely self-filtering up to now. Long may that last.</p><p><strong>Hey Matt, you broke something. My ping was accepted, but I don\u2019t see my comment.</strong></p><p>WordPress holds comments from places it has not seen before for manual approval. I keep meaning to write a plugin that will auto-approve WebMentions and ActivityPub replies. I\u2019ll get there eventually unless someone beats me to it.</p><p><strong>I have suggestions, Matt</strong></p><p>Every topic page has a topic meta. If you need to be more general, the <a href=\"https://openmentions.com/special/openmentions-mentions-meta/\">OpenMentions Mentions</a> page exists. Send a mention ping to whatever chatty meta bit you want to talk about.</p><p>Or comment here (even though OpenMentions is where the cool kids are).</p><p><strong>In conclusion</strong></p><p>In conclusion. I made a thing. It is sort of like a forum, except you use your own website (or Mastodon account). It is free, open to all, and (in my egotistical opinion) rather cool.</p><p>I would love more people to use it.</p><p><strong>PS</strong></p><p>I\u2019m writing this for <a href=\"https://news.indieweb.org/en\">IndieWeb News</a> and filing this as <a href=\"https://openmentions.com/topics/indieweb/\">IndieWeb on OpenMentions</a>. If you read it on MatrixDreams.com, the middle bit has some cool formatting.</p><br /><br /><a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://matrixdreams.com/blog/tag/activitypub/\">#ActivityPub</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://matrixdreams.com/blog/tag/indieweb/\">#IndieWeb</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://matrixdreams.com/blog/tag/openmentions/\">#OpenMentions</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://matrixdreams.com/blog/tag/webmentions/\">#Webmentions</a>",
        "text": "Let me tell you about OpenMentions\n\nOpenMentions is a website I made around the idea of OpenTopics, which are targets for WebMentions with a standing invitation to tag them whenever you want. This, I hope, creates a little more discoverability in the WebMention ecosystem.\n\nOpenMentions also supports ActivityPub.\n\nEh, what, Matt?\n\nThis post is about my website, which you can add comments to from your own website.\n\nIf your website supports WebMentions (the tech that does all that) and auto-sends mentions, all you need to do is add a link to the topic page (or question of the week). If not, there\u2019s a ping thing where you can post your link on the page you linked to.\n\nWebMentions are a better, more modern Trackback.\n\nWhy, though, Matt?\n\nNot long after I started using WebMentions, I started to think thoughts. Dangerous, I know. My thoughts ran something like this:  I remember when Technorati was cool. It used to index blog posts.    I wish we had something like that now, but a bit more IndieWeb.    These WebMention things are great. You could use them to live update blog topics. I wonder why no one has done that yet.  With those thoughts refusing to leave my head, I saw an idea I could make happen. That was when I made OpenMentions. I was, I would later learn, following the IndieWeb principle of make what you need. Closely followed by use what you make.\n\nI tag OpenMentions from many of my blog projects and try to encourage others to do the same. To avoid drowning out less frequent voices, I try not to tag it too much.\n\nOkay, sure. What\u2019s the tech behind OpenMentions, Matt?\n\nBecause I lacked the spoons to code something from scratch, I took a few minor shortcuts. I created a WordPress blog, custom-themed it (not my best work) and used the excellent WebMention (and later, ActivityPub) plugins. After all, why reinvent the square wheel?\n\nI wrote a simple plugin to help me add topic pages.\n\nThat\u2019s it. Not much at all.\n\nYou said something about OpenTopics. What are they, Matt?\n\nOpenTopics is the theory I cooked up first. My idea was that my website should not be the sole endpoint because it could go away.\n\nI envisage a set of meta tags that all topic end points to be found and followed. But, for now, all I do is link from a topic page to other websites that want to host more specific topics.\n\nYou silly-billy, Matt. IndieNews is a thing!\n\nI first learned about IndieNews in the last few days from Wojtek Powiertowski\u2019s blog post, \u201cExploring the Smallweb and IndieWeb\u201c. To be honest, I might not have made OpenMentions if I found IndieNews first.\n\nI think both can coexist because the overlap is only a good thing. I\u2019m about to go add links to IndieNews to OpenMentions.\n\nWho can use OpenMentions?\n\nAnyone at all.\n\nWhat about spam then?\n\nBecause WebMention checks for an inbound link, spam has been entirely self-filtering up to now. Long may that last.\n\nHey Matt, you broke something. My ping was accepted, but I don\u2019t see my comment.\n\nWordPress holds comments from places it has not seen before for manual approval. I keep meaning to write a plugin that will auto-approve WebMentions and ActivityPub replies. I\u2019ll get there eventually unless someone beats me to it.\n\nI have suggestions, Matt\n\nEvery topic page has a topic meta. If you need to be more general, the OpenMentions Mentions page exists. Send a mention ping to whatever chatty meta bit you want to talk about.\n\nOr comment here (even though OpenMentions is where the cool kids are).\n\nIn conclusion\n\nIn conclusion. I made a thing. It is sort of like a forum, except you use your own website (or Mastodon account). It is free, open to all, and (in my egotistical opinion) rather cool.\n\nI would love more people to use it.\n\nPS\n\nI\u2019m writing this for IndieWeb News and filing this as IndieWeb on OpenMentions. If you read it on MatrixDreams.com, the middle bit has some cool formatting.\n\n#ActivityPub #IndieWeb #OpenMentions #Webmentions"
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        "html": "<p>Really like how it turned out (after couple fixes)<br /><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/posse\">#<span>posse</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Really like how it turned out (after couple fixes)\n#posse #indieweb"
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        "html": "<p>Inspired by the Now page concept created by <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://micro.blog/activitypub/sivers\">@<span>sivers</span></a></span>, I've finally  published /now on my <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/PersonalWebsite\">#<span>PersonalWebsite</span></a>! <a href=\"https://bm.gy/now\"><span>https://</span><span>bm.gy/now</span><span></span></a></p><p>Had to tweak my <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/StaticSiteGenerator\">#<span>StaticSiteGenerator</span></a> just a bit to accommodate this unique new post type: The latest post will always be displayed in full at /now, with past entries eventually appearing as a simple list right below it.</p><p>That was a fun technical exercise as well as a nice excuse to reflect. Highly recommended!</p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/SmallWeb\">#<span>SmallWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/SmolWeb\">#<span>SmolWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/PersonalBlog\">#<span>PersonalBlog</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/SSG\">#<span>SSG</span></a></p>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://micro.blog/activitypub/sivers\"></a>",
        "text": "Inspired by the Now page concept created by @sivers, I've finally  published /now on my #PersonalWebsite! https://bm.gy/now\n\nHad to tweak my #StaticSiteGenerator just a bit to accommodate this unique new post type: The latest post will always be displayed in full at /now, with past entries eventually appearing as a simple list right below it.\n\nThat was a fun technical exercise as well as a nice excuse to reflect. Highly recommended!\n\n#SmallWeb #IndieWeb #SmolWeb #PersonalBlog #SSG"
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        "html": "<p>I was a casual Louis Cole enjoyer years ago but this album slaps!</p><p><a href=\"https://knowermusic.bandcamp.com/album/knower-forever\"><span>https://</span><span>knowermusic.bandcamp.com/album</span><span>/knower-forever</span></a></p><p>I found it through <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://trilobite.space/@fish\">@<span>fish</span></a></span> 's delightful monthly roundup, the Checkup Counter - magic coming through my RSS feed</p><p><a href=\"https://sweetfish.site/checkout/0126\"><span>https://</span><span>sweetfish.site/checkout/0126</span><span></span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/music\">#<span>music</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/blog\">#<span>blog</span></a></p>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://trilobite.space/@fish\"></a>",
        "text": "I was a casual Louis Cole enjoyer years ago but this album slaps!\n\nhttps://knowermusic.bandcamp.com/album/knower-forever\n\nI found it through @fish 's delightful monthly roundup, the Checkup Counter - magic coming through my RSS feed\n\nhttps://sweetfish.site/checkout/0126 #indieweb #music #blog"
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        "html": "<p>Spotted on <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/powRSS\">#<span>powRSS</span></a>:</p><p><a href=\"https://peterspath.net/blog/movie-irene-s-vow/\"><span>https://</span><span>peterspath.net/blog/movie-iren</span><span>e-s-vow/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/blogs\">#<span>blogs</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/blogging\">#<span>blogging</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Spotted on #powRSS:\n\nhttps://peterspath.net/blog/movie-irene-s-vow/\n\n#blogs #blogging #indieweb"
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        "html": "<p>If you don't have an RSS feed (or a JSONfeed), I probably won't read your blog. I don't like getting newsletters: too much stuff in my inbox already.</p><p><a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "If you don't have an RSS feed (or a JSONfeed), I probably won't read your blog. I don't like getting newsletters: too much stuff in my inbox already.\n\n#indieweb"
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        "html": "<p>New Recipe: Antojitos</p><p>An easy and tasty tex-mex appetizer.</p><p><a href=\"https://lzon.ca/posts/recipes/antojitos/\"><span>https://</span><span>lzon.ca/posts/recipes/antojito</span><span>s/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/smallweb\">#<span>smallweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/blogging\">#<span>blogging</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/personalweb\">#<span>personalweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/recipe\">#<span>recipe</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/cooking\">#<span>cooking</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/spicy\">#<span>spicy</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/snack\">#<span>snack</span></a></p>",
        "text": "New Recipe: Antojitos\n\nAn easy and tasty tex-mex appetizer.\n\nhttps://lzon.ca/posts/recipes/antojitos/\n\n#indieweb #smallweb #blogging #personalweb #recipe #cooking #spicy #snack"
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