Currently micro.blog hosted blogs only accept webmentions from other micro.blog users (because any webmentions to a micro.blog hosted site automatically become replies in the micro.blog timeline)
Hey! Yep, actually just stopped working on the new version before my laptop battery died. This one has taken a bit longer because I’ve been adding some caching support for Microsub stuff. Hoping to get it pushed by the end of the weekend 🤞
Marty any tips on traveling from Maryland to Portland in June? It’s still very questionable whether I’ll be able to make it out to IWS live, but I’m investigating travel just in case. Seems like most stuff I’m seeing is it takes like 3 days by train and it costs ~$400 round trip. Any secrets or is that about what you found?
Something like this is possible even without webmention specific support. Essentially it could be done using microformats2 similar to how Events and RSVPs work over webmention. https://indieweb.org/rsvp
I’m attending IndieWeb Summit 2018!
What a great piece! I think it’s an interesting challenge. The lack of “likes” and such do make the IndieWeb feel more lonely. And yet, when I DO receive real responses (thoughtful, text written responses), it provides a MUCH bigger social satisfaction then I received even from 50 likes.
As I started reading your post I thought “we need to do more to encourage likes on the IndieWeb”, by the end I thought “we need to do more to help people seamlessly reply to others” I think high quality engagement is the key to beating Facebook. Micro.blog has already provided me with much more substantive responses then I get from friends and family on Facebook.