Welcome to the Microsub life!

I’ve gone crazy with channels but it makes choosing what I want to consume MUCH easier. On busy days I can just mark entire channels as read and ignore the posts if I feel like it but still check the channels that I know contain info or people important to me.

going to @IndieWebCamp NYC Pre-party this Thursday 2018-09-27 19:00-21:00 @DeadRabbitNYC (deadrabbitnyc.com), an amazing 1850s style bar (nyti.ms/WdOpgc).

NYC friends, come by, ask for #IndieWeb. We have a reserved room!

More info: https://indieweb.org/2018/NYC#Schedule

Thanks @jgmac1106 (jgregorymcverry.com) for the arrangements!

Currently microformats are used to add that richness to webmentions. However because webmention is markup agnostic people could start using other data to get the webmention richness. However there hasn’t been a proven better data format yet. 🤷‍♂️

Awesome! Webmentions was what originally attracted me to the IndieWeb. you are right, they don’t require microformats. For them to be their best (communicate post intent: like, reply, rsvp, mention) you need some type of data sitting on the src url

I actually don’t use the micro.blog apps aside from Wavelength. I do everything in my RSS reader and my website. So aside from microcasting, nothing would change if I was on Android. I reply through Webmentions from my site to Micro.blog.

@jgmac1106 @benwerd consider the glass half-full:
* Lots of @-mentions violate policy? Use domain-mentions!
A little work to get @mlb players domains; surely as celebs they have them.
If(when) they enable Webmentions, they decide instead of Twitter!
going to @IndieWebCamp New York City 2018-09-28…29!

Complimentary tickets sold out but organizers were able to release another small batch.
Grab one before they’re gone:
https://ti.to/indieweb/indiewebcamp-nyc

More info: https://indieweb.org/2018/NYC

There’s a great article about Webmentions on A List Apart, if you haven’t read it: https://alistapart.com/article/webmentions-enabling-better-communication-on-the-internet

Great question! There are definitely a bunch of specs, but many of them attempt to solve some issue among several implementations before they become a spec. As far as Microformats, the IndieWeb community uses it a lot because it enables one of the biggest features among IndieWeb enabled websites: Webmentions.

@szarka There is no trade-off.

Why frame as “common platform” OR “federated community” when you can do BOTH?

Post on your Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere: https://indieweb.org/POSSE

#ownyourdata, use #socialmedia to distribute & get feedback.
#ownyourdata #socialmedia

#Indiewebcamp Oxford

As someone who is really into the IndieWeb movement and content ownership, I host my own website but my Microcast is hosted in Micro.blog. To me, I still feel safe with my Microcast being on Micro.blog because the entire platform is built on Jekyll. I can sync the content of my entire Microcast website to GitHub and walk away with all of my files and pages, put them on another server and point my domain name at it. With that, I could successfully leave Micro.blog with all of my content very easily compared to any other hosted service. For some people it is too hard or not worth self-Hosting, but data portability is key to content ownership and that’s what Micro.blog provides in my opinion.

I can reply to you from my indieweb site; I can follow your h-feed in an indieweb reader, but as mastodon doesn't send or receive webmentions we have to federate by hand for now. If you link to this post, I can manually send a webmention to make your reply show up.

Homebrew Website Club SF!

17:30: Optional writing hour and quiet socializing 18:30: IndieWeb demos and hack night! Homebrew Website Club retro 1980s-style logo Demos of personal website breakthroughs. Create or update your personal web site! Join a community with like-minded interests. Bring friends that want a personal site, or are interested in a healthy, independent web! Any questions? Ask in #indieweb Slack or IRC More information: IndieWeb Wiki Event Page RSVP: on the Facebook event or post an indie RSVP on your own site!
@iChris lots going on in the #indieweb world for sure!

For brief weekly summaries to “keep up to date”, see the newsletter:
https://indieweb.org/this-week-in-the-indieweb
and/or podcast: https://martymcgui.re/podcasts/indieweb/

The IRC #indieweb-wordpress folks are very helpful too!
#indieweb #indieweb-wordpress
@Jeena did you see @EddieHinkle’s reply?

https://eddiehinkle.com/2018/09/20/16/reply/

I tried sending it via your webmention form, got this error:

 “We're sorry, but something went wrong.

  We've been notified about this issue and we'll take a look at it shortly.”

If ownyourswarm worked with known, would it map this to a Chicken 🐔 or a check-in? #indieweb

I’m interested in building a @draftsapp action to publish notes via Micropub. I’m finding their documentation inscrutable. Anyone have pointers? Source for a similar action (perhaps publishing to Tumblr or WordPress) would be super helpful.

Hey Jeena, Because of the way Micro.blog is architected, it treats original posts and replies differently. It should be sending webmentions for original posts, but it doesn’t currently send webmentions to posts that are in reply to other posts. I think there also might be a potential issue if you haven’t verified your domain. Besides that, it should work.

I had a look into my logs and it looks like #Micro.blog doesn't send any webmentions to my site when someone comments, which is a pity, because when I trigger it manually, their comment shows up nicely on my website.