@jeremiahlee.com (@Jeremiah@alpaca.gold) you’re right that the #IndieWeb is more of a movement. It’s a community based on shared values & principles¹, one of which is plurality², explicitly prioritizing interoperability over any “particular piece of technology”.
As to “subdomains as usernames using #ActivityPub?”, myself and others are using our (sub)domains as usernames, e.g. via the #BridgyFed service³. Mine should be self-evident in the header of this post wherever you’re reading #fediverse posts.
Completely agree that “a link that also works as a mention name is obvious / intuitable”, have been practicing that for a while, and wrote up some notes about how & why:
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"html": "<a href=\"https://jeremiahlee.com\">@jeremiahlee.com</a> (<a href=\"https://alpaca.gold/@Jeremiah\">@Jeremiah@alpaca.gold</a>) you\u2019re right that the #<span class=\"p-category\">IndieWeb</span> is more of a movement. It\u2019s a community based on shared values & principles<a href=\"http://tantek.com/#t5R21_note-1\">\u00b9</a>, one of which is plurality<a href=\"http://tantek.com/#t5R21_note-2\">\u00b2</a>, explicitly prioritizing interoperability over any \u201cparticular piece of technology\u201d.<br /><br />As to \u201csubdomains as usernames using #<span class=\"p-category\">ActivityPub</span>?\u201d, myself and others are using our (sub)domains as usernames, e.g. via the #<span class=\"p-category\">BridgyFed</span> service<a href=\"http://tantek.com/#t5R21_note-3\">\u00b3</a>. Mine should be self-evident in the header of this post wherever you\u2019re reading #<span class=\"p-category\">fediverse</span> posts.<br /><br />Completely agree that \u201ca link that also works as a mention name is obvious / intuitable\u201d, have been practicing that for a while, and wrote up some notes about how & why:<br /><br />* <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2023/011/t1/indieweb-evolving-at-mention\">https://tantek.com/2023/011/t1/indieweb-evolving-at-mention</a><br />* <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2023/014/t4/domain-first-federated-atmention\">https://tantek.com/2023/014/t4/domain-first-federated-atmention</a><br />* <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2023/018/t1/elevate-indieweb-above-silo\">https://tantek.com/2023/018/t1/elevate-indieweb-above-silo</a><br />* <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2023/019/t5/reply-domain-above-address-and-silo\">https://tantek.com/2023/019/t5/reply-domain-above-address-and-silo</a><br /><br />which I should organize into a longer blog post at some point.<br /><br /><br /><a href=\"http://tantek.com/#t5R21_ref-1\">\u00b9</a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/principles\">https://indieweb.org/principles</a><br /><a href=\"http://tantek.com/#t5R21_ref-2\">\u00b2</a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/plurality\">https://indieweb.org/plurality</a><br /><a href=\"http://tantek.com/#t5R21_ref-3\">\u00b3</a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/Bridgy_Fed#IndieWeb_Examples\">https://indieweb.org/Bridgy_Fed#IndieWeb_Examples</a>"
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@jeremiahlee.com (@Jeremiah@alpaca.gold) you’re right that the #IndieWeb is more of a movement. It’s a community based on shared values & principles¹, one of which is plurality², explicitly prioritizing interoperability over any “particular piece of technology”.
As to “subdomains as usernames using #ActivityPub?”, myself and others are using our (sub)domains as usernames, e.g. via the #BridgyFed service³. Mine should be self-evident in the header of this post wherever you’re reading #fediverse posts.
Completely agree that “a link that also works as a mention name is obvious / intuitable”, have been practicing that for a while, and wrote up some notes about how & why:
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"html": "<a href=\"https://jeremiahlee.com\">@jeremiahlee.com</a> (<a href=\"https://alpaca.gold/@Jeremiah\">@Jeremiah@alpaca.gold</a>) you\u2019re right that the <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span class=\"p-category\">IndieWeb</span></a> is more of a movement. It\u2019s a community based on shared values & principles\u00b9, one of which is plurality\u00b2, explicitly prioritizing interoperability over any \u201cparticular piece of technology\u201d.<br /><br />As to \u201csubdomains as usernames using <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/ActivityPub\">#<span class=\"p-category\">ActivityPub</span></a>?\u201d, myself and others are using our (sub)domains as usernames, e.g. via the <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/BridgyFed\">#<span class=\"p-category\">BridgyFed</span></a> service\u00b3. Mine should be self-evident in the header of this post wherever you\u2019re reading <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/fediverse\">#<span class=\"p-category\">fediverse</span></a> posts.<br /><br />Completely agree that \u201ca link that also works as a mention name is obvious / intuitable\u201d, have been practicing that for a while, and wrote up some notes about how & why:<br /><br />* <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2023/011/t1/indieweb-evolving-at-mention\">https://tantek.com/2023/011/t1/indieweb-evolving-at-mention</a><br />* <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2023/014/t4/domain-first-federated-atmention\">https://tantek.com/2023/014/t4/domain-first-federated-atmention</a><br />* <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2023/018/t1/elevate-indieweb-above-silo\">https://tantek.com/2023/018/t1/elevate-indieweb-above-silo</a><br />* <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2023/019/t5/reply-domain-above-address-and-silo\">https://tantek.com/2023/019/t5/reply-domain-above-address-and-silo</a><br /><br />which I should organize into a longer blog post at some point.<br /><br /><br />\u00b9 <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/principles\">https://indieweb.org/principles</a><br />\u00b2 <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/plurality\">https://indieweb.org/plurality</a><br />\u00b3 <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/Bridgy_Fed#IndieWeb_Examples\">https://indieweb.org/Bridgy_Fed#IndieWeb_Examples</a>",
"text": "@jeremiahlee.com (@Jeremiah@alpaca.gold) you\u2019re right that the #IndieWeb is more of a movement. It\u2019s a community based on shared values & principles\u00b9, one of which is plurality\u00b2, explicitly prioritizing interoperability over any \u201cparticular piece of technology\u201d.\n\nAs to \u201csubdomains as usernames using #ActivityPub?\u201d, myself and others are using our (sub)domains as usernames, e.g. via the #BridgyFed service\u00b3. Mine should be self-evident in the header of this post wherever you\u2019re reading #fediverse posts.\n\nCompletely agree that \u201ca link that also works as a mention name is obvious / intuitable\u201d, have been practicing that for a while, and wrote up some notes about how & why:\n\n* https://tantek.com/2023/011/t1/indieweb-evolving-at-mention\n* https://tantek.com/2023/014/t4/domain-first-federated-atmention\n* https://tantek.com/2023/018/t1/elevate-indieweb-above-silo\n* https://tantek.com/2023/019/t5/reply-domain-above-address-and-silo\n\nwhich I should organize into a longer blog post at some point.\n\n\n\u00b9 https://indieweb.org/principles\n\u00b2 https://indieweb.org/plurality\n\u00b3 https://indieweb.org/Bridgy_Fed#IndieWeb_Examples"
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@reiver My understanding is that #IndieWeb is more of a movement than a particular piece of technology. Can you point me to an implementation of subdomains as usernames using ActivityPub?
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"html": "<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://alpaca.gold/@Jeremiah\">@<span>Jeremiah</span></a></span> </p><p>The <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> people have been using subdomains for usernames for many years.</p>",
"text": "@Jeremiah The #IndieWeb people have been using subdomains for usernames for many years."
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For my blog's About page, I created a list of A Few of My Favorite Things. I had fun thinking about which personal and professional things I've enjoyed the most, from software to puzzlehunts to backpacking. https://jan.miksovsky.com/about#indieweb
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Been thinking a lot about Nostr this week. Finally realized that it resonates in a “worse is better” way. This is a good thing and will help me grok how it fits alongside ActivityPub and Bluesky.
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"html": "<p>Are there any <a href=\"https://ourempty.pub/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> ready Hugo themes? I looked a few years ago, but given the nature of the roll-your-own community there was not much. </p><p><a href=\"https://ourempty.pub/tags/indiewebcamp\">#<span>indiewebcamp</span></a> <a href=\"https://ourempty.pub/tags/Hugo\">#<span>Hugo</span></a></p>",
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Question for #indieweb folks: I remember a discussion about a syndication model that describes one of the ways I handle social media and my own site. It's sort of a selective/curated #pesos.
I don't import *all* my posts, just the ones I feel worth preserving, and those often as first drafts. I'll expand, rework, or otherwise finalize the posts on my website.
I could swear I saw someone come up with a term for this model, but I can't remember what it was!
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"html": "A scatter plot showing most domains used for fediverse servers I'm connected to were registered around 2022-2023.<br /><br />\nA handful of domains were registered between 1998-2008.",
"text": "A scatter plot showing most domains used for fediverse servers I'm connected to were registered around 2022-2023.\n\n\nA handful of domains were registered between 1998-2008."
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"html": "<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://front-end.social/@elly\">@<span>elly</span></a></span> I'm not sure what caused the glitch, but it works now - both on Linux and Android.</p><p>btw. nice website, I wish we'll see more people in this <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> space in the future.</p>",
"text": "@elly I'm not sure what caused the glitch, but it works now - both on Linux and Android.btw. nice website, I wish we'll see more people in this #indieweb space in the future."
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"html": "<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://berlin.social/@jack\">@<span>jack</span></a></span> Very <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> adjacent content in this article. I also like the many links to other resources in it. Thanks for sharing, Jack!</p>",
"text": "@jack Very #IndieWeb adjacent content in this article. I also like the many links to other resources in it. Thanks for sharing, Jack!"
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I am a software engineer since 2006, currently at work I use #Scala, the Typelevel stack and functional programming, but in the past I also did Perl, PHP, JS and some Java, TypeScript, React recently.
Nowadays I really enjoy using #Rustlang in my pet projects.
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"text": "Are you a member of the \ud83d\udd78\ud83d\udc8d IndieWeb Webring? Today I swapped out the underlying codebase. Don't worry about it!\n \n\nNothing to worry about??\nOkay, okay, there are some changes that you might notice!\nRIP emoji IDs\nI wrote about why I think emoji IDs ended up being a bad idea.\nThis webring is about personal sites and uses IndieAuth for sign-in. So, I decided to lean into the IndieAuth philosophy \"End-Users [...] are all represented by URLs\". If your entry on the ring is already identified by your site's URL, there's no need for an extra identifier, emoji or not.\nYou'll notice this change in a couple of ways:\nYou don't need to put your emojis in your previous/next links to the webring. So, a link to https://xn--sr8hvo.ws//\ud83d\udead/next can just link to https://xn--sr8hvo.ws/next , no problem. You can update them directly on your site, or visit your webring dashboard to copy-and-paste them again. But! I'll also more-or-less keep supporting URLs with the old emoji IDs, so feel free not to worry about it.\n Emoji IDs no longer appear on the webring directory. We don't have them, so there's nothing to show! The rest of your profile info should still appear as before.\nRIP webring profile pages\nOne reason I adopted emoji IDs in the first place was to allow profile pages to exist without having to figure out a scheme for encoding your URLs in the webring's URLs. I still don't want to solve that problem! So, the old profile pages at your emoji ID (e.g. https://xn--sr8hvo.ws/\ud83d\udead) are just not there anymore. \nBut to be clear: profiles are not gone! They still exist in the webring directory. You can still update or remove your profile via your dashboard page as before!\n\n A new codebase, eh?\n \n\nThe first version of this webring was slapped together over a weekend. It was a proof-of-concept and, honestly, was intended to be a way to experiment with how IndieWeb building blocks might support and extend the idea of a webring. I used the excellent Glitch.com and their NodeJS-based Express template app as a way of \"sketching with code\", getting something up and running fast, and working in the open where I could invite others to collaborate.\nHowever, I don't work with that stack on a regular basis! So as time went on, and dependencies inevitably churned, I found it harder and harder to come back and make updates quickly.\nI've ported the codebase to PHP because I, without citation, feel like a lot of the functionality I was relying on slowly-drifting libraries for in NodeJS is built directly into PHP or implemented via agreed-upon interfaces that shouldn't change out from under me as I apply the inevitable security updates.\nSimilarly, the IndieAuth stuff for the NodeJS version was really banged-together (by me) and was now out of date with the specification. I had never been that comfortable with my implementation, and moving to PHP where there is a larger set of well-maintained (by other people) IndieWeb building blocks feels like a stabilizing one.\n\n (I'm also using the webring and other IndieWeb projects I maintain to sharpen the tools and smooth the edges on a lil framework for making IndieWeb web apps, shh, keep it on the down-low.)\n \n\nYou can find the new codebase here: https://git.schmarty.net/schmarty/gem-diamond\nYou can find the old codebase here: https://github.com/martymcguire/indiewebring.ws\nIs that all?\n\n It is not! I am hoping this can be a nice solid base for tackling some long-standing issues and requests for improvements.\n \n\n\n Can I ask you a different question or give you feedback?\n \n\n Of course! Please do! You can reply to this post on your own site or via Twitter, or feel free to drop me a line in the #indieweb chat (I\u2019m `schmarty` there).",
"html": "<p>\n Are you a member of the <a href=\"https://xn--sr8hvo.ws/\">\ud83d\udd78\ud83d\udc8d IndieWeb Webring</a>? Today I swapped out the underlying codebase. Don't worry about it!\n <br /></p>\n<h2>Nothing to worry about??</h2>\n<p>Okay, okay, there are some changes that you might notice!</p>\n<h3>RIP emoji IDs</h3>\n<p>I wrote about <a href=\"https://martymcgui.re/2023/04/26/bad-web-dev-ideas-emoji-as-ids-in-urls/\">why I think emoji IDs ended up being a bad idea</a>.</p>\n<p>This webring is about personal sites and uses <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/IndieAuth\">IndieAuth</a> for sign-in. So, I decided to lean into the <a href=\"https://indieauth.spec.indieweb.org/#abstract-p-1\">IndieAuth philosophy \"End-Users [...] are all represented by URLs\"</a>. If your entry on the ring is already identified by your site's URL, there's no need for an extra identifier, emoji or not.</p>\n<p>You'll notice this change in a couple of ways:</p>\n<ul><li>You don't need to put your emojis in your previous/next links to the webring. So, a link to https://xn--sr8hvo.ws//\ud83d\udead/next can just link to https://xn--sr8hvo.ws/next , no problem. You can update them directly on your site, or visit your webring dashboard to copy-and-paste them again. But! I'll also more-or-less keep supporting URLs with the old emoji IDs, so feel free not to worry about it.</li>\n <li>Emoji IDs no longer appear on the <a href=\"https://xn--sr8hvo.ws/directory\">webring directory</a>. We don't have them, so there's nothing to show! The rest of your profile info should still appear as before.</li>\n</ul><h3>RIP webring profile pages</h3>\n<p>One reason I adopted emoji IDs in the first place was to allow profile pages to exist without having to figure out a scheme for encoding your URLs in the webring's URLs. I still don't want to solve that problem! So, the old profile pages at your emoji ID (e.g. https://xn--sr8hvo.ws/\ud83d\udead) are just not there anymore. </p>\n<p>But to be clear: profiles are not gone! They still exist in the webring directory. You can still update or remove your profile via your dashboard page as before!</p>\n<h3>\n A new codebase, eh?\n <br /></h3>\n<p>The first version of this webring was slapped together over a weekend. It was a proof-of-concept and, honestly, was intended to be a way to experiment with how IndieWeb building blocks might support and extend the idea of a webring. I used the excellent <a href=\"https://glitch.com/\">Glitch.com</a> and their NodeJS-based Express template app as a way of \"sketching with code\", getting something up and running fast, and working in the open where I could invite others to collaborate.</p>\n<p>However, I don't work with that stack on a regular basis! So as time went on, and <a href=\"https://snarfed.org/2022-03-10_were-drowning-software-dependencies\">dependencies inevitably churned</a>, I found it harder and harder to come back and make updates quickly.</p>\n<p>I've ported the codebase to PHP because I, without citation, feel like a lot of the functionality I was relying on slowly-drifting libraries for in NodeJS is built directly into PHP or implemented via agreed-upon interfaces that shouldn't change out from under me as I apply the inevitable security updates.</p>\n<p>Similarly, the IndieAuth stuff for the NodeJS version was really banged-together (by me) and was now out of date with the specification. I had never been that comfortable with my implementation, and moving to PHP where there is a larger set of well-maintained (by other people) IndieWeb building blocks feels like a stabilizing one.</p>\n<p>\n (I'm also using the webring and <a href=\"https://bayside.pub/\">other IndieWeb projects I maintain</a> to sharpen the tools and smooth the edges on <a href=\"https://git.schmarty.net/schmarty/micropubkit\">a lil framework for making IndieWeb web apps</a>, shh, keep it on the down-low.)\n <br /></p>\n<p>You can find the new codebase here: https://git.schmarty.net/schmarty/gem-diamond</p>\n<p>You can find the old codebase here: https://github.com/martymcguire/indiewebring.ws</p>\n<h3>Is that all?</h3>\n<p>\n It is not! I am hoping this can be a nice solid base for tackling <a href=\"https://github.com/martymcguire/indiewebring.ws/issues\">some long-standing issues and requests for improvements</a>.\n <br /></p>\n<h3>\n Can I ask you a different question or give you feedback?\n <br /></h3>\n<p> Of course! Please do! You can <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/reply\">reply</a> to this post on your own site or via Twitter, or feel free to drop me a line in the <a href=\"https://chat.indieweb.org/\">#indieweb chat</a> (I\u2019m `schmarty` there).</p>"
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"html": "<p>Meeting new people(\u2019s websites) and who edits the editors? It\u2019s your < 10min update on the #IndieWeb community!</p><br /><p>This Week in the IndieWeb audio edition for May 13th - 19th, 2023.</p><br /><p><a href=\"http://mmg.re/5QxFZA\">http://mmg.re/5QxFZA</a></p>",
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"text": "Show/Hide Transcript\n \n Meeting new people(\u2019s websites) and who edits the editors? It\u2019s the audio edition for This Week in the IndieWeb for May 13th - 19th, 2023.\nYou can find all of my audio editions and subscribe with your favorite podcast app here: martymcgui.re/podcasts/indieweb/.\nMusic from Aaron Parecki\u2019s 100DaysOfMusic project: Day 85 - Suit, Day 48 - Glitch, Day 49 - Floating, Day 9, and Day 11\nThanks to everyone in the IndieWeb chat for their feedback and suggestions. Please drop me a note if there are any changes you\u2019d like to see for this audio edition!",
"html": "Show/Hide Transcript\n \n <p>Meeting new people(\u2019s websites) and who edits the editors? It\u2019s the audio edition for <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/this-week/2023-05-19.html\">This Week in the IndieWeb for May 13th - 19th, 2023</a>.</p>\n<p>You can find all of my audio editions and subscribe with your favorite podcast app here: <a href=\"https://martymcgui.re/podcasts/indieweb/\">martymcgui.re/podcasts/indieweb/</a>.</p>\n<p>Music from <a href=\"https://aaronparecki.com/\">Aaron Parecki</a>\u2019s <a href=\"https://100.aaronparecki.com/\">100DaysOfMusic project</a>: <a href=\"https://aaronparecki.com/2017/03/15/14/day85\">Day 85 - Suit</a>, <a href=\"https://aaronparecki.com/2017/02/06/7/day48\">Day 48 - Glitch</a>, <a href=\"https://aaronparecki.com/2017/02/07/4/day49\">Day 49 - Floating</a>, <a href=\"https://aaronparecki.com/2016/12/29/21/day-9\">Day 9</a>, and <a href=\"https://aaronparecki.com/2016/12/31/15/\">Day 11</a></p>\n<p>Thanks to everyone in the <a href=\"https://chat.indieweb.org/\">IndieWeb chat</a> for their feedback and suggestions. Please drop me a note if there are any changes you\u2019d like to see for this audio edition!</p>"
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"text": "And that's the thing -- the best thing doesn't win -- the one that is easiest for others to build off of is what wins!\n\n~ Christina Warren on Mastodon, discussing ActivityPub and AT ProtocolThis is exactly right. It\u2019s not about ideological purity or architectural perfection.Can a developer take your protocol, without permission or pushback, and build something meaningful in under a day? That\u2019s how you win.",
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