Working on some more flexibility this morning to give people options for blocking Threads and other instances. Mixing lots of account types in one system is increasingly complicated: Micro.blog usernames, Mastodon handles, IndieWeb domains, newsletter email addresses… Spaghetti code.
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"text": "Working on some more flexibility this morning to give people options for blocking Threads and other instances. Mixing lots of account types in one system is increasingly complicated: Micro.blog usernames, Mastodon handles, IndieWeb domains, newsletter email addresses\u2026 Spaghetti code."
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Updated my website with some progress on my radio projects. Mostly trying to get the active antenna circuit to work again. #electronics #radio #indieweb
https://webshed.org
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"text": "Updated my website with some progress on my radio projects. Mostly trying to get the active antenna circuit to work again. #electronics #radio #indieweb https://webshed.org"
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"html": "<p>Using platforms like <a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/Twitter\">#<span>Twitter</span></a> & <a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/Substack\">#<span>Substack</span></a> as your content home is a bad idea. Publish your content the POSSE/PESOS way instead.</p><p><a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/Blogging\">#<span>Blogging</span></a> <a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/WritingCommunity\">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/SocialMedia\">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> </p><p><a href=\"https://elizabethtai.com/2023/07/03/how-i-am-blogging-the-indieweb-way/\"><span>https://</span><span>elizabethtai.com/2023/07/03/ho</span><span>w-i-am-blogging-the-indieweb-way/</span></a></p>",
"text": "Using platforms like #Twitter & #Substack as your content home is a bad idea. Publish your content the POSSE/PESOS way instead.#IndieWeb #Blogging #WritingCommunity #SocialMedia https://elizabethtai.com/2023/07/03/how-i-am-blogging-the-indieweb-way/"
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@deadsuperhero for those that want public identities centered around their domains (#indieweb) this is a feature that they probably spent time ensuring enough rel:me tags for. For those wanting alt accounts or privacy, yeah not enough common sense like not reusing names, emails, etc going around.
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"html": "<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://social.treehouse.systems/@deadsuperhero\">@<span>deadsuperhero</span></a></span> for those that want public identities centered around their domains (<a href=\"https://mastodo.neoliber.al/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a>) this is a feature that they probably spent time ensuring enough rel:me tags for. For those wanting alt accounts or privacy, yeah not enough common sense like not reusing names, emails, etc going around.</p>",
"text": "@deadsuperhero for those that want public identities centered around their domains (#indieweb) this is a feature that they probably spent time ensuring enough rel:me tags for. For those wanting alt accounts or privacy, yeah not enough common sense like not reusing names, emails, etc going around."
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"html": "<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://indieweb.social/@tchambers\">@<span>tchambers</span></a></span> I noticed that donations are via <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/Patreon\">#<span>Patreon</span></a> <a href=\"https://www.patreon.com/indiewebsocial\"><span>https://www.</span><span>patreon.com/indiewebsocial</span><span></span></a> but <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.org\"><span>https://</span><span>indieweb.org</span><span></span></a> uses <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/OpenCollective\">#<span>OpenCollective</span></a> <a href=\"https://opencollective.com/indieweb\"><span>https://</span><span>opencollective.com/indieweb</span><span></span></a> . </p><p>Is that for philosophical reasons, simple disambiguation or some other reason?</p>",
"text": "@tchambers I noticed that donations are via #Patreon https://www.patreon.com/indiewebsocial but #IndieWeb https://indieweb.org uses #OpenCollective https://opencollective.com/indieweb . Is that for philosophical reasons, simple disambiguation or some other reason?"
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@MerriNet Thank you for linking to Modern Font Stacks! My #website uses two fonts, but serves them itself rather than use Google Fonts. I’ll have to see how the alternatives look. #IndieWeb
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"text": "@MerriNet Thank you for linking to Modern Font Stacks! My #website uses two fonts, but serves them itself rather than use Google Fonts. I\u2019ll have to see how the alternatives look. #IndieWeb"
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@starbreaker @fluffy What do you not like about webmentions out of curiosity? I’m beginning to dive more into #indieweb and was considering an implementation.
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"html": "<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://libranet.de/profile/starbreaker\">@<span>starbreaker</span></a></span> <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://plush.city/@fluffy\">@<span>fluffy</span></a></span> What do you not like about webmentions out of curiosity? I\u2019m beginning to dive more into <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> and was considering an implementation.</p>",
"text": "@starbreaker @fluffy What do you not like about webmentions out of curiosity? I\u2019m beginning to dive more into #indieweb and was considering an implementation."
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@fluffy I agree with you, but I think #indieweb has some unnecessary baggage. For example, I think #webmentions were a mistake. Fortunately, they're optional.
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"html": "<span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://plush.city/users/fluffy\">@<span>fluffy</span></a></span> I agree with you, but I think <a href=\"https://libranet.de/search?tag=indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> has some unnecessary baggage. For example, I think <a href=\"https://libranet.de/search?tag=webmentions\">#<span>webmentions</span></a> were a mistake. Fortunately, they're optional.",
"text": "@fluffy I agree with you, but I think #indieweb has some unnecessary baggage. For example, I think #webmentions were a mistake. Fortunately, they're optional."
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Testing #Webmention & #bridgy support. If you see this post, could you comment or like it?
#IndieWeb #POSSE
https://whatwasidoingagain.com/aside/5941/
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"html": "<p>Testing <a href=\"https://sunny.garden/tags/Webmention\">#<span>Webmention</span></a> &amp; <a href=\"https://sunny.garden/tags/bridgy\">#<span>bridgy</span></a> support. If you see this post, could you comment or like it?</p><p><a href=\"https://sunny.garden/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://sunny.garden/tags/POSSE\">#<span>POSSE</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://whatwasidoingagain.com/aside/5941/\"><span>https://</span><span>whatwasidoingagain.com/aside/5</span><span>941/</span></a></p>",
"text": "Testing #Webmention & #bridgy support. If you see this post, could you comment or like it?#IndieWeb #POSSEhttps://whatwasidoingagain.com/aside/5941/"
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With Threads hitting 80 million users already, a lot of folks are dismissing Bluesky. But maybe it’s more important than ever for Bluesky to succeed. Or pivot slightly and implement enough of ActivityPub to co-exist? Micro.blog already cross-posts to Bluesky and I haven’t ruled out full federation.
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"text": "With Threads hitting 80 million users already, a lot of folks are dismissing Bluesky. But maybe it\u2019s more important than ever for Bluesky to succeed. Or pivot slightly and implement enough of ActivityPub to co-exist? Micro.blog already cross-posts to Bluesky and I haven\u2019t ruled out full federation."
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Remade my personal #website upgrading it from the good old Server Side Includes #SHTML to Astro! I kept the design fairly simple (= I'm not a designer so that is a sensible thing to do). The site should be fairly accessible too.
In the #IndieWeb fashion I now have a more or less old fashioned page for links. Maybe interesting for you, maybe not.
https://vesa.piittinen.name/links
#WithAstro #Vercel
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"html": "<p>Remade my personal <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/website\">#<span>website</span></a> upgrading it from the good old Server Side Includes <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/SHTML\">#<span>SHTML</span></a> to Astro! I kept the design fairly simple (= I'm not a designer so that is a sensible thing to do). The site should be fairly accessible too.</p><p>In the <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> fashion I now have a more or less old fashioned page for links. Maybe interesting for you, maybe not.</p><p><a href=\"https://vesa.piittinen.name/links\"><span>https://</span><span>vesa.piittinen.name/links</span><span></span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/WithAstro\">#<span>WithAstro</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Vercel\">#<span>Vercel</span></a></p>",
"text": "Remade my personal #website upgrading it from the good old Server Side Includes #SHTML to Astro! I kept the design fairly simple (= I'm not a designer so that is a sensible thing to do). The site should be fairly accessible too.In the #IndieWeb fashion I now have a more or less old fashioned page for links. Maybe interesting for you, maybe not.https://vesa.piittinen.name/links#WithAstro #Vercel"
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This slow, rainy Saturday morning accidentally brought something pretty cool alive — a URL Shortener that defends against link rot using @ipfs 's new _redirects feature.
Bonus points: you can make new shortlinks with a val.town API!
Read all about it: https://byjp.fyi/about
#indieweb #ipfs #decentralised
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"html": "<p>This slow, rainy Saturday morning accidentally brought something pretty cool alive \u2014 a URL Shortener that defends against link rot using <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://mastodon.social/@ipfs\">@<span>ipfs</span></a></span> 's new _redirects feature.</p><p>Bonus points: you can make new shortlinks with a val.town API!</p><p>Read all about it: <a href=\"https://byjp.fyi/about\"><span>https://</span><span>byjp.fyi/about</span><span></span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/ipfs\">#<span>ipfs</span></a> <a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/decentralised\">#<span>decentralised</span></a></p>",
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@starbreaker I agree with everything said in that and I really wish #indieweb were a more popular choice for this stuff. XML/mf2 feeds with simple composable protocols instead of everything needing to be An App.
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"html": "<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://libranet.de/profile/starbreaker\">@<span>starbreaker</span></a></span> I agree with everything said in that and I really wish <a href=\"https://plush.city/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> were a more popular choice for this stuff. XML/mf2 feeds with simple composable protocols instead of everything needing to be An App.</p>",
"text": "@starbreaker I agree with everything said in that and I really wish #indieweb were a more popular choice for this stuff. XML/mf2 feeds with simple composable protocols instead of everything needing to be An App."
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Finally updated my Zapier zap that connectis Untappd to WordPress. Thanks to Khurt at https://islandinthenet.com/manual-until-it-hurts/ for detailing the process and making it semi-easy. Ha. Now if I can just get Zapier to change the post type to “Drink” it will be perfect-ish. #untappd #zapier #indieweb
https://social.vaughnhannon.com/auto-beer-update/
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"html": "<p>Finally updated my Zapier zap that connectis Untappd to WordPress. Thanks to Khurt at https://islandinthenet.com/manual-until-it-hurts/ for detailing the process and making it semi-easy. Ha. Now if I can just get Zapier to change the post type to \u201cDrink\u201d it will be perfect-ish. #untappd #zapier #indieweb</p><p><a href=\"https://social.vaughnhannon.com/auto-beer-update/\">https://social.vaughnhannon.com/auto-beer-update/</a></p>",
"text": "Finally updated my Zapier zap that connectis Untappd to WordPress. Thanks to Khurt at https://islandinthenet.com/manual-until-it-hurts/ for detailing the process and making it semi-easy. Ha. Now if I can just get Zapier to change the post type to \u201cDrink\u201d it will be perfect-ish. #untappd #zapier #indiewebhttps://social.vaughnhannon.com/auto-beer-update/"
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I realised I haven't shared the basic website in question here yet, so behold a work in progress: https://enchantedsleeper.space/
(Mostly I've been working on the fanfic portion, though I haven't uploaded much fic yet; it's largely placeholders. Lots more to come! But it's fun!)
I also wrote a DW post about my sort of retro coding adventures here: https://enchantedsleeper.dreamwidth.org/4618.html
#IndieWeb #html #coding #FicArchive #Yesterweb
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"html": "<p>I realised I haven't shared the basic website in question here yet, so behold a work in progress: <a href=\"https://enchantedsleeper.space/\"><span>https://</span><span>enchantedsleeper.space/</span><span></span></a></p><p>(Mostly I've been working on the fanfic portion, though I haven't uploaded much fic yet; it's largely placeholders. Lots more to come! But it's fun!)</p><p>I also wrote a DW post about my sort of retro coding adventures here: <a href=\"https://enchantedsleeper.dreamwidth.org/4618.html\"><span>https://</span><span>enchantedsleeper.dreamwidth.or</span><span>g/4618.html</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://fandom.ink/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://fandom.ink/tags/html\">#<span>html</span></a> <a href=\"https://fandom.ink/tags/coding\">#<span>coding</span></a> <a href=\"https://fandom.ink/tags/FicArchive\">#<span>FicArchive</span></a> <a href=\"https://fandom.ink/tags/Yesterweb\">#<span>Yesterweb</span></a></p>",
"text": "I realised I haven't shared the basic website in question here yet, so behold a work in progress: https://enchantedsleeper.space/(Mostly I've been working on the fanfic portion, though I haven't uploaded much fic yet; it's largely placeholders. Lots more to come! But it's fun!)I also wrote a DW post about my sort of retro coding adventures here: https://enchantedsleeper.dreamwidth.org/4618.html#IndieWeb #html #coding #FicArchive #Yesterweb"
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"text": "The other day I posted a surprisingly glowing first impression of Meta\u2019s new Threads app. This is the counterpart to that.The site is brands, man. All of it. It\u2019s like the glossy fashion magazine of social networks.And I get it. I really do. This is going to succeed beyond anyone\u2019s wildest dreams \u2014 it hit 50 million users yesterday without breaking a sweat \u2014 and we\u2019ll all be using it for years to come. It probably will accelerate the fediverse in the way I previously suggested. It\u2019s slick and beautiful and easy to use, and if you want to talk to Paris Hilton or engage in conversation with Taco Bell, there it is.But there\u2019s a bad taste in my mouth that isn\u2019t going away, that has its roots in the genocide that Meta enabled through its actions and inactions, and the political polarization in the United States that it was undoubtedly a part of, and in Cambridge Analytica and election engineering, and in the very American impulse to not give a shit about what\u2019s happening outside your borders if you\u2019re comfortable and you can make a buck.Social media was at an inflection point where movements with the potential to radically change society were building through hashtags and calls to action. Black Lives Matter, MeToo, and entire democratic revolutions started on social media. And whether by design or by accident, the fertile platforms that allowed those movements to build and grow are fundamentally gone. Some people called these ideas political extremism; I thought of them as hopeful signs. These spaces have evaporated and we\u2019re left with targeted engagement from Wendy\u2019s: brand managers and marketing targets.The spirit and community of Mastodon was and is very hopeful to me. It is a non-profit space, co-operatively built and run in a way that is fully in alignment with its communities. The problem is, it\u2019s also a dog to use, and there are enough people who are a part of those networks who are adamant that it\u2019s okay that there\u2019s a high barrier to entry. It\u2019s not okay. There was a populist fascist in the White House, and there may be again, and these are pretty high stakes for the entire world. I care more about the ability for democratic mass movements to form and grow than maintaining the coziness of a community that wants to put Black peoples\u2019 lived experiences at the hands of modern day segregation behind content warnings.So I also think Threads represents a giant failure of the community to create something that works. If Mastodon had taken off, or if there was another space that was designed around democracy and equity that had lived up to this moment, Threads wouldn\u2019t have worked. But it didn\u2019t and there wasn\u2019t, and 50 million people are engaging with Netflix and Dior on a platform that sat back and allowed the Rohingya people to be slaughtered in the name of ad engagement while the new proprietor of the social network next door is busy calling social justice a mind virus.That isn\u2019t to say that there isn\u2019t still time, or there isn\u2019t, perhaps, a way to use the Threads network to build stronger community scaffolding. But it requires intent: not just to build a network, but to support democracy. We have not yet achieved this, and I hope that we will. There may come a point where we don\u2019t get another chance.",
"html": "<p>The other day I posted a <a href=\"https://werd.io/2023/my-first-thoughts-about-threads\">surprisingly glowing first impression of Meta\u2019s new Threads app</a>. This is the counterpart to that.</p><p>The site is brands, man. All of it. It\u2019s like the glossy fashion magazine of social networks.</p><p>And I get it. I really do. This is going to succeed beyond anyone\u2019s wildest dreams \u2014 it hit 50 million users yesterday without breaking a sweat \u2014 and we\u2019ll all be using it for years to come. It probably will accelerate the fediverse in the way I previously suggested. It\u2019s slick and beautiful and easy to use, and if you want to talk to Paris Hilton or engage in conversation with Taco Bell, there it is.</p><p>But there\u2019s a bad taste in my mouth that isn\u2019t going away, that has its roots in <a href=\"https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/09/myanmar-facebooks-systems-promoted-violence-against-rohingya-meta-owes-reparations-new-report/\">the genocide that Meta enabled through its actions and inactions</a>, and the political polarization in the United States that it was undoubtedly a part of, and <a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/news/series/cambridge-analytica-files\">in Cambridge Analytica</a> and election engineering, and in the very American impulse to not give a shit about what\u2019s happening outside your borders if you\u2019re comfortable and you can make a buck.</p><p>Social media was at an inflection point where movements with the potential to radically change society were building through hashtags and calls to action. Black Lives Matter, MeToo, and entire <em>democratic revolutions</em> started on social media. And whether by design or by accident, the fertile platforms that allowed those movements to build and grow are fundamentally gone. Some people called these ideas political extremism; I thought of them as hopeful signs. These spaces have evaporated and we\u2019re left with targeted engagement from Wendy\u2019s: brand managers and marketing targets.</p><p>The spirit and community of Mastodon was and is very hopeful to me. It is a non-profit space, co-operatively built and run in a way that is fully in alignment with its communities. The problem is, it\u2019s also a dog to use, and there are enough people who are a part of those networks who are adamant that it\u2019s <em>okay</em> that there\u2019s a high barrier to entry. It\u2019s not okay. There was a populist fascist in the White House, and there may be again, and these are <em>pretty high stakes</em> for the entire world. I care more about the ability for democratic mass movements to form and grow than maintaining the coziness of a community that wants to put Black peoples\u2019 lived experiences at the hands of modern day segregation behind content warnings.</p><p>So I also think Threads represents a giant failure of the community to create something that works. If Mastodon had taken off, or if there was another space that was designed around democracy and equity that had lived up to this moment, Threads wouldn\u2019t have worked. But it didn\u2019t and there wasn\u2019t, and 50 million people are engaging with Netflix and Dior on a platform that sat back and allowed the Rohingya people to be slaughtered in the name of ad engagement while the new proprietor of the social network next door is busy calling social justice a mind virus.</p><p>That isn\u2019t to say that there isn\u2019t still time, or there isn\u2019t, perhaps, a way to use the Threads network to build stronger community scaffolding. But it requires intent: not just to build a network, but to support democracy. We have not yet achieved this, and I hope that we will. There may come a point where we don\u2019t get another chance.</p>"
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"html": "<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://mastodon.social/@delong\">@<span>delong</span></a></span> <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://masto.al2.in/@ali\">@<span>ali</span></a></span> <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://mastodon.social/@histoftech\">@<span>histoftech</span></a></span> it's called POSSE in <a href=\"https://chaos.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a>. <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/POSSE\"><span>https://</span><span>indieweb.org/POSSE</span><span></span></a></p>",
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Was mir gerade einfällt: Lebt das #IndieWeb eigentlich noch? Gibts da interessante, aktuelle Sachen?
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"html": "<p>Was mir gerade einf\u00e4llt: Lebt das <a href=\"https://troet.cafe/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> eigentlich noch? Gibts da interessante, aktuelle Sachen?</p>",
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My posting workflow this morning: I post to my blog from my Mac, it goes out via ActivityPub, RSS of course, and Micro.blog sends it to Bluesky and Nostr. Then I go to my iPhone and… copy/paste it into Threads! iPhone-only may have been alright for Instagram, but it’s not gonna fly here for long.
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"html": "<p>My posting workflow this morning: I post to my blog from my Mac, it goes out via ActivityPub, RSS of course, and Micro.blog sends it to Bluesky and Nostr. Then I go to my iPhone and\u2026 copy/paste it into Threads! iPhone-only may have been alright for Instagram, but it\u2019s not gonna fly here for long.</p>",
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