{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@jeremy",
        "url": "https://fedi.jeremy.hu/@jeremy",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://fedi.jeremy.hu/@jeremy/statuses/01HFS3VQGZG03ASDFGK3B4D0BZ",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://mastodon.social/@matthiasott\">@<span>matthiasott</span></a></span> I've had <a href=\"https://jeremy.hu/\">a personal site</a> for the past 17 years. I've tinkered a lot with it, <strong>I find it a great way to learn new things.</strong></p><p>I started with Joomla, then moved to WordPress, then Jekyll, then back to WordPress, then Ghost, then back to WordPress again.</p><p>It's always back to <a href=\"https://fedi.jeremy.hu/tags/wordpress\">#<span>WordPress</span></a> in the end. :)</p><p>If I had to pick a few reasons why:</p><ul><li>It's what I know best</li><li>I found that all the others lacked some features out of the box, and often required either third-party tools or a fair amount of tinkering to get to a level of features similar to WordPress.</li><li>It's easy to extend via plugins. Connecting my site to the Fediverse was very easy via the different <a href=\"https://wordpress.org/plugins/activitypub/\">ActivityPub</a> / <a href=\"https://wordpress.org/plugins/webfinger/\">Webfinger</a> plugins. Installing <a href=\"https://fedi.jeremy.hu/tags/indieweb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> features like <a href=\"https://wordpress.org/plugins/webmention/\">Webmentions</a> can also be done in minutes via <a href=\"https://wordpress.org/plugins/indieweb/\">plugins</a> that are actively maintained.</li><li>It requires very little to no maintenance nowadays. I'm comfortable setting everything to auto-update so I don't even have to worry about updates anymore.</li><li>Setting it up was easy, especially compared with some of the other solutions I've tried, like Ghost.</li></ul>",
        "text": "@matthiasott I've had a personal site for the past 17 years. I've tinkered a lot with it, I find it a great way to learn new things.I started with Joomla, then moved to WordPress, then Jekyll, then back to WordPress, then Ghost, then back to WordPress again.It's always back to #WordPress in the end. :)If I had to pick a few reasons why:It's what I know bestI found that all the others lacked some features out of the box, and often required either third-party tools or a fair amount of tinkering to get to a level of features similar to WordPress.It's easy to extend via plugins. Connecting my site to the Fediverse was very easy via the different ActivityPub / Webfinger plugins. Installing #IndieWeb features like Webmentions can also be done in minutes via plugins that are actively maintained.It requires very little to no maintenance nowadays. I'm comfortable setting everything to auto-update so I don't even have to worry about updates anymore.Setting it up was easy, especially compared with some of the other solutions I've tried, like Ghost."
    },
    "published": "2023-11-21T14:17:02+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "39512646",
    "_source": "7235",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@shellsharks",
        "url": "https://infosec.exchange/@shellsharks",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://infosec.exchange/@shellsharks/111448823148558131",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://mastodon.social/@matthiasott\">@<span>matthiasott</span></a></span> A little late getting this to you (I just saw this post yesterday). Love the newsletter though!</p><p><a href=\"https://shellsharks.com/notes/2023/11/21/how-has-my-site-changed-my-life\"><span>https://</span><span>shellsharks.com/notes/2023/11/</span><span>21/how-has-my-site-changed-my-life</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://infosec.exchange/tags/nablopomo\">#<span>nablopomo</span></a> <a href=\"https://infosec.exchange/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://infosec.exchange/tags/blogging\">#<span>blogging</span></a></p>",
        "text": "@matthiasott A little late getting this to you (I just saw this post yesterday). Love the newsletter though!https://shellsharks.com/notes/2023/11/21/how-has-my-site-changed-my-life#nablopomo #indieweb #blogging"
    },
    "published": "2023-11-21T13:41:23+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "39512032",
    "_source": "7235",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@oldschooldev",
        "url": "https://masto.futbol/@oldschooldev",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://masto.futbol/@oldschooldev/111447422808482791",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Amazing that nowadays people \u201eblog\u201c in github repos (link is just a recent example). Because after their experiences with Twitter and other monopolies, they don't want to concentrate their valuable content in silos... \ud83d\ude00 <a href=\"https://masto.futbol/tags/blogging\">#<span>blogging</span></a> <a href=\"https://masto.futbol/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://github.com/cxli233/FriendsDontLetFriends\"><span>https://</span><span>github.com/cxli233/FriendsDont</span><span>LetFriends</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Amazing that nowadays people \u201eblog\u201c in github repos (link is just a recent example). Because after their experiences with Twitter and other monopolies, they don't want to concentrate their valuable content in silos... \ud83d\ude00 #blogging #indiewebhttps://github.com/cxli233/FriendsDontLetFriends"
    },
    "published": "2023-11-21T07:45:16+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "39509737",
    "_source": "7235",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@zaboolean",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/@zaboolean",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://mastodon.social/@zaboolean/111445494113849694",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Decided to play around with <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/neocities\">#<span>neocities</span></a>  and to learn some <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/html\">#<span>html</span></a> and <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/css\">#<span>css</span></a> to make a small personal website eventually.<br />The whole web revival thing seems fun! Maybe I don't agree on all aesthetic fronts, but the idea of people having their own little personal sites again sounds wonderful! Hopefully I can get something decent done to show to people.<br /><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/webrevival\">#<span>webrevival</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/webdev\">#<span>webdev</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Decided to play around with #neocities  and to learn some #html and #css to make a small personal website eventually.\nThe whole web revival thing seems fun! Maybe I don't agree on all aesthetic fronts, but the idea of people having their own little personal sites again sounds wonderful! Hopefully I can get something decent done to show to people.\n#webrevival #webdev #indieweb"
    },
    "published": "2023-11-20T23:34:46+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "39507676",
    "_source": "7235",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@shellsharks",
        "url": "https://infosec.exchange/@shellsharks",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://infosec.exchange/@shellsharks/111443691598407619",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>My strategy and philosophy for syndicating content from my site.</p><p><a href=\"https://shellsharks.com/syndication-strategy\"><span>https://</span><span>shellsharks.com/syndication-st</span><span>rategy</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://infosec.exchange/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://infosec.exchange/tags/posse\">#<span>posse</span></a> <a href=\"https://infosec.exchange/tags/pesos\">#<span>pesos</span></a> <a href=\"https://infosec.exchange/tags/syndication\">#<span>syndication</span></a> <a href=\"https://infosec.exchange/tags/mondayblogs\">#<span>mondayblogs</span></a> <a href=\"https://infosec.exchange/tags/nablopomo\">#<span>nablopomo</span></a></p>",
        "text": "My strategy and philosophy for syndicating content from my site.https://shellsharks.com/syndication-strategy#indieweb #posse #pesos #syndication #mondayblogs #nablopomo"
    },
    "published": "2023-11-20T15:56:22+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "39503684",
    "_source": "7235",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@mihobu",
        "url": "https://social.lol/@mihobu",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://social.lol/@mihobu/111442574220241374",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>I managed to get a mixed list working that lets me use any combination of \u201cicons\u201d (masks), images, and emojis as list markers. The sizing and spacing isn\u2019t quite perfect, but it looks pretty good on Safari and Firefox, and resizes pretty well too. <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/CSS\">#<span>CSS</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/HTML\">#<span>HTML</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://codepen.io/mihobu/pen/rNPJzpV\"><span>https://</span><span>codepen.io/mihobu/pen/rNPJzpV</span><span></span></a></p>",
        "text": "I managed to get a mixed list working that lets me use any combination of \u201cicons\u201d (masks), images, and emojis as list markers. The sizing and spacing isn\u2019t quite perfect, but it looks pretty good on Safari and Firefox, and resizes pretty well too. #CSS #HTML #IndieWebhttps://codepen.io/mihobu/pen/rNPJzpV"
    },
    "published": "2023-11-20T11:12:12+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "39501212",
    "_source": "7235",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@sergi",
        "url": "https://floss.social/@sergi",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://floss.social/@sergi/111441115421059516",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>I'm looking for a domain registrar and hosting provider that isn't a big corporation to set up a <a href=\"https://floss.social/tags/blog\">#<span>blog</span></a> \u2014 just static files, nothing complex. Ideally, it should also provide TLS certificates with auto-renewal.</p><p>I've used <a href=\"https://floss.social/tags/AWS\">#<span>AWS</span></a> in the past, but they don't meet the \"non-big-corporation\" requirement.</p><p><a href=\"https://floss.social/tags/smallWeb\">#<span>smallWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://floss.social/tags/indieWeb\">#<span>indieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://floss.social/tags/hosting\">#<span>hosting</span></a></p>",
        "text": "I'm looking for a domain registrar and hosting provider that isn't a big corporation to set up a #blog \u2014 just static files, nothing complex. Ideally, it should also provide TLS certificates with auto-renewal.I've used #AWS in the past, but they don't meet the \"non-big-corporation\" requirement.#smallWeb #indieWeb #hosting"
    },
    "published": "2023-11-20T05:01:13+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "39499352",
    "_source": "7235",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@fromjason",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/@fromjason",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://mastodon.social/@fromjason/111441072249277202",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>My first pass at my micro.blog companion thingy for my main blog <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/microblog\">#<span>microblog</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> </p><p><a href=\"https://micro.fromjason.xyz/\"><span>https://</span><span>micro.fromjason.xyz/</span><span></span></a></p>",
        "text": "My first pass at my micro.blog companion thingy for my main blog #microblog #indieweb https://micro.fromjason.xyz/"
    },
    "published": "2023-11-20T04:50:14+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "39499353",
    "_source": "7235",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@fromjason",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/@fromjason",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://mastodon.social/@fromjason/111440741586304762",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>I signed up for a micro.blog trial today and set it up on a subdomain as an experiment. </p><p>Anyone use micro.blog as a type of companion platform for your main blog? </p><p>Wondering if it adds a missing element to my site or if it feels redundant. We'll see. I'll play around with it for the month I have it and then make a decision.  </p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/microblog\">#<span>microblog</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/staticsite\">#<span>staticsite</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/blog\">#<span>blog</span></a></p>",
        "text": "I signed up for a micro.blog trial today and set it up on a subdomain as an experiment. Anyone use micro.blog as a type of companion platform for your main blog? Wondering if it adds a missing element to my site or if it feels redundant. We'll see. I'll play around with it for the month I have it and then make a decision.  #microblog #indieweb #staticsite #blog"
    },
    "published": "2023-11-20T03:26:08+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "39498975",
    "_source": "7235",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@caleb",
        "url": "https://pub.calebhearth.com/@caleb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://pub.calebhearth.com/@caleb/111439905260222356",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Avoid Services that Don't Make it Easy to Get Your Data: <a href=\"http://calebhearth.com/m/services-and-data\"><span>http://</span><span>calebhearth.com/m/services-and</span><span>-data</span></a> <a href=\"https://pub.calebhearth.com/tags/NaBloPoMo\">#<span>NaBloPoMo</span></a> <a href=\"https://pub.calebhearth.com/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Avoid Services that Don't Make it Easy to Get Your Data: http://calebhearth.com/m/services-and-data #NaBloPoMo #IndieWeb"
    },
    "published": "2023-11-19T23:53:27+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "39498224",
    "_source": "7235",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@mjgardner",
        "url": "https://social.sdf.org/@mjgardner",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://social.sdf.org/@mjgardner/111439948944575500",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://chirp.social/@Perl\">@<span>Perl</span></a></span> <a href=\"https://social.sdf.org/tags/TIL\">#<span>TIL</span></a> about <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://masto.nyc/@jmac\">@<span>jmac</span></a></span>'s <a href=\"https://metacpan.org/pod/Web::Mention\"><span>https://</span><span>metacpan.org/pod/Web::Mention</span><span></span></a> <a href=\"https://social.sdf.org/tags/Perl\">#<span>Perl</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.sdf.org/tags/CPAN\">#<span>CPAN</span></a> module for <a href=\"https://social.sdf.org/tags/Webmentions\">#<span>Webmentions</span></a>, a key <a href=\"https://social.sdf.org/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> standard and <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://w3c.social/@w3c\">@<span>w3c</span></a></span> Recommendation that enables <a href=\"https://social.sdf.org/tags/federated\">#<span>federated</span></a> conversation across <a href=\"https://social.sdf.org/tags/blogs\">#<span>blogs</span></a>, <a href=\"https://social.sdf.org/tags/SocialNetworks\">#<span>SocialNetworks</span></a>, or anything that supports it.</p><p>More about <a href=\"https://social.sdf.org/tags/Webmention\">#<span>Webmention</span></a> here: <a href=\"https://webmention.net\"><span>https://</span><span>webmention.net</span><span></span></a></p>",
        "text": "@Perl #TIL about @jmac's https://metacpan.org/pod/Web::Mention #Perl #CPAN module for #Webmentions, a key #IndieWeb standard and @w3c Recommendation that enables #federated conversation across #blogs, #SocialNetworks, or anything that supports it.More about #Webmention here: https://webmention.net"
    },
    "published": "2023-11-20T00:04:34+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "39498185",
    "_source": "7235",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@mjgardner",
        "url": "https://social.sdf.org/@mjgardner",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://social.sdf.org/@mjgardner/111439879344618972",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://hachyderm.io/@wood\">@<span>wood</span></a></span> Seen <a href=\"https://metacpan.org/pod/Web::Mention\"><span>https://</span><span>metacpan.org/pod/Web::Mention</span><span></span></a>, as linked from the <a href=\"https://social.sdf.org/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> wiki? <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/Webmention-developer#Perl\"><span>https://</span><span>indieweb.org/Webmention-develo</span><span>per#Perl</span></a></p>",
        "text": "@wood Seen https://metacpan.org/pod/Web::Mention, as linked from the #IndieWeb wiki? https://indieweb.org/Webmention-developer#Perl"
    },
    "published": "2023-11-19T23:46:52+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "39498106",
    "_source": "7235",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@wood",
        "url": "https://hachyderm.io/@wood",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://hachyderm.io/@wood/111438927409687221",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Webmentions: how I used 1990s technology to avoid writing JavaScript.</p><p>&gt; When I started building websites over 20 years ago, I used Perl and CGI to run simple scripts, like a guestbook (I wrote my own). I prefer Ruby these days\u2014and Perl has deprecated CGI\u2014but could that approach still work? I thought it would be fun to try. It turns out it does work!</p><p><a href=\"https://joshuawood.net/webmentions\"><span>https://</span><span>joshuawood.net/webmentions</span><span></span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/Blog\">#<span>Blog</span></a> <a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/Jekyll\">#<span>Jekyll</span></a> <a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/Ruby\">#<span>Ruby</span></a> <a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/Perl\">#<span>Perl</span></a> <a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/CGI\">#<span>CGI</span></a> <a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/Apache\">#<span>Apache</span></a> <a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/JavaScript\">#<span>JavaScript</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Webmentions: how I used 1990s technology to avoid writing JavaScript.> When I started building websites over 20 years ago, I used Perl and CGI to run simple scripts, like a guestbook (I wrote my own). I prefer Ruby these days\u2014and Perl has deprecated CGI\u2014but could that approach still work? I thought it would be fun to try. It turns out it does work!https://joshuawood.net/webmentions#Blog #IndieWeb #Jekyll #Ruby #Perl #CGI #Apache #JavaScript"
    },
    "published": "2023-11-19T19:44:46+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "39496769",
    "_source": "7235",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@acarson",
        "url": "https://babka.social/@acarson",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://babka.social/@acarson/111438831776057168",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Interesting. Bridgy is syndicating the link to the post, but not the accompanying text. So let's try this the other way. <a href=\"https://babka.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://babka.social/tags/problems\">#<span>problems</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Interesting. Bridgy is syndicating the link to the post, but not the accompanying text. So let's try this the other way. #indieweb #problems"
    },
    "published": "2023-11-19T19:20:27+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "39496609",
    "_source": "7235",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@byjp",
        "url": "https://hachyderm.io/@byjp",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://hachyderm.io/@byjp/111438727335984857",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Is there an <a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/opensource\">#<span>opensource</span></a> backed standard for annotating others\u2019 webpages?</p><p>I\u2019m thinking specifically being able to tag others\u2019 sites with <a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> h-cards (eg. Adding machine readable event tags to pages like this: <a href=\"https://www.ewanbleach.com/events\"><span>https://www.</span><span>ewanbleach.com/events</span><span></span></a>)</p><p>or something more fancy, like letting me attach (<a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/ipvm\">#<span>ipvm</span></a> runnable?) WASM to that page that will extract an iCal file.</p><p>I want to make microformats and standard metadata more available without everyone having to get on board.</p>",
        "text": "Is there an #opensource backed standard for annotating others\u2019 webpages?I\u2019m thinking specifically being able to tag others\u2019 sites with #IndieWeb h-cards (eg. Adding machine readable event tags to pages like this: https://www.ewanbleach.com/events)or something more fancy, like letting me attach (#ipvm runnable?) WASM to that page that will extract an iCal file.I want to make microformats and standard metadata more available without everyone having to get on board."
    },
    "published": "2023-11-19T18:53:53+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "39496441",
    "_source": "7235",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.ciccarello.me/posts/2023/11/19/indieweb-site-implementation/",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Receiving webmentions was easy to set up with <a href=\"https://webmention.io/\">webmention.io</a> and <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@fromjason/111438328242990548\">webmention.js</a>. For a static site, sending webmentions is a little messier, but there is a <a href=\"https://github.com/CodeFoodPixels/netlify-plugin-webmentions\">netlify plugin</a> that I\u2019ve found helpful. Always room for improvement though.</p>",
        "text": "Receiving webmentions was easy to set up with webmention.io and webmention.js. For a static site, sending webmentions is a little messier, but there is a netlify plugin that I\u2019ve found helpful. Always room for improvement though."
    },
    "published": "2023-11-19T17:46:18+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
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WordPress Reader

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    "author": {
        "name": "Kh\u00fcrt Williams",
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    "url": "https://islandinthenet.com/social-rss-reader/",
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        "html": "<p>In a recent <a href=\"https://json.blog/2023/01/02/in-defense-of.html\">blog post</a>, Jason Becker reflected on the challenges of measuring engagement and building communities on personal blogs when you don\u2019t have analytics. Jason linked to a <a href=\"https://www.theverge.com/23513418/bring-back-personal-blogging\">blog post by Monique Judge</a> calling for a return to personal blogging.</p>\n<p>This paragraph by Monique resonated with me.</p>\n<blockquote><p>People built entire communities around their favorite blogs, and it was a good thing. You could find your people, build your tribe, and discuss the things your collective found important.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>That\u2019s what I want when I use silos such as X, Threads, Facebook or micro.blog. But when compared to <a href=\"https://news.indieweb.org/en\">IndieWeb</a> principles, these platforms often fail to satisfy my needs for a sense of community and communication. One key issue is that these platforms demand that I establish a distinct identity within their closed ecosystems, and they impose rigid rules and guidelines enforced by centralised authorities, usually dictated by one person.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/camacho/21130552\">@camacho</a> I try my best to adhere to the IndieWeb principles of <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/POSSE\">POSSE</a>. I host my blog on WordPress because, unlike micro.blog (\u00b5B), I control the platform. \u00b5B is just another silo platform, after all.</p>\n<p>This is limiting and frustrating, as it restricts my freedom to interact and express myself authentically. To avoid these constraints, I have tried alternative solutions, like decentralised social networks or open-source platforms, where users have more control over their online presence and interactions. These platforms aim to promote user autonomy and reduce the influence of central authorities. But I still find them lacking.</p>\n<p>This got me thinking about Social RSS Readers and WordPress Reader.</p>\n<p>A social reader can refer to two concepts related to reading and social interactions. A social reader is a modern interactive reader that allows you to directly respond to posts (with a like, comment, etc) right there in line with posts as you read them (as people do in social media), in contrast to legacy feed readers which are one-way read-only experiences that provide no mechanisms to interact with or respond to posts.</p>\n<p>When using a social reader app, individuals can discover articles others share in their network, follow specific topics or publishers, and see what their friends are reading or recommending. The app might curate personalised content based on the user\u2019s interests, preferences, and social connections. This combination of reading and social engagement enhances the user experience by fostering discussions, facilitating content sharing, and expanding one\u2019s knowledge through diverse perspectives.</p>\n<p>Social reader apps can increase engagement with content and a sense of community among users who share similar interests. A social reader represents a convergence of content aggregation and social networking.</p>\n<p>Google Reader was an example of a popular social reader. It offered features that allowed users to share articles with friends and engage in discussions around the shared content. A social reader represents a convergence of content aggregation and social networking.</p>\n<p>My WordPress posts were syndicated to Facebook (via Automattic\u2019s JetPack) before they shuttered their API access. Automattic and \u00b5B stopped supporting Twitter after Elon Musk raised prices. I still syndicate to \u00b5B via the RSS feed, but the presentation is weak without Open Graph.</p>\n<p>WordPress has a built community via JetPack and <a href=\"https://wordpress.com/support/reader/\">WordPress Reader</a>. WordPress Reader has been <a href=\"https://wordpress.com/blog/2013/05/29/wordpress-reader/\">around since 2013</a> and is the WordPress equivalent of \u00b5B\u2019s chat feature. I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if that\u2019s what inspired Manton. Most of my comments and readership come via <a href=\"https://wordpress.com/support/reader/\">WordPress Reader</a>.</p>\n<img src=\"https://islandinthenet.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Screenshot-2023-07-27-at-7.49.35-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"Screenshot of JetPack Reader\" />JetPack Reader\u2019s Discovery Tab<p>I was syndicating to <a href=\"https://photog.social/@khurtwilliams\">Mastodon</a>, but there is some problem with duplicates being created on my m.b. time when I do that, so I disabled it.</p>\n<blockquote><p>I know to have the sort of online life I want, I need to participate in multiple small, or at least not billionaire-run, communities. No small single service, community, etc... can meet even my meagre needs.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<img src=\"https://islandinthenet.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Screenshot-2023-07-27-at-7.49.47-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"Screenshot of JetPack Reader\" />JetPack Reader Likes<p>While I don't have a large following on Twitter (about 1,500) or Instagram (around 500), I've been fortunate not to encounter the common issues that some people associate with these platforms.</p>\n<p>One of the reasons for my positive experience on large social platforms is that I already have genuine in-real-life connections with friends and family on those platforms.</p>\n<img src=\"https://islandinthenet.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Screenshot-2023-07-27-at-7.50.08-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"Screenshot of JetPack Reader\" />JetPack Reader\u2019s conversation timeline<p>Forming deep connections with strangers solely through casual and trivial conversations on social media is challenging. While I value my interactions online, true belonging and understanding can only be found through genuine, in-person encounters.</p>\n<p>It's easier for me to fully know someone beyond their avatar and screen name with the opportunity to meet face-to-face. I\u2019ve never expected to <strong>make</strong> \"friends\" online.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://islandinthenet.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Screenshot-2023-07-27-at-7.50.32-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"Screenshot of JetPack Reader\" /></p>\n<p>Maybe part of my frustration with m.b. is that I know what\u2019s possible.</p>\n<p>On 19 November 2006, Nintendo released the Nintendo Wii in the United States. It was Nintendo\u2019s fifth major home game console, following the GameCube.</p>",
        "text": "In a recent blog post, Jason Becker reflected on the challenges of measuring engagement and building communities on personal blogs when you don\u2019t have analytics. Jason linked to a blog post by Monique Judge calling for a return to personal blogging.\nThis paragraph by Monique resonated with me.\nPeople built entire communities around their favorite blogs, and it was a good thing. You could find your people, build your tribe, and discuss the things your collective found important.\n\nThat\u2019s what I want when I use silos such as X, Threads, Facebook or micro.blog. But when compared to IndieWeb principles, these platforms often fail to satisfy my needs for a sense of community and communication. One key issue is that these platforms demand that I establish a distinct identity within their closed ecosystems, and they impose rigid rules and guidelines enforced by centralised authorities, usually dictated by one person.\n@camacho I try my best to adhere to the IndieWeb principles of POSSE. I host my blog on WordPress because, unlike micro.blog (\u00b5B), I control the platform. \u00b5B is just another silo platform, after all.\nThis is limiting and frustrating, as it restricts my freedom to interact and express myself authentically. To avoid these constraints, I have tried alternative solutions, like decentralised social networks or open-source platforms, where users have more control over their online presence and interactions. These platforms aim to promote user autonomy and reduce the influence of central authorities. But I still find them lacking.\nThis got me thinking about Social RSS Readers and WordPress Reader.\nA social reader can refer to two concepts related to reading and social interactions. A social reader is a modern interactive reader that allows you to directly respond to posts (with a like, comment, etc) right there in line with posts as you read them (as people do in social media), in contrast to legacy feed readers which are one-way read-only experiences that provide no mechanisms to interact with or respond to posts.\nWhen using a social reader app, individuals can discover articles others share in their network, follow specific topics or publishers, and see what their friends are reading or recommending. The app might curate personalised content based on the user\u2019s interests, preferences, and social connections. This combination of reading and social engagement enhances the user experience by fostering discussions, facilitating content sharing, and expanding one\u2019s knowledge through diverse perspectives.\nSocial reader apps can increase engagement with content and a sense of community among users who share similar interests. A social reader represents a convergence of content aggregation and social networking.\nGoogle Reader was an example of a popular social reader. It offered features that allowed users to share articles with friends and engage in discussions around the shared content. A social reader represents a convergence of content aggregation and social networking.\nMy WordPress posts were syndicated to Facebook (via Automattic\u2019s JetPack) before they shuttered their API access. Automattic and \u00b5B stopped supporting Twitter after Elon Musk raised prices. I still syndicate to \u00b5B via the RSS feed, but the presentation is weak without Open Graph.\nWordPress has a built community via JetPack and WordPress Reader. WordPress Reader has been around since 2013 and is the WordPress equivalent of \u00b5B\u2019s chat feature. I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if that\u2019s what inspired Manton. Most of my comments and readership come via WordPress Reader.\nJetPack Reader\u2019s Discovery TabI was syndicating to Mastodon, but there is some problem with duplicates being created on my m.b. time when I do that, so I disabled it.\nI know to have the sort of online life I want, I need to participate in multiple small, or at least not billionaire-run, communities. No small single service, community, etc... can meet even my meagre needs.\n\nJetPack Reader LikesWhile I don't have a large following on Twitter (about 1,500) or Instagram (around 500), I've been fortunate not to encounter the common issues that some people associate with these platforms.\nOne of the reasons for my positive experience on large social platforms is that I already have genuine in-real-life connections with friends and family on those platforms.\nJetPack Reader\u2019s conversation timelineForming deep connections with strangers solely through casual and trivial conversations on social media is challenging. While I value my interactions online, true belonging and understanding can only be found through genuine, in-person encounters.\nIt's easier for me to fully know someone beyond their avatar and screen name with the opportunity to meet face-to-face. I\u2019ve never expected to make \"friends\" online.\n\nMaybe part of my frustration with m.b. is that I know what\u2019s possible.\nOn 19 November 2006, Nintendo released the Nintendo Wii in the United States. It was Nintendo\u2019s fifth major home game console, following the GameCube."
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@charlesroper",
        "url": "https://indieweb.social/@charlesroper",
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    "url": "https://indieweb.social/@charlesroper/111437602124195298",
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        "html": "<p>A post on The Verge about <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> POSSE</p><p><a href=\"https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/23/23928550/posse-posting-activitypub-standard-twitter-tumblr-mastodon\"><span>https://www.</span><span>theverge.com/2023/10/23/239285</span><span>50/posse-posting-activitypub-standard-twitter-tumblr-mastodon</span></a></p>",
        "text": "A post on The Verge about #indieweb POSSEhttps://www.theverge.com/2023/10/23/23928550/posse-posting-activitypub-standard-twitter-tumblr-mastodon"
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    "published": "2023-11-19T14:07:44+00:00",
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@attacus",
        "url": "https://aus.social/@attacus",
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    "url": "https://aus.social/@attacus/111436766196438625",
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        "html": "<p>Today I built a silly webpage by hand in a couple of hours. (I\u2019m not going to tell you what it was, except that it was frivolous af.)</p><p>I started out by looking for a template, but everything I found was way too involved, so I ended up writing the HTML and CSS from scratch, throwing it in a cloud-hosted directory, and nudging the DNS settings to point there.</p><p>This turned out to be a ridiculously nostalgic experience. I built a lot of weird little websites like this when I was about eleven years old, saving the HTML of sites that I liked so that I could access them when the phone line was being used by someone else, and changing pieces around to figure out how it all fit together.</p><p>It struck me that:<br />a) by this measure I\u2019ve been doing web dev for almost a quarter-century now \ud83d\ude33<br />b) there is nothing stopping me from making websites this way. I can still write HTML and yeet it out there if I want to, no matter what it\u2019s for. Pages load quickly. It\u2019s not fancy. It works. Underneath it all, the web is still there.</p><p>If you feel so inclined, I can highly recommend seizing an afternoon, taking a silly webpage idea, and having a play.</p><p><a href=\"https://aus.social/tags/HTML\">#<span>HTML</span></a> <a href=\"https://aus.social/tags/CSS\">#<span>CSS</span></a> <a href=\"https://aus.social/tags/SmallWeb\">#<span>SmallWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://aus.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://aus.social/tags/web\">#<span>web</span></a> <a href=\"https://aus.social/tags/dev\">#<span>dev</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Today I built a silly webpage by hand in a couple of hours. (I\u2019m not going to tell you what it was, except that it was frivolous af.)I started out by looking for a template, but everything I found was way too involved, so I ended up writing the HTML and CSS from scratch, throwing it in a cloud-hosted directory, and nudging the DNS settings to point there.This turned out to be a ridiculously nostalgic experience. I built a lot of weird little websites like this when I was about eleven years old, saving the HTML of sites that I liked so that I could access them when the phone line was being used by someone else, and changing pieces around to figure out how it all fit together.It struck me that:\na) by this measure I\u2019ve been doing web dev for almost a quarter-century now \ud83d\ude33\nb) there is nothing stopping me from making websites this way. I can still write HTML and yeet it out there if I want to, no matter what it\u2019s for. Pages load quickly. It\u2019s not fancy. It works. Underneath it all, the web is still there.If you feel so inclined, I can highly recommend seizing an afternoon, taking a silly webpage idea, and having a play.#HTML #CSS #SmallWeb #IndieWeb #web #dev"
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    "published": "2023-11-19T10:35:09+00:00",
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    "author": {
        "name": "@matthiasott",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/@matthiasott",
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    "url": "https://mastodon.social/@matthiasott/111436219401180921",
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        "html": "<p>Issue 3 of <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/OwnYourWeb\">#<span>OwnYourWeb</span></a> is out. \ud83e\udd73</p><p>This time, we\u2019re answering the question: (how) does a personal website change your life?</p><p>Plus links to talks, podcasts, and posts by <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://social.lol/@sophie\">@<span>sophie</span></a></span>, <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://mastodon.social/@paulrobertlloyd\">@<span>paulrobertlloyd</span></a></span>, <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://mastodon.social/@adactio\">@<span>adactio</span></a></span>, <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://sfba.social/@fonts\">@<span>fonts</span></a></span>, Scott Tolinski, and Wes Bos.</p><p>Personal site of the (every other) week by <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://status.rachsmith.com/activitypub/rach\">@<span>rach</span></a></span><br />\ud83c\udf08\ud83e\udd9c</p><p><a href=\"https://buttondown.email/ownyourweb/archive/issue-03/\"><span>https://</span><span>buttondown.email/ownyourweb/ar</span><span>chive/issue-03/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/newsletter\">#<span>newsletter</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/web\">#<span>web</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Issue 3 of #OwnYourWeb is out. \ud83e\udd73This time, we\u2019re answering the question: (how) does a personal website change your life?Plus links to talks, podcasts, and posts by @sophie, @paulrobertlloyd, @adactio, @fonts, Scott Tolinski, and Wes Bos.Personal site of the (every other) week by @rach\n\ud83c\udf08\ud83e\udd9chttps://buttondown.email/ownyourweb/archive/issue-03/#newsletter #web #IndieWeb"
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    "published": "2023-11-19T08:16:05+00:00",
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