Jeremy Keith adactio.com

Federation syndication

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        "text": "I\u2019m quite sure this is of no interest to anyone but me, but I finally managed to fix a longstanding weird issue with my website.\n\nI realise that me telling you about a bug specific to my website is like me telling you about a dream I had last night\u2014fascinating for me; incredibly dull for you.\n\nFor some reason, my site was being brought to its knees anytime I syndicated a note to Mastodon. I rolled up my sleeves to try to figure out what the problem could be. I was fairly certain the problem was with my code\u2014I\u2019m not much of a back-end programmer.\n\nMy tech stack is classic LAMP: Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP. When I post a note, it gets saved to my database. Then I make a curl request to the Mastodon API to syndicate the post over there. That\u2019s when my CPU starts climbing and my server gets all \u201cbad gateway!\u201d on me.\n\nAfter spending far too long pulling apart my PHP and curl code, I had to come to the conclusion that I was doing nothing wrong there.\n\nI started watching which processes were making the server fall over. It was MySQL. That seemed odd, because I\u2019m not doing anything too crazy with my database reads.\n\nThen I realised that the problem wasn\u2019t any particular query. The problem was volume. But it only happened when I posted a note to Mastodon.\n\nThat\u2019s when I had a lightbulb moment about how the fediverse works.\n\nWhen I post a note to Mastodon, it includes a link back to the original note to my site. At this point Mastodon does its federation magic and starts spreading the post to all the instances subscribed to my account. And every single one of them follows the link back to the note on my site \u2026all at the same time.\n\nThis isn\u2019t a problem when I syndicate my blog posts, because I\u2019ve got a caching mechanism in place for those. I didn\u2019t think I\u2019d need any caching for little ol\u2019 notes. I was wrong.\n\nA simple solution would be not to include the link back to the original note. But I like the reminder that what you see on Mastodon is just a copy. So now I\u2019ve got the same caching mechanism for my notes as I do for my journal (and I did my links while I was at it). Everything is hunky-dory. I can syndicate to Mastodon with impunity.\n\nSee? I told you it would only be of interest to me. Although I guess there\u2019s a lesson here. Something something caching.",
        "html": "<p>I\u2019m quite sure this is of no interest to anyone but me, but I finally managed to fix a longstanding weird issue with my website.</p>\n\n<p>I realise that me telling you about a bug specific to my website is like me telling you about a dream I had last night\u2014fascinating for me; incredibly dull for you.</p>\n\n<p>For some reason, my site was being brought to its knees anytime I syndicated a note to Mastodon. I rolled up my sleeves to try to figure out what the problem could be. I was fairly certain the problem was with my code\u2014I\u2019m not much of a back-end programmer.</p>\n\n<p>My tech stack is classic LAMP: Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP. When I post a note, it gets saved to my database. Then I make a curl request to <a href=\"https://docs.joinmastodon.org/client/intro/\">the Mastodon API</a> to syndicate the post over there. That\u2019s when my CPU starts climbing and my server gets all \u201cbad gateway!\u201d on me.</p>\n\n<p>After spending far too long pulling apart my PHP and curl code, I had to come to the conclusion that I was doing nothing wrong there.</p>\n\n<p>I started watching which processes were making the server fall over. It was MySQL. That seemed odd, because I\u2019m not doing anything too crazy with my database reads.</p>\n\n<p>Then I realised that the problem wasn\u2019t any particular query. The problem was volume. But it only happened when I posted a note to Mastodon.</p>\n\n<p>That\u2019s when I had a lightbulb moment about how the fediverse works.</p>\n\n<p>When I post a note to Mastodon, it includes a link back to the original note to my site. At this point Mastodon does its federation magic and starts spreading the post to all the instances subscribed to my account. And every single one of them follows the link back to the note on my site \u2026all at the same time.</p>\n\n<p>This isn\u2019t a problem when I syndicate my blog posts, because I\u2019ve got a caching mechanism in place for those. I didn\u2019t think I\u2019d need any caching for little ol\u2019 notes. I was wrong.</p>\n\n<p>A simple solution would be not to include the link back to the original note. But I like the reminder that <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@adactio\">what you see on Mastodon</a> is just a copy. So now I\u2019ve got the same caching mechanism for <a href=\"https://adactio.com/notes\">my notes</a> as I do for <a href=\"https://adactio.com/journal\">my journal</a> (and I did <a href=\"https://adactio.com/links\">my links</a> while I was at it). Everything is hunky-dory. I can syndicate to Mastodon with impunity.</p>\n\n<p>See? I told you it would only be of interest to me. Although I guess there\u2019s a lesson here. Something something caching.</p>"
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        "html": "<p>Indieseek.xyz Indie Web Directory</p><p>Indieseek.xyz is a small human curated, searchable, directory of web links to both websites and to individual web pages. </p><p><a href=\"https://indieseek.xyz/\"><span>https://</span><span>indieseek.xyz/</span><span></span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://dmv.community/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p>",
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        "html": "<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://indieweb.social/@accordionpolar\">@<span>accordionpolar</span></a></span> Absolutely agree, having a good and welcoming group of people always helps. And the people in the <a href=\"https://m.chronosaur.us/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> IRC channels seem very pleasant. It takes a lot of that \"n00b\" fear away.</p><p>I felt the same way about Discord, too, until I found the right group. Now I run a small private server and I take care to be very welcoming and friendly to new people, especially if they're new to Discord.</p><p>Off topic - I could watch your avatar spin all day, it's very soothing. :D</p>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://indieweb.social/@accordionpolar\"></a>",
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Matthias Pfefferle notiz.blog/author/matthias-pfefferle/

Into the Great Wide Open

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        "text": "Seit letzter Woche braucht man keinen Invite-Code mehr um sich bei Bluesky anzumelden, die wesentlich spannendere Info steht aber, wie beil\u00e4ufig erw\u00e4hnt, im letzten Abschnitt:\n\n\n\n\nThis month, we\u2019ll be rolling out an experimental early version of \u201cfederation,\u201d or the feature that makes the network so open and customizable. On Bluesky, you\u2019ll have the freedom to choose (and the right to leave) instead of being held to the whims of private companies or black box algorithms. And wherever you go, your friends and relationships can go with you.\nhttps://bsky.social/about/blog/02-06-2024-join-bluesky\n\n\n\n\nIch bin gespannt wie Bluesky federation umsetzen wird. Auf mich wirkt das ATProtocol immer noch viel zu kompliziert und \u201eoverengineered\u201c, aber vielleicht ist das ja auch gerade der Vorteil gegen\u00fcber ActivityPub.\n\n\n\nFederation Architecture Overview\n\n\nIch hatte vorgestern einen kleinen Plausch mit @deadsuperhero f\u00fcr den Decentered Podcast, in wir unter anderem auch \u00fcber die Schwierigkeiten bei der Implementierung von ActivityPub sprachen. Da WordPress in vielen verschiedenen Umgebungen laufen muss und sich die Konfiguration des Webservers, die PHP Version, das Caching, die Interferenz mit anderen Plugins und andere spezial F\u00e4lle nicht seht gut absch\u00e4tzen lassen, ist es sehr schwer komplexere Funktionalit\u00e4ten umzusetzen.\n\n\n\nEin Beispiel: Im Gegensatz zu OStatus, wo die Distribution von neuen Inhalten \u00fcber PubSubHubbub (jetzt WebSub) geregelt wurde, ist bei ActivityPub der Service selbst daf\u00fcr verantwortlich. Ein direktes Verteilen der Inhalte, direkt nach dem Ver\u00f6ffentlichen, w\u00fcrde bei gro\u00dfen Follower zahlen, den Prozess unn\u00f6tig in die L\u00e4nge ziehen, oder k\u00f6nnte sogar zu einem Fehler oder einem kompletten Abbruch f\u00fchren. Um dem (so gut es geht) entgegen zu wirken, wird der Prozess asynchron \u00fcber WP_Cron abgearbeitet. Leider ist aber auch das keine Garantie f\u00fcr einen fehlerfreien Ablauf (Siehe Ende des vorherigen Absatzes).\n\n\n\nLange Rede kurzer Sinn: Abh\u00e4ngig davon wie simpel ein Personal Data Server kurz PDS aufgebaut ist, k\u00f6nnte Bluesky vielleicht doch interessanter sein als ich urspr\u00fcnglich angenommen habe.\n\n\n\nIch muss mich wohl mal mit @snarfed.org \u00fcber seine Bluesky Implementierung unterhalten.\n\n\n\nIch bin gespannt!",
        "html": "<p>Seit letzter Woche braucht man <a href=\"https://bsky.social/about/blog/02-06-2024-join-bluesky\">keinen Invite-Code mehr</a> um sich bei <a href=\"https://bsky.app/\">Bluesky</a> anzumelden, die wesentlich spannendere Info steht aber, wie beil\u00e4ufig erw\u00e4hnt, im letzten Abschnitt:</p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote>\n<p>This month, we\u2019ll be rolling out an experimental early version of \u201cfederation,\u201d or the feature that makes the network so open and customizable. On Bluesky, you\u2019ll have the freedom to choose (and the right to leave) instead of being held to the whims of private companies or black box algorithms. And wherever you go, your friends and relationships can go with you.</p>\n<a href=\"https://bsky.social/about/blog/02-06-2024-join-bluesky\">https://bsky.social/about/blog/02-06-2024-join-bluesky</a>\n</blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Ich bin gespannt wie Bluesky <em>federation</em> umsetzen wird. Auf mich wirkt das <a href=\"https://atproto.com/\">ATProtocol</a> immer noch viel zu kompliziert und \u201eoverengineered\u201c, aber vielleicht ist das ja auch gerade der Vorteil gegen\u00fcber ActivityPub.</p>\n\n\n\n<img width=\"708\" height=\"575\" src=\"https://notiz.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/federation-architecture-diagram.png\" alt=\"Das Bild zeigt den Aufbau und die Serverstruktur des ATProtocols\" /><a href=\"https://bsky.social/about/blog/5-5-2023-federation-architecture\">Federation Architecture Overview</a>\n\n\n<p>Ich hatte vorgestern einen kleinen Plausch mit <a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://mozilla.social/@deadsuperhero\">@<span>deadsuperhero</span></a> f\u00fcr den <a href=\"https://wedistribute.org/series/decentered/\">Decentered Podcast</a>, in wir unter anderem auch \u00fcber die Schwierigkeiten bei der Implementierung von ActivityPub sprachen. Da WordPress in vielen verschiedenen Umgebungen laufen muss und sich die Konfiguration des Webservers, die PHP Version, das Caching, die Interferenz mit anderen Plugins und andere spezial F\u00e4lle nicht seht gut absch\u00e4tzen lassen, ist es sehr schwer komplexere Funktionalit\u00e4ten umzusetzen.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ein Beispiel: Im Gegensatz zu <a href=\"https://www.w3.org/community/ostatus/\">OStatus</a>, wo die Distribution von neuen Inhalten \u00fcber PubSubHubbub (jetzt <a href=\"https://www.w3.org/TR/websub/\">WebSub</a>) geregelt wurde, ist bei ActivityPub der Service selbst daf\u00fcr verantwortlich. Ein direktes Verteilen der Inhalte, direkt nach dem Ver\u00f6ffentlichen, w\u00fcrde bei gro\u00dfen Follower zahlen, den Prozess unn\u00f6tig in die L\u00e4nge ziehen, oder k\u00f6nnte sogar zu einem Fehler oder einem kompletten Abbruch f\u00fchren. Um dem (so gut es geht) entgegen zu wirken, wird der Prozess asynchron \u00fcber <a href=\"https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/cron/\">WP_Cron</a> abgearbeitet. Leider ist aber auch das <a href=\"https://github.com/search?q=repo%3AAutomattic%2Fwordpress-activitypub+Cron&amp;type=issues\">keine</a> <a href=\"https://wordpress.org/search/cron+intext%3A%22Plugin%3A+ActivityPub%22/\">Garantie</a> f\u00fcr einen fehlerfreien Ablauf (Siehe Ende des vorherigen Absatzes).</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lange Rede kurzer Sinn: Abh\u00e4ngig davon wie simpel ein <a href=\"https://github.com/bluesky-social/pds\">Personal Data Server</a> kurz PDS aufgebaut ist, k\u00f6nnte Bluesky vielleicht doch interessanter sein als ich urspr\u00fcnglich angenommen habe.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ich muss mich wohl mal mit <a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://snarfed.org/\">@<span>snarfed.org</span></a> <a href=\"https://www.docs.bsky.app/blog/feature-bridgyfed\">\u00fcber seine Bluesky Implementierung unterhalten</a>.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ich bin gespannt!</p>"
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Alan Schussman prettygoodhat.com

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        "html": "<p>So I joined the <a href=\"https://m.chronosaur.us/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> IRC channel and GOD why does it take so damn long for me to get used to using <a href=\"https://m.chronosaur.us/tags/IRC\">#<span>IRC</span></a> whenever I use it?  I can never remember commands even though I was using this stuff for YEARS back in the day.  And I always feel like such a newbie when I get on IRC.</p><p>I don't know why I am so intimidated about it, it just seems like some side of the internet that I was not supposed to be on (which is just my imposter syndrome talking, I know).</p><p>(<a href=\"https://chronosaur.us/2024/02/11/4273/\"><span>https://</span><span>chronosaur.us/2024/02/11/4273/</span><span></span></a>)</p>",
        "text": "So I joined the #indieweb IRC channel and GOD why does it take so damn long for me to get used to using #IRC whenever I use it?  I can never remember commands even though I was using this stuff for YEARS back in the day.  And I always feel like such a newbie when I get on IRC.\n\nI don't know why I am so intimidated about it, it just seems like some side of the internet that I was not supposed to be on (which is just my imposter syndrome talking, I know).\n\n(https://chronosaur.us/2024/02/11/4273/)"
    },
    "published": "2024-02-11T19:28:39+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "40255968",
    "_source": "8007",
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@shaedrich",
        "url": "https://mastodon.online/@shaedrich",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://mastodon.online/@shaedrich/111914489391520005",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Here's a little \"mockup\" of the overview page for <a href=\"https://mastodon.online/tags/MastodonWritingChallenges\">#<span>MastodonWritingChallenges</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.online/tags/amProgramming\">#<span>amProgramming</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.online/tags/amCoding\">#<span>amCoding</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.online/tags/amWriting\">#<span>amWriting</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.online/tags/WritingCommunity\">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.online/tags/FLOSS\">#<span>FLOSS</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.online/tags/FOSS\">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.online/tags/OSS\">#<span>OSS</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.online/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.online/tags/Fediverse\">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.online/tags/ZuriCode\">#<span>ZuriCode</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Here's a little \"mockup\" of the overview page for #MastodonWritingChallenges\n\n#amProgramming #amCoding #amWriting #WritingCommunity #FLOSS #FOSS #OSS #IndieWeb #Fediverse #ZuriCode"
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    "published": "2024-02-11T19:26:26+00:00",
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    "post-type": "photo",
    "_id": "40255969",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@EmilyMoranBarwick",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/@EmilyMoranBarwick",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://mastodon.social/@EmilyMoranBarwick/111914141079009525",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://social.lol/@robb\">@<span>robb</span></a></span> </p><p>Me: greatly appreciating this thoughtful discourse on <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a>  privacy considerations</p><p>Also Me: relieved to maybe have a reason* to remove at least one technical roadblock to ever making my <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/PersonalWebsite\">#<span>PersonalWebsite</span></a></p><p>*other than my complete &amp; utter ineptitude \ud83d\ude43</p><p><span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://dosgame.club/@jefklak\">@<span>jefklak</span></a></span></p>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://dosgame.club/@jefklak\"></a>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://social.lol/@robb\"></a>",
        "text": "@robb \n\nMe: greatly appreciating this thoughtful discourse on #IndieWeb  privacy considerations\n\nAlso Me: relieved to maybe have a reason* to remove at least one technical roadblock to ever making my #PersonalWebsite\n\n*other than my complete & utter ineptitude \ud83d\ude43\n\n@jefklak"
    },
    "published": "2024-02-11T17:57:51+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "40255126",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@mikehaynes",
        "url": "https://social.lol/@mikehaynes",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://social.lol/@mikehaynes/111914054584590122",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>I made a new thing. It's like a now page on steroids. <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a><br /><a href=\"https://mikehaynes.me\"><span>https://</span><span>mikehaynes.me</span><span></span></a></p>",
        "text": "I made a new thing. It's like a now page on steroids. #IndieWeb\nhttps://mikehaynes.me"
    },
    "published": "2024-02-11T17:35:52+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "40255016",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@jgarber",
        "url": "https://mastodon.cc/@jgarber",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://mastodon.cc/@jgarber/111913745607088047",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Another <a href=\"https://mastodon.cc/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> brain fart:</p><p>Your blogroll is a list of Vouch candidates for your <a href=\"https://mastodon.cc/tags/Webmention\">#<span>Webmention</span></a>-sending code.</p><p><a href=\"https://indieweb.org/Vouch\"><span>https://</span><span>indieweb.org/Vouch</span><span></span></a></p>",
        "text": "Another #IndieWeb brain fart:\n\nYour blogroll is a list of Vouch candidates for your #Webmention-sending code.\n\nhttps://indieweb.org/Vouch"
    },
    "published": "2024-02-11T16:17:17+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "40254406",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@shaedrich",
        "url": "https://mastodon.online/@shaedrich",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://mastodon.online/@shaedrich/111913705955118179",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Just started a new coding project. Stay tuned \u2026</p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.online/tags/amProgramming\">#<span>amProgramming</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.online/tags/amCoding\">#<span>amCoding</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.online/tags/amWriting\">#<span>amWriting</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.online/tags/WritingCommunity\">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.online/tags/FLOSS\">#<span>FLOSS</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.online/tags/FOSS\">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.online/tags/OSS\">#<span>OSS</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.online/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.online/tags/Fediverse\">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.online/tags/MastodonWritingChallenges\">#<span>MastodonWritingChallenges</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.online/tags/ZuriCode\">#<span>ZuriCode</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Just started a new coding project. Stay tuned \u2026\n\n#amProgramming #amCoding #amWriting #WritingCommunity #FLOSS #FOSS #OSS #IndieWeb #Fediverse #MastodonWritingChallenges #ZuriCode"
    },
    "published": "2024-02-11T16:07:12+00:00",
    "photo": [
        "https://files.mastodon.social/cache/media_attachments/files/111/913/706/000/525/629/original/15a754406218665d.png"
    ],
    "post-type": "photo",
    "_id": "40254311",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@jgarber",
        "url": "https://mastodon.cc/@jgarber",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://mastodon.cc/@jgarber/111913678407724736",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>A related <a href=\"https://mastodon.cc/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> and <a href=\"https://mastodon.cc/tags/Webmention\">#<span>Webmention</span></a> riff:</p><p>Add <a href=\"https://mastodon.cc/tags/IndieAuth\">#<span>IndieAuth</span></a> to your website and allow others to sign in. They\u2019d be able to view a dashboard of the content they\u2019d posted that made its way onto your website. Maybe add some lightweight self-service moderation controls?</p>",
        "text": "A related #IndieWeb and #Webmention riff:\n\nAdd #IndieAuth to your website and allow others to sign in. They\u2019d be able to view a dashboard of the content they\u2019d posted that made its way onto your website. Maybe add some lightweight self-service moderation controls?"
    },
    "published": "2024-02-11T16:00:12+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "40254312",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@jgarber",
        "url": "https://mastodon.cc/@jgarber",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://mastodon.cc/@jgarber/111913577610693421",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Dipping my toe into The <a href=\"https://mastodon.cc/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> Discourse\u2026</p><p>Nothing dictates that receiving a Webmention means you\u2019re bound to display its source content on your website.</p><p>You could\u2026</p><p>\u2022 forward the Webmention to your email,<br />\u2022 build a private notifications dashboard (with or without a moderation queue),<br />\u2022 add a link to the source page to your website without including its content,<br />\u2022 do something wild like set up an auto responder to the original author thanking them for the like/boost/reply,<br />\u2022 etc. etc. etc.</p>",
        "text": "Dipping my toe into The #IndieWeb Discourse\u2026\n\nNothing dictates that receiving a Webmention means you\u2019re bound to display its source content on your website.\n\nYou could\u2026\n\n\u2022 forward the Webmention to your email,\n\u2022 build a private notifications dashboard (with or without a moderation queue),\n\u2022 add a link to the source page to your website without including its content,\n\u2022 do something wild like set up an auto responder to the original author thanking them for the like/boost/reply,\n\u2022 etc. etc. etc."
    },
    "published": "2024-02-11T15:34:34+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "40254116",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@weirdwriter",
        "url": "https://tweesecake.social/@weirdwriter",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://tweesecake.social/@weirdwriter/111912317147719981",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>If you liked Artificial Divide Buzz my feed URL is <a href=\"https://robertkingett.com/feed/\"><span>https://</span><span>robertkingett.com/feed/</span><span></span></a> <a href=\"https://tweesecake.social/tags/RSS\">#<span>RSS</span></a> <a href=\"https://tweesecake.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://tweesecake.social/tags/SmallWeb\">#<span>SmallWeb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "If you liked Artificial Divide Buzz my feed URL is https://robertkingett.com/feed/ #RSS #IndieWeb #SmallWeb"
    },
    "published": "2024-02-11T10:14:00+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "40252497",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@ricmac",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/@ricmac",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://mastodon.social/@ricmac/111912287415321239",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Adding comments / Webmentions to Cybercultural is on my to-do list, but seems like some in the 11ty community are thinking about ditching them. I personally like the implementation in Robb\u2019s site (check his blog to see), and it\u2019s a great discovery mechanism for readers \u2014 like trackback used to be. Wonder if any <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> folks have thoughts? <a href=\"https://social.lol/@robb/111911781340890722\"><span>https://</span><span>social.lol/@robb/1119117813408</span><span>90722</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Adding comments / Webmentions to Cybercultural is on my to-do list, but seems like some in the 11ty community are thinking about ditching them. I personally like the implementation in Robb\u2019s site (check his blog to see), and it\u2019s a great discovery mechanism for readers \u2014 like trackback used to be. Wonder if any #IndieWeb folks have thoughts? https://social.lol/@robb/111911781340890722"
    },
    "published": "2024-02-11T10:06:27+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "40252440",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@bacardi55",
        "url": "https://social.bacardi55.io/@bacardi55",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://social.bacardi55.io/@bacardi55/statuses/01HPBPPGSSF4HJKH6F8ZD5BAEG",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>MinIndie, a Minimal <a href=\"https://social.bacardi55.io/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> theme for <a href=\"https://social.bacardi55.io/tags/hugo\">#<span>hugo</span></a>, and other blog updates</p><p><a href=\"https://bacardi55.io/2024/02/10/minindie-a-minimal-indieweb-theme-for-hugo-and-other-blog-updates/\">https://bacardi55.io/2024/02/10/minindie-a-minimal-indieweb-theme-for-hugo-and-other-blog-updates/</a></p>",
        "text": "MinIndie, a Minimal #indieweb theme for #hugo, and other blog updates\n\nhttps://bacardi55.io/2024/02/10/minindie-a-minimal-indieweb-theme-for-hugo-and-other-blog-updates/"
    },
    "published": "2024-02-11T09:06:45+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "40252188",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@inautilo",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/@inautilo",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://mastodon.social/@inautilo/111911103464194749",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>\u201cWhen people say \u2018RSS is dead\u2019 what they really mean is \u2018we couldn\u2019t figure out a way to monetize RSS.\u2019\u201d \u2014 Jeremy Keith</p><p>_____<br /><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Business\">#<span>Business</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Monetization\">#<span>Monetization</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenWeb\">#<span>OpenWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Website\">#<span>Website</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Blog\">#<span>Blog</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Content\">#<span>Content</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Newsfeed\">#<span>Newsfeed</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/RSS\">#<span>RSS</span></a></p>",
        "text": "\u201cWhen people say \u2018RSS is dead\u2019 what they really mean is \u2018we couldn\u2019t figure out a way to monetize RSS.\u2019\u201d \u2014 Jeremy Keith\n\n_____\n#Business #Monetization #OpenWeb #IndieWeb #Website #Blog #Content #Newsfeed #RSS"
    },
    "published": "2024-02-11T05:05:21+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "40251090",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
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