Manton Reece www.manton.org

Mastodon and public data

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    "url": "https://www.manton.org/2024/02/15/mastodon-and-public.html",
    "name": "Mastodon and public data",
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        "html": "<p>I\u2019ve been thinking about Mastodon and the fallout from Bridgy\u2019s plan to connect ActivityPub servers to Bluesky. For a snapshot of how this blew up, <a href=\"https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/835\">see this GitHub issue</a> discussion, now thankfully closed after it devolved into personal attacks.</p>\n<p>It often feels that (some) Mastodon folks care more about Mastodon as a platform than they care about the open web as a platform. I\u2019m not sure if that\u2019s a completely fair framing, but thinking about it this way has helped clarify my view of debates around public posts.</p>\n<p>When I post to my blog, my posts are on the web, and so hopefully make the web a little better. I\u2019m contributing to sort of a larger purpose, something I can refer to later myself, and maybe something others will find value in too. It\u2019s a subtly different mindset than posting to a specific platform where I mostly expect my followers to see it.</p>\n<p>My blog is connected via ActivityPub to Mastodon, and via cross-posting to Bluesky, Nostr, Threads, and elsewhere. But I could disconnect those platforms and it wouldn\u2019t change much about how I post and what I write about.</p>\n<p>That\u2019s not to say there aren\u2019t great reasons to prefer a smaller, more controlled audience. We have Mastodon post visibility to limit who can see posts. We have robots.txt to discourage search engines. We have settings to make posts ephemeral. As Bridgy developer Ryan Barrett said himself <a href=\"https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/14/bluesky-and-mastodon-users-are-having-a-fight-that-could-shape-the-next-generation-of-social-media/\">in an article on TechCrunch</a>, this level of control is one thing that has made Mastodon a good online home for many people:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>A lot of the people there, especially people who have been there for a while, came from more traditional centralized social networks and got mistreated and abused there, so they came looking for and tried to put together a space that was safer, smaller and more controlled. They expect consent for anything they do with their data.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>I respect this view. It\u2019s not how I approach my own blog, but I would never argue that someone shouldn\u2019t be able to protect themselves. There should be a variety of approaches in between sharing everything online and sharing nothing.</p>\n<p>And we do have additional solutions already. Mastodon server administrators can block other servers that are causing problems. Users can mute or block other users. These solutions apply equally to Mastodon servers and to a potential Bluesky bridge.</p>\n<p>If there are no technical differences between blocking a rogue Mastodon server and a Bluesky bridge, what are people truly concerned about? It often appears to get back to identifying with Mastodon and its principles, and inherently distrusting other companies, fearing a return to the worst of massive, centralized platforms.</p>\n<p>If this sounds familiar, it\u2019s not unlike the reaction many had when Threads was rumored to support ActivityPub. I blogged about this <a href=\"https://www.manton.org/2023/06/27/lets-welcome-meta.html\">last year</a>, hoping more people would see it as a positive step forward:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Meta adopting ActivityPub has the potential to fast-forward the progress of the social web by years. Ever since I grew disillusioned with Twitter a decade ago and started pushing for indie microblogs, then <a href=\"https://book.micro.blog/\">writing a book</a> about social networks and founding <a href=\"https://micro.blog/\">Micro.blog</a>, I could only dream of a moment where a massive tech company embraced such a fundamental open API.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Smaller social networks are an important part of finding our way out of the social network mess of larger, especially ad-based platforms. Mastodon deserves enormous credit for making federation and smaller servers actually work. I can\u2019t overstate how significant it was for Mastodon to be a mature platform that could welcome users leaving Twitter X.</p>\n<p>Federation is just one part of the progress we can make, though. We also need to embrace the open web again, encouraging more people to have their own blog and identity online. Bridgy has been working toward these goals for years, helping people connect their blog to other social networks.</p>\n<p>My concern with some Mastodon users (again, not everyone!) pushing back against interoperability with non-Mastodon platforms is that it moves Mastodon away from the open web, which is surely at odds with the original purpose of Mastodon and many of its features, from an open client API to federation itself. We can already see some signs of Mastodon putting up slight roadblocks to open web access. For example, permalink posts on Mastodon require JavaScript \u2014\u00a0you can\u2019t view HTML source and get the post details, making it a little more difficult to build tools that understand Mastodon pages. At the API level, some servers also require signed ActivityPub requests, making it a little more difficult to look up user profiles.</p>\n<p>The developer community for Mastodon is free to make any of these decisions they want. To play this out to its most extreme version, they could even disable RSS feeds, treating Mastodon servers more like protected, mini silos.</p>\n<p>But moving away from openness will not only limit the potential of the fediverse, it risks holding back the larger social web. If there\u2019s a knee-jerk reaction to interoperability with other platforms, Mastodon may find that its head start as the largest federated platform becomes eroded, eclipsed by Bluesky and other platforms. I would ask the folks on Mastodon who are so strongly against bridging to Bluesky if that\u2019s the future they really want.</p>",
        "text": "I\u2019ve been thinking about Mastodon and the fallout from Bridgy\u2019s plan to connect ActivityPub servers to Bluesky. For a snapshot of how this blew up, see this GitHub issue discussion, now thankfully closed after it devolved into personal attacks.\nIt often feels that (some) Mastodon folks care more about Mastodon as a platform than they care about the open web as a platform. I\u2019m not sure if that\u2019s a completely fair framing, but thinking about it this way has helped clarify my view of debates around public posts.\nWhen I post to my blog, my posts are on the web, and so hopefully make the web a little better. I\u2019m contributing to sort of a larger purpose, something I can refer to later myself, and maybe something others will find value in too. It\u2019s a subtly different mindset than posting to a specific platform where I mostly expect my followers to see it.\nMy blog is connected via ActivityPub to Mastodon, and via cross-posting to Bluesky, Nostr, Threads, and elsewhere. But I could disconnect those platforms and it wouldn\u2019t change much about how I post and what I write about.\nThat\u2019s not to say there aren\u2019t great reasons to prefer a smaller, more controlled audience. We have Mastodon post visibility to limit who can see posts. We have robots.txt to discourage search engines. We have settings to make posts ephemeral. As Bridgy developer Ryan Barrett said himself in an article on TechCrunch, this level of control is one thing that has made Mastodon a good online home for many people:\n\nA lot of the people there, especially people who have been there for a while, came from more traditional centralized social networks and got mistreated and abused there, so they came looking for and tried to put together a space that was safer, smaller and more controlled. They expect consent for anything they do with their data.\n\nI respect this view. It\u2019s not how I approach my own blog, but I would never argue that someone shouldn\u2019t be able to protect themselves. There should be a variety of approaches in between sharing everything online and sharing nothing.\nAnd we do have additional solutions already. Mastodon server administrators can block other servers that are causing problems. Users can mute or block other users. These solutions apply equally to Mastodon servers and to a potential Bluesky bridge.\nIf there are no technical differences between blocking a rogue Mastodon server and a Bluesky bridge, what are people truly concerned about? It often appears to get back to identifying with Mastodon and its principles, and inherently distrusting other companies, fearing a return to the worst of massive, centralized platforms.\nIf this sounds familiar, it\u2019s not unlike the reaction many had when Threads was rumored to support ActivityPub. I blogged about this last year, hoping more people would see it as a positive step forward:\n\nMeta adopting ActivityPub has the potential to fast-forward the progress of the social web by years. Ever since I grew disillusioned with Twitter a decade ago and started pushing for indie microblogs, then writing a book about social networks and founding Micro.blog, I could only dream of a moment where a massive tech company embraced such a fundamental open API.\n\nSmaller social networks are an important part of finding our way out of the social network mess of larger, especially ad-based platforms. Mastodon deserves enormous credit for making federation and smaller servers actually work. I can\u2019t overstate how significant it was for Mastodon to be a mature platform that could welcome users leaving Twitter X.\nFederation is just one part of the progress we can make, though. We also need to embrace the open web again, encouraging more people to have their own blog and identity online. Bridgy has been working toward these goals for years, helping people connect their blog to other social networks.\nMy concern with some Mastodon users (again, not everyone!) pushing back against interoperability with non-Mastodon platforms is that it moves Mastodon away from the open web, which is surely at odds with the original purpose of Mastodon and many of its features, from an open client API to federation itself. We can already see some signs of Mastodon putting up slight roadblocks to open web access. For example, permalink posts on Mastodon require JavaScript \u2014\u00a0you can\u2019t view HTML source and get the post details, making it a little more difficult to build tools that understand Mastodon pages. At the API level, some servers also require signed ActivityPub requests, making it a little more difficult to look up user profiles.\nThe developer community for Mastodon is free to make any of these decisions they want. To play this out to its most extreme version, they could even disable RSS feeds, treating Mastodon servers more like protected, mini silos.\nBut moving away from openness will not only limit the potential of the fediverse, it risks holding back the larger social web. If there\u2019s a knee-jerk reaction to interoperability with other platforms, Mastodon may find that its head start as the largest federated platform becomes eroded, eclipsed by Bluesky and other platforms. I would ask the folks on Mastodon who are so strongly against bridging to Bluesky if that\u2019s the future they really want."
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        "html": "<p>ICYMI: Issue 31 of the 11ty Bundle Blog is out: v3.0.0-alpha.5 arrives...Release of v4.0 of the eleventy-img plugin...Don't miss next week's meetup...And 9 posts, and 4 sites to see.</p><p><a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/11ty\">#<span>11ty</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/eleventy\">#<span>eleventy</span></a> @eleventy <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/webdevelopment\">#<span>webdevelopment</span></a> <br /><a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> </p><p><a href=\"https://11tybundle.dev/blog/11ty-bundle-31/\"><span>https://</span><span>11tybundle.dev/blog/11ty-bundl</span><span>e-31/</span></a></p>",
        "text": "ICYMI: Issue 31 of the 11ty Bundle Blog is out: v3.0.0-alpha.5 arrives...Release of v4.0 of the eleventy-img plugin...Don't miss next week's meetup...And 9 posts, and 4 sites to see.\n\n#11ty #eleventy @eleventy #webdevelopment \n#indieweb \n\nhttps://11tybundle.dev/blog/11ty-bundle-31/"
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        "html": "<p>Another new blog post in my People series: Breaking Bread With a Pagan.<br />Recounting the one of the earliest times I can recall having my beliefs challenged.</p><p><a href=\"https://ioc.exchange/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://ioc.exchange/tags/SmallWeb\">#<span>SmallWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://ioc.exchange/tags/PersonalSites\">#<span>PersonalSites</span></a> <a href=\"https://ioc.exchange/tags/Paganism\">#<span>Paganism</span></a> <a href=\"https://ioc.exchange/tags/Christianity\">#<span>Christianity</span></a><br /><a href=\"https://vzqk50.com/blog/people/breaking-bread-with-a-pagan/\"><span>https://</span><span>vzqk50.com/blog/people/breakin</span><span>g-bread-with-a-pagan/</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Another new blog post in my People series: Breaking Bread With a Pagan.\nRecounting the one of the earliest times I can recall having my beliefs challenged.\n\n#IndieWeb #SmallWeb #PersonalSites #Paganism #Christianity\nhttps://vzqk50.com/blog/people/breaking-bread-with-a-pagan/"
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    "author": {
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        "html": "<p>What he said (about the indieweb)</p><p>The internet has always been made of people, but it has not always been people-first. The indieweb reminds us that humanity is the most important thing, and that nobody should own our ability to connect, form relationships, express ourselves, be creative, learn from each other, and embrace our differences and similarities. \u2026 </p><p><a href=\"https://lars-christian.com/notes/f4348cf0cb/\"><span>https://</span><span>lars-christian.com/notes/f4348</span><span>cf0cb/</span></a><br /><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "What he said (about the indieweb)\n\nThe internet has always been made of people, but it has not always been people-first. The indieweb reminds us that humanity is the most important thing, and that nobody should own our ability to connect, form relationships, express ourselves, be creative, learn from each other, and embrace our differences and similarities. \u2026 \n\nhttps://lars-christian.com/notes/f4348cf0cb/\n#indieweb"
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    "author": {
        "name": "@mikegrindle",
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    "url": "https://indieweb.social/@mikegrindle/111935560502229564",
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        "html": "<p>\"The vital thing is not webmastery, but what the websites people make represent: the democratization of information, the empowerment of the individual and the ethos of digital citizenship.\"</p><p>\"The web is so much more than a tool or a list of applications. It is so much more than a network. It\u2019s us. And how we use it, access it, and what we say and do on it increasingly defines us.\"</p><p>Reflections on what the web was and what it may be yet:</p><p><a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/smallweb\">#<span>smallweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/neocities\">#<span>neocities</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://mikegrindle.com/posts/web-master\"><span>https://</span><span>mikegrindle.com/posts/web-mast</span><span>er</span></a></p>",
        "text": "\"The vital thing is not webmastery, but what the websites people make represent: the democratization of information, the empowerment of the individual and the ethos of digital citizenship.\"\n\n\"The web is so much more than a tool or a list of applications. It is so much more than a network. It\u2019s us. And how we use it, access it, and what we say and do on it increasingly defines us.\"\n\nReflections on what the web was and what it may be yet:\n\n#smallweb #neocities #indieweb\n\nhttps://mikegrindle.com/posts/web-master"
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    "published": "2024-02-15T12:45:06+00:00",
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    "author": {
        "name": "@chrisplusplus",
        "url": "https://social.lol/@chrisplusplus",
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    "url": "https://social.lol/@chrisplusplus/111935530599973792",
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        "html": "<p>The recent chatter about <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/microformats\">#<span>microformats</span></a> turning 20 reminded me I\u2019d re-found this book by <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://indieweb.social/@johnallsopp\">@<span>johnallsopp</span></a></span> when I was clearing out the loft a few years ago.</p><p>I kept putting microformats into my markup for years, even though I was convinced no one was using them any more. Then I discovered people had moved on to v2 in <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> circles and I had some catching up to do \ud83d\ude02</p>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://indieweb.social/@johnallsopp\"></a>",
        "text": "The recent chatter about #microformats turning 20 reminded me I\u2019d re-found this book by @johnallsopp when I was clearing out the loft a few years ago.\n\nI kept putting microformats into my markup for years, even though I was convinced no one was using them any more. Then I discovered people had moved on to v2 in #indieweb circles and I had some catching up to do \ud83d\ude02"
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    "author": {
        "name": "@onemuri",
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        "html": "<p>ok so here is an <a href=\"https://wavebird.party/tags/introduction\">#<span>introduction</span></a> on a new instance</p><p>feel free to call me fami, justin, onemuri; whatever you see fit<br />i use it/its pronouns (masc pronouns outside of english) and i am a lot of queer mixed with disability</p><p>i am a co-admin of this instance, mostly doing janitor stuff and the like</p><p>i am one of the 3 owners of a wii and one of 10 owners of a 3ds on fedi. hit me up if you want some mario kart or smash bros tho <img alt=\":yeah:\" height=\"16\" src=\"https://files.mastodon.social/cache/custom_emojis/images/000/849/279/original/9cbf256b0def4259.png\" title=\":yeah:\" width=\"16\" /></p><p>i also do art and try to rewrite my website as i no longer like the way it looks. AI/techbros/fossbros DNI i hate you with every fiber of my being.</p><p>if youre looking to follow a fellow disabled transmasc-revolving fella who games and draws, or youre into similar things, feel free to follow (unless you are under 18 or post content illegal in my jurisdiction)</p><p>fun fact: i love bananas and mangos<br />also plushie collectors pls interact i also collect plushies</p><p><a href=\"https://wavebird.party/tags/gaming\">#<span>gaming</span></a> <a href=\"https://wavebird.party/tags/VideoGames\">#<span>VideoGames</span></a> <a href=\"https://wavebird.party/tags/wii\">#<span>wii</span></a> <a href=\"https://wavebird.party/tags/3ds\">#<span>3ds</span></a> <a href=\"https://wavebird.party/tags/disabled\">#<span>disabled</span></a> <a href=\"https://wavebird.party/tags/ActuallyAutistic\">#<span>ActuallyAutistic</span></a> <a href=\"https://wavebird.party/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://wavebird.party/tags/pokemon\">#<span>pokemon</span></a> <a href=\"https://wavebird.party/tags/plushie\">#<span>plushie</span></a> <a href=\"https://wavebird.party/tags/art\">#<span>art</span></a> <a href=\"https://wavebird.party/tags/DigitalArt\">#<span>DigitalArt</span></a> <a href=\"https://wavebird.party/tags/ArtistsOnMastodon\">#<span>ArtistsOnMastodon</span></a> <a href=\"https://wavebird.party/tags/furry\">#<span>furry</span></a> <a href=\"https://wavebird.party/tags/webmaster\">#<span>webmaster</span></a> <a href=\"https://wavebird.party/tags/queer\">#<span>queer</span></a> <a href=\"https://wavebird.party/tags/transmasc\">#<span>transmasc</span></a> <a href=\"https://wavebird.party/tags/transgender\">#<span>transgender</span></a> <a href=\"https://wavebird.party/tags/salmacian\">#<span>salmacian</span></a> <a href=\"https://wavebird.party/tags/LGBTQ\">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href=\"https://wavebird.party/tags/BoostMe\">#<span>BoostMe</span></a></p>",
        "text": "ok so here is an #introduction on a new instance\n\nfeel free to call me fami, justin, onemuri; whatever you see fit\ni use it/its pronouns (masc pronouns outside of english) and i am a lot of queer mixed with disability\n\ni am a co-admin of this instance, mostly doing janitor stuff and the like\n\ni am one of the 3 owners of a wii and one of 10 owners of a 3ds on fedi. hit me up if you want some mario kart or smash bros tho \n\ni also do art and try to rewrite my website as i no longer like the way it looks. AI/techbros/fossbros DNI i hate you with every fiber of my being.\n\nif youre looking to follow a fellow disabled transmasc-revolving fella who games and draws, or youre into similar things, feel free to follow (unless you are under 18 or post content illegal in my jurisdiction)\n\nfun fact: i love bananas and mangos\nalso plushie collectors pls interact i also collect plushies\n\n#gaming #VideoGames #wii #3ds #disabled #ActuallyAutistic #IndieWeb #pokemon #plushie #art #DigitalArt #ArtistsOnMastodon #furry #webmaster #queer #transmasc #transgender #salmacian #LGBTQ #BoostMe"
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Jamie Tanna www.jvt.me

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    "url": "https://www.jvt.me/mf2/2024/02/cnzvz/",
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        "text": "If you're able to see this post (on the Fediverse) yay! That means your admin hasn't blocked Bridgy Fed which I use to bridge my website with the Fediverse so I can chat to y'all.\n\nThis is likely due to recent discussion around the upcoming BlueSky bridge and opt-out being the default decision.\n\nI don't dispute the freedom or choice to block Bridgy, and am definitely taking some time to think about how I feel about the varying thoughts, but the main thing is that it looks like several admins have blocked Bridgy altogether, resulting in not just the blocking of the upcoming BlueSky bridge (at a separate domain under brid.gy) but also classes Bridgy as Tier 0:Tier 0 is a combined blocklist of only the worst actors, and it exists to provide one blocklist to which surely no one can object as a baseline for others. It's the perfect starting list for any new mastodon admin.So it could be my time interacting with the Fediverse is going to be cut short, and I'll be screaming into the void very much moreso \ud83d\ude05",
        "html": "<p></p><p>If you're able to see this post (on the Fediverse) yay! That means your admin hasn't blocked <a href=\"https://fed.brid.gy\">Bridgy Fed</a> which I use to bridge my website with the Fediverse so I can chat to y'all.</p><p>This is likely due to recent discussion around the upcoming BlueSky bridge and <a href=\"http://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/835\">opt-out being the default decision</a>.</p><p>I don't dispute the freedom or choice to block Bridgy, and am definitely taking some time to think about how I feel about the varying thoughts, but the main thing is that it looks like several admins have blocked Bridgy altogether, resulting in not just the blocking of the upcoming BlueSky bridge (at a separate domain under <code>brid.gy</code>) but also classes Bridgy as <code>Tier 0</code>:</p><blockquote><p>Tier 0 is a combined blocklist of only the worst actors, and it exists to provide one blocklist to which surely no one can object as a baseline for others. It's the perfect starting list for any new mastodon admin.</p></blockquote><p>So it could be my time interacting with the Fediverse is going to be cut short, and I'll be screaming into the void very much moreso \ud83d\ude05</p>"
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    "author": {
        "name": "@mcepl",
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        "html": "<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://social.coop/@luis_in_brief\">@<span>luis_in_brief</span></a></span> That\u2019s their service to the community to remind you that WordPress (or any other blogging platform) is just for publishing blogs, but that authoring should be done locally, because that\u2019s the place where your valuable content should stay. And when you get there, you recognize that static generators are actually a good idea. ;) <a href=\"https://floss.social/tags/indieWeb\">#<span>indieWeb</span></a></p>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://social.coop/@luis_in_brief\"></a>",
        "text": "@luis_in_brief That\u2019s their service to the community to remind you that WordPress (or any other blogging platform) is just for publishing blogs, but that authoring should be done locally, because that\u2019s the place where your valuable content should stay. And when you get there, you recognize that static generators are actually a good idea. ;) #indieWeb"
    },
    "published": "2024-02-15T07:22:11+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "40290080",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

Tantek Çelik tantek.com

{
    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2024-02-13 22:03-0800",
    "url": "http://tantek.com/2024/044/t1/twenty-years-microformats-updates",
    "category": [
        "microformats",
        "metaformats",
        "microformats2",
        "IndieWeb",
        "Mastodon",
        "fediverse"
    ],
    "content": {
        "text": "Twenty years and two days ago, @KevinMarks.com (@KevinMarks@xoxo.zone @KevinMarks) and I introduced #microformats in a conference presentation.\n\nI wrote a long retrospective last year: https://tantek.com/2023/047/t1/nineteen-years-microformats\n\nSince that post nearly a year ago, here are the top three updates & interesting developments in microformats:\n\n1. Growing rel=me adoption for distributed verification (\u2705 in Mastodon etc.)\n\u00a0* Wikipedia: https://tantek.com/2023/139/t1/wikipedia-supports-indieweb-rel-me\n\u00a0* Threads: https://tantek.com/2023/234/t1/threads-supports-indieweb-rel-me\n\u00a0* omg.lol profile links by default: https://home.omg.lol/info/profile-items\n\n2. A proposal to merge h-review into h-entry, since reviews are in practice always entries with a bit more information:\n\u00a0* https://github.com/microformats/h-entry/issues/32\n\u00a0\n3. #metaformats adoptions, implementations, and iteration\n\u00a0* There was growing practical interest in metaformats, so I updated the spec accordingly\n\u00a0* A half dozen implementations shipped: https://indieweb.org/metaformats#IndieWeb_Examples\n\u00a0* Active discussion for evolving metaformats to support more real world use-cases: https://github.com/microformats/metaformats/issues\n\nHard to believe it\u2019s been 20 years of iterating and evolving microformats, to #microformats2, growing adoption as #IndieWeb building blocks, distributed verification (those green checkmarks) in #Mastodon and across the #fediverse, and implementing metaformats parsing to standardize parsing various meta tags for link previews into equivalent microformats2.\n\nFrom last year\u2019s activity, it\u2019s clear there\u2019s more use-cases, implementer interest, and community activity than ever. \u00a0Looking forward to seeing what we can build in 2024.\n\n\nPost Glossary\n\nh-entry\n\u00a0 https://microformats.org/wiki/h-entry\nh-review\n\u00a0 https://microformats.org/wiki/h-review\nlink-preview\n\u00a0 https://indieweb.org/link-preview\nmetaformats\n\u00a0 https://microformats.org/wiki/metaformats\nmicroformats\n\u00a0 https://microformats.org/wiki/\nmicroformats2\n\u00a0 https://microformats.org/wiki/microformats2\nrel-me\n\u00a0 https://microformats.org/wiki/rel-me",
        "html": "Twenty years and two days ago, <a href=\"https://KevinMarks.com\">@KevinMarks.com</a> (<a href=\"https://xoxo.zone/@KevinMarks\">@KevinMarks@xoxo.zone</a> <a class=\"h-cassis-username\" href=\"https://twitter.com/KevinMarks\">@KevinMarks</a>) and I introduced #<span class=\"p-category\">microformats</span> in a conference presentation.<br /><br />I wrote a long retrospective last year: <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2023/047/t1/nineteen-years-microformats\">https://tantek.com/2023/047/t1/nineteen-years-microformats</a><br /><br />Since that post nearly a year ago, here are the top three updates &amp; interesting developments in microformats:<br /><br />1. Growing rel=me adoption for distributed verification (\u2705 in Mastodon etc.)<br />\u00a0* Wikipedia: <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2023/139/t1/wikipedia-supports-indieweb-rel-me\">https://tantek.com/2023/139/t1/wikipedia-supports-indieweb-rel-me</a><br />\u00a0* Threads: <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2023/234/t1/threads-supports-indieweb-rel-me\">https://tantek.com/2023/234/t1/threads-supports-indieweb-rel-me</a><br />\u00a0* <a href=\"http://omg.lol\">omg.lol</a> profile links by default: <a href=\"https://home.omg.lol/info/profile-items\">https://home.omg.lol/info/profile-items</a><br /><br />2. A proposal to merge h-review into h-entry, since reviews are in practice always entries with a bit more information:<br />\u00a0* <a href=\"https://github.com/microformats/h-entry/issues/32\">https://github.com/microformats/h-entry/issues/32</a><br />\u00a0<br />3. #<span class=\"p-category\">metaformats</span> adoptions, implementations, and iteration<br />\u00a0* There was growing practical interest in metaformats, so I updated the spec accordingly<br />\u00a0* A half dozen implementations shipped: <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/metaformats#IndieWeb_Examples\">https://indieweb.org/metaformats#IndieWeb_Examples</a><br />\u00a0* Active discussion for evolving metaformats to support more real world use-cases: <a href=\"https://github.com/microformats/metaformats/issues\">https://github.com/microformats/metaformats/issues</a><br /><br />Hard to believe it\u2019s been 20 years of iterating and evolving microformats, to #<span class=\"p-category\">microformats2</span>, growing adoption as #<span class=\"p-category\">IndieWeb</span> building blocks, distributed verification (those green checkmarks) in #<span class=\"p-category\">Mastodon</span> and across the #<span class=\"p-category\">fediverse</span>, and implementing metaformats parsing to standardize parsing various meta tags for link previews into equivalent microformats2.<br /><br />From last year\u2019s activity, it\u2019s clear there\u2019s more use-cases, implementer interest, and community activity than ever. \u00a0Looking forward to seeing what we can build in 2024.<br /><br /><br />Post Glossary<br /><br />h-entry<br />\u00a0 <a href=\"https://microformats.org/wiki/h-entry\">https://microformats.org/wiki/h-entry</a><br />h-review<br />\u00a0 <a href=\"https://microformats.org/wiki/h-review\">https://microformats.org/wiki/h-review</a><br />link-preview<br />\u00a0 <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/link-preview\">https://indieweb.org/link-preview</a><br />metaformats<br />\u00a0 <a href=\"https://microformats.org/wiki/metaformats\">https://microformats.org/wiki/metaformats</a><br />microformats<br />\u00a0 <a href=\"https://microformats.org/wiki/\">https://microformats.org/wiki/</a><br />microformats2<br />\u00a0 <a href=\"https://microformats.org/wiki/microformats2\">https://microformats.org/wiki/microformats2</a><br />rel-me<br />\u00a0 <a href=\"https://microformats.org/wiki/rel-me\">https://microformats.org/wiki/rel-me</a>"
    },
    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "Tantek \u00c7elik",
        "url": "http://tantek.com/",
        "photo": "https://aperture-media.p3k.io/tantek.com/acfddd7d8b2c8cf8aa163651432cc1ec7eb8ec2f881942dca963d305eeaaa6b8.jpg"
    },
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "40289192",
    "_source": "1",
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gRegor Morrill gregorlove.com

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    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2024-02-14 15:31-0800",
    "url": "https://gregorlove.com/2024/02/hi-there/",
    "category": [
        "indieweb"
    ],
    "in-reply-to": [
        "https://social.coop/@django/111932220342264325"
    ],
    "content": {
        "text": "\ud83d\udc4b Hi there, I'm in the indieweb.org community. That page monitors some Mastodon tag feeds for public posts with \"#indieweb\".",
        "html": "<p>\ud83d\udc4b Hi there, I'm in the indieweb.org community. That page monitors some Mastodon tag feeds for public posts with \"#indieweb\".</p>"
    },
    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "gRegor Morrill",
        "url": "https://gregorlove.com/",
        "photo": "https://gregorlove.com/site/assets/files/6268/profile-2021-square.300x0.jpg"
    },
    "post-type": "reply",
    "_id": "40288974",
    "_source": "95",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@inautilo",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/@inautilo",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://mastodon.social/@inautilo/111933044889658165",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Development\">#<span>Development</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Evolutions\">#<span>Evolutions</span></a><br />Goodbye third-party cookies \u00b7 A privacy milestone for the open web <a href=\"https://ilo.im/15xz4l\"><span>https://</span><span>ilo.im/15xz4l</span><span></span></a></p><p>_____<br /><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Business\">#<span>Business</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Privacy\">#<span>Privacy</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/WebPlatform\">#<span>WebPlatform</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Website\">#<span>Website</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Browser\">#<span>Browser</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/WebDev\">#<span>WebDev</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Frontend\">#<span>Frontend</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Cookie\">#<span>Cookie</span></a></p>",
        "text": "#Development #Evolutions\nGoodbye third-party cookies \u00b7 A privacy milestone for the open web https://ilo.im/15xz4l\n\n_____\n#Business #Privacy #OpenWeb #IndieWeb #WebPlatform #Website #Browser #WebDev #Frontend #Cookie"
    },
    "published": "2024-02-15T02:05:21+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "40288477",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

Manton Reece www.manton.org

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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "Manton Reece",
        "url": "https://www.manton.org/",
        "photo": "https://micro.blog/manton/avatar.jpg"
    },
    "url": "https://www.manton.org/2024/02/14/if-youve-been.html",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>If you\u2019ve been following the <a href=\"https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/14/bluesky-and-mastodon-users-are-having-a-fight-that-could-shape-the-next-generation-of-social-media/\">Bridgy and Mastodon drama</a>, consider that many Mastodon users <em>don\u2019t</em> want a bridge that allows Bluesky to federate with Mastodon, but they <em>do</em> want Bluesky to support ActivityPub so Bluesky can\u2026 also federate with Mastodon. \ud83d\ude1c</p>",
        "text": "If you\u2019ve been following the Bridgy and Mastodon drama, consider that many Mastodon users don\u2019t want a bridge that allows Bluesky to federate with Mastodon, but they do want Bluesky to support ActivityPub so Bluesky can\u2026 also federate with Mastodon. \ud83d\ude1c"
    },
    "published": "2024-02-14T19:54:00-06:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "40288456",
    "_source": "12",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@vhbelvadi",
        "url": "https://indieweb.social/@vhbelvadi",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://indieweb.social/@vhbelvadi/111932720892107580",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>What, in your opinion, is the correct way to implement dark mode on a website?</p><p><a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/ux\">#<span>ux</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/uxdesign\">#<span>uxdesign</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/ui\">#<span>ui</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/uidesign\">#<span>uidesign</span></a> <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://a.gup.pe/u/ux\">@<span>ux</span></a></span> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a></p><p>Respect OS setting/Don\u2019t provide a toggle<br />Toggle switch independent of OS<br />Three-way toggle: light/dark/auto to respect OS</p>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://a.gup.pe/u/ux\"></a>",
        "text": "What, in your opinion, is the correct way to implement dark mode on a website?\n\n#ux #uxdesign #ui #uidesign @ux #IndieWeb\n\nRespect OS setting/Don\u2019t provide a toggle\nToggle switch independent of OS\nThree-way toggle: light/dark/auto to respect OS"
    },
    "published": "2024-02-15T00:42:57+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "40288023",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@justin",
        "url": "https://holonet.social/@justin",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://holonet.social/@justin/111932579372054499",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>My website now has a blogroll! Check out my recommendations (I will be adding to it as I go): <a href=\"https://justincox.com/blogroll/\"><span>https://</span><span>justincox.com/blogroll/</span><span></span></a><br /><a href=\"https://holonet.social/tags/BlogRoll\">#<span>BlogRoll</span></a> <a href=\"https://holonet.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "My website now has a blogroll! Check out my recommendations (I will be adding to it as I go): https://justincox.com/blogroll/\n#BlogRoll #IndieWeb"
    },
    "published": "2024-02-15T00:06:57+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "40287748",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@django",
        "url": "https://social.coop/@django",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://social.coop/@django/111932220342264325",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Ooh, how didn't I know about this before?<br />And how does it even work? <br />It picked up my earlier post from here...</p><p><a href=\"https://stream.indieweb.org/\"><span>https://</span><span>stream.indieweb.org/</span><span></span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://social.coop/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Ooh, how didn't I know about this before?\nAnd how does it even work? \nIt picked up my earlier post from here...\n\nhttps://stream.indieweb.org/\n\n#indieweb"
    },
    "published": "2024-02-14T22:35:39+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "40287177",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@accordionpolar",
        "url": "https://indieweb.social/@accordionpolar",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://indieweb.social/@accordionpolar/111931739260724763",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>After 18 YEARS (bruh) Nerd Listings, an <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/oldweb\">#<span>oldweb</span></a> link directory, is shutting down.</p><p><a href=\"http://nerdlistings.info/\"><span>http://</span><span>nerdlistings.info/</span><span></span></a></p><p>It was run by Deanna. Since becoming a mother of 2, she's lost the time and motivation to keep the project going. Consider sending her some appreciation and love over on her site \ud83d\udc8c:</p><p><a href=\"https://stubbornox.net/contact-form/\"><span>https://</span><span>stubbornox.net/contact-form/</span><span></span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/smallweb\">#<span>smallweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/valentinesday\">#<span>valentinesday</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/internet\">#<span>internet</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/webdev\">#<span>webdev</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/html\">#<span>html</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/webring\">#<span>webring</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/retro\">#<span>retro</span></a></p>",
        "text": "After 18 YEARS (bruh) Nerd Listings, an #oldweb link directory, is shutting down.\n\nhttp://nerdlistings.info/\n\nIt was run by Deanna. Since becoming a mother of 2, she's lost the time and motivation to keep the project going. Consider sending her some appreciation and love over on her site \ud83d\udc8c:\n\nhttps://stubbornox.net/contact-form/\n\n#indieweb #smallweb #valentinesday #internet #webdev #html #webring #retro"
    },
    "published": "2024-02-14T20:33:18+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "40285915",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@byjp",
        "url": "https://hachyderm.io/@byjp",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://hachyderm.io/@byjp/111931386319791425",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Hey <a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/IPFS\">#<span>IPFS</span></a>! Is there a distributed search mechanism that stands out for indexing particularly HTML sites pinned on local IPFS instances? <a href=\"https://admarus.net\"><span>https://</span><span>admarus.net</span><span></span></a> looked interesting, but it seems to have gone quiet.</p><p>I want to offer free pinning for (static) <a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> sites on my <a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/homelab\">#<span>homelab</span></a>, and would love to offer \u201cIPFS small-web\" search too.</p><p>(If anyone knows of good guides for getting PersistentVolumes working on <a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/Talos\">#<span>Talos</span></a> with <a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/FluxCD\">#<span>FluxCD</span></a>, I'm all ears \u2014 that\u2019s my next chore on this path!)</p>",
        "text": "Hey #IPFS! Is there a distributed search mechanism that stands out for indexing particularly HTML sites pinned on local IPFS instances? https://admarus.net looked interesting, but it seems to have gone quiet.\n\nI want to offer free pinning for (static) #IndieWeb sites on my #homelab, and would love to offer \u201cIPFS small-web\" search too.\n\n(If anyone knows of good guides for getting PersistentVolumes working on #Talos with #FluxCD, I'm all ears \u2014 that\u2019s my next chore on this path!)"
    },
    "published": "2024-02-14T19:03:33+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "40285238",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@vga256",
        "url": "https://dialup.cafe/@vga256",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://dialup.cafe/@vga256/111922153110411063",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>after watching doug block's Home Page (1999) documentary a half-dozen times over the past year, i realized how much i missed having a personal home page. </p><p>not an itch.io page. not a github repo. not an imgur album.</p><p>an actual personal home page full of links to interesting places and people, and a little blog area to write personal stuff in. i haven't had a personal blog since the early 2000s.</p><p>i wanted to have some fun, so I hauled my dusty ol' iMac G5 out of storage and installed Macromedia Dreamweaver and Fireworks. i hadn't used any of them in almost 20 years.</p><p>i thought it might take me a week to build a home page...</p><p>... it took me a year \ud83d\ude05 </p><p>so this is my little attempt at rebuilding what we lost in the 90s. let me know if you've got a little homepage i can link back to in my hyperlinks area.</p><p><a href=\"http://www.dialup.cafe/~vga256\"><span>http://www.</span><span>dialup.cafe/~vga256</span><span></span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://dialup.cafe/tags/smallWeb\">#<span>smallWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://dialup.cafe/tags/worldWideWeb\">#<span>worldWideWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://dialup.cafe/tags/homePage\">#<span>homePage</span></a> <a href=\"https://dialup.cafe/tags/indieWeb\">#<span>indieWeb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "after watching doug block's Home Page (1999) documentary a half-dozen times over the past year, i realized how much i missed having a personal home page. \n\nnot an itch.io page. not a github repo. not an imgur album.\n\nan actual personal home page full of links to interesting places and people, and a little blog area to write personal stuff in. i haven't had a personal blog since the early 2000s.\n\ni wanted to have some fun, so I hauled my dusty ol' iMac G5 out of storage and installed Macromedia Dreamweaver and Fireworks. i hadn't used any of them in almost 20 years.\n\ni thought it might take me a week to build a home page...\n\n... it took me a year \ud83d\ude05 \n\nso this is my little attempt at rebuilding what we lost in the 90s. let me know if you've got a little homepage i can link back to in my hyperlinks area.\n\nhttp://www.dialup.cafe/~vga256\n\n#smallWeb #worldWideWeb #homePage #indieWeb"
    },
    "published": "2024-02-13T03:55:25+00:00",
    "photo": [
        "https://cdn.masto.host/indiewebsocial/cache/media_attachments/files/111/922/153/226/292/789/original/ebb0ac5898455932.png"
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    "post-type": "photo",
    "_id": "40285064",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@mikehaynes",
        "url": "https://mastodon.design/@mikehaynes",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://mastodon.design/@mikehaynes/111931000364618275",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>I posted a while back about the need for a Google-like search engine for the <a href=\"https://mastodon.design/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a>. Something simple, clean, and privacy-focused. I think this is it.<br /><a href=\"https://stract.com\"><span>https://</span><span>stract.com</span><span></span></a></p>",
        "text": "I posted a while back about the need for a Google-like search engine for the #IndieWeb. Something simple, clean, and privacy-focused. I think this is it.\nhttps://stract.com"
    },
    "published": "2024-02-14T17:25:24+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "40284467",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}