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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
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        "html": "<p>Nuevo post:</p><p>Ambient 2 (1980), de Harold Budd y Brian Eno</p><p><a href=\"https://mstdn.social/tags/musica\">#<span>musica</span></a> <a href=\"https://mstdn.social/tags/ambient\">#<span>ambient</span></a> <a href=\"https://mstdn.social/tags/electronica\">#<span>electronica</span></a> <a href=\"https://mstdn.social/tags/minimalismo\">#<span>minimalismo</span></a> <a href=\"https://mstdn.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mstdn.social/tags/blog\">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href=\"https://mstdn.social/tags/enmiblog\">#<span>enmiblog</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://thecheis.com/2024/10/22/ambient-2-1980-harold-budd-y-brian-eno/\"><span>https://</span><span>thecheis.com/2024/10/22/ambien</span><span>t-2-1980-harold-budd-y-brian-eno/</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Nuevo post:\n\nAmbient 2 (1980), de Harold Budd y Brian Eno\n\n#musica #ambient #electronica #minimalismo #indieweb #blog #enmiblog\n\nhttps://thecheis.com/2024/10/22/ambient-2-1980-harold-budd-y-brian-eno/"
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    "published": "2024-10-22T07:50:31+00:00",
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    "type": "entry",
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        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
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    "url": "https://social.coop/@mattl/113348259187405413",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Libre.fm update for last week</p><p><a href=\"https://librefm.wordpress.com/2024/10/21/short-update-this-week/\"><span>https://</span><span>librefm.wordpress.com/2024/10/</span><span>21/short-update-this-week/</span></a> </p><p><a href=\"https://social.coop/tags/librefm\">#<span>librefm</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.coop/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Libre.fm update for last week\n\nhttps://librefm.wordpress.com/2024/10/21/short-update-this-week/ \n\n#librefm #indieweb"
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    "published": "2024-10-22T00:32:57+00:00",
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    "_source": "8007",
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    "type": "entry",
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        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://mastodon.social/@countablenewt/113347971841068739",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Here's a fun little update to my personal site: all of the mockups on it now respect dark/light mode settings for your actual device!<br /><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/openweb\">#<span>openweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/technology\">#<span>technology</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Here's a fun little update to my personal site: all of the mockups on it now respect dark/light mode settings for your actual device!\n#indieweb #openweb #technology"
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        "name": "#indieweb",
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        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://allthingstech.social/@countablenewt/113347967972364087",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Here's a fun little update to my personal site: all of the mockups on it now respect dark/light mode settings for your actual device!<br /><a href=\"https://allthingstech.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://allthingstech.social/tags/openweb\">#<span>openweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://allthingstech.social/tags/technology\">#<span>technology</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Here's a fun little update to my personal site: all of the mockups on it now respect dark/light mode settings for your actual device!\n#indieweb #openweb #technology"
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    "published": "2024-10-21T23:18:53+00:00",
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        "name": "#indieweb",
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    },
    "url": "https://indieweb.social/@countablenewt/113347972887654024",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Here's a fun little update to my personal site: all of the mockups on it now respect dark/light mode settings for your actual device!<br /><a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/openweb\">#<span>openweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/technology\">#<span>technology</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Here's a fun little update to my personal site: all of the mockups on it now respect dark/light mode settings for your actual device!\n#indieweb #openweb #technology"
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    "published": "2024-10-21T23:20:08+00:00",
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
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    "url": "https://bolha.us/@diegopds/113347853094188120",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Seman\u00e1rio 42 (2024)</p><p><a href=\"https://curadoria.bearblog.dev/semanario-42-2024/\"><span>https://</span><span>curadoria.bearblog.dev/semanar</span><span>io-42-2024/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://bolha.us/tags/Semanario\">#<span>Semanario</span></a> <a href=\"https://bolha.us/tags/Semanario2024S42\">#<span>Semanario2024S42</span></a> <a href=\"https://bolha.us/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://bolha.us/tags/SmallWeb\">#<span>SmallWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://bolha.us/tags/SurfandoWeb\">#<span>SurfandoWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://bolha.us/tags/CuradoriaDaInternet\">#<span>CuradoriaDaInternet</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Seman\u00e1rio 42 (2024)\n\nhttps://curadoria.bearblog.dev/semanario-42-2024/\n\n#Semanario #Semanario2024S42 #IndieWeb #SmallWeb #SurfandoWeb #CuradoriaDaInternet"
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    "published": "2024-10-21T22:49:41+00:00",
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    "type": "entry",
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        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
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    "url": "https://xoxo.zone/@artlung/113347599479127457",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Here's your regular reminder that I run Blog of the .Day and I welcome <a href=\"https://xoxo.zone/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a>, <a href=\"https://xoxo.zone/tags/SmallWeb\">#<span>SmallWeb</span></a>, <a href=\"https://xoxo.zone/tags/SlowWeb\">#<span>SlowWeb</span></a> enthusiasts to submit their blogs if they feel moved to! <a href=\"https://blogofthe.day\"><span>https://</span><span>blogofthe.day</span><span></span></a></p>",
        "text": "Here's your regular reminder that I run Blog of the .Day and I welcome #IndieWeb, #SmallWeb, #SlowWeb enthusiasts to submit their blogs if they feel moved to! https://blogofthe.day"
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    "published": "2024-10-21T21:45:11+00:00",
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://indieweb.social/tags/indieweb",
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    },
    "url": "https://indieweb.social/@countablenewt/113347570885943521",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Hello, indie web dot social, I\u2019m Sam! I have built a few websites and apps and such and I figured I would make an account here to connect with more people!</p><p>My main account is <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://allthingstech.social/@countablenewt\">@<span>countablenewt@allthingstech.social</span></a></span> and you can also follow me there if you\u2019re so inclined, but I\u2019ll be cross posting my most relevant content (site and app updates as well as blog posts)</p><p>I\u2019m still in the setup process, but I look forward to connecting with more people!<br /><a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/technology\">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/socialmedia\">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/openweb\">#<span>openweb</span></a></p>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://allthingstech.social/@countablenewt\"></a>",
        "text": "Hello, indie web dot social, I\u2019m Sam! I have built a few websites and apps and such and I figured I would make an account here to connect with more people!\n\nMy main account is @countablenewt@allthingstech.social and you can also follow me there if you\u2019re so inclined, but I\u2019ll be cross posting my most relevant content (site and app updates as well as blog posts)\n\nI\u2019m still in the setup process, but I look forward to connecting with more people!\n#indieweb #technology #socialmedia #openweb"
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    "published": "2024-10-21T21:37:54+00:00",
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    "_id": "42634315",
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://bolha.us/@skadi/113347430255525142",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Site bem bacaninha que tem um index de sites pessoais para te ajudar a encontrar pessoas.</p><p>Seu site deve ter 3 p\u00e1ginas diferentes: /ideas, /about and /now para ser corretamente indexado (ler manifesto). </p><p>Fica a dica!</p><p><a href=\"https://aboutideasnow.com\"><span>https://</span><span>aboutideasnow.com</span><span></span></a><br /><a href=\"https://bolha.us/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://bolha.us/tags/website\">#<span>website</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Site bem bacaninha que tem um index de sites pessoais para te ajudar a encontrar pessoas.\n\nSeu site deve ter 3 p\u00e1ginas diferentes: /ideas, /about and /now para ser corretamente indexado (ler manifesto). \n\nFica a dica!\n\nhttps://aboutideasnow.com\n#indieweb #website"
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    "published": "2024-10-21T21:02:09+00:00",
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        "name": "#indieweb",
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        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://social.city-of-glass.net/@cidney/113347350775392784",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>My personal website frustrates me.</p><p>I have two separate domains and too lazy to differentiate them beyond a redirect to the canonical one. But in theory one is a personal site and one should be a portfolio with imagery of projects I've worked on.</p><p>I'm part of the era of 2000s high school kids on LJ who collected weird domain names to make obscure fan shrines. It feels weird to talk about myself online.</p><p><a href=\"https://social.city-of-glass.net/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "My personal website frustrates me.\n\nI have two separate domains and too lazy to differentiate them beyond a redirect to the canonical one. But in theory one is a personal site and one should be a portfolio with imagery of projects I've worked on.\n\nI'm part of the era of 2000s high school kids on LJ who collected weird domain names to make obscure fan shrines. It feels weird to talk about myself online.\n\n#indieweb"
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    "published": "2024-10-21T20:41:56+00:00",
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    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
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    "url": "https://mastodon.social/@lordmatt/113347025190276830",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://toot.cat/@zkat\">@<span>zkat</span></a></span> In which case, you might be interested in my last \"WebMention sites\" list from March. These are all in some way a bit <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a>.</p><p><a href=\"https://lordmatt.co.uk/technology/the-internet/all-the-active-sites-using-webmention-that-i-found-so-far-march-2024/\"><span>https://</span><span>lordmatt.co.uk/technology/the-</span><span>internet/all-the-active-sites-using-webmention-that-i-found-so-far-march-2024/</span></a></p><p>You might also like openmentions.com (which I run). I've got more links that are me but I don't want to spam you. They should all be findable from those two.</p>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://toot.cat/@zkat\"></a>",
        "text": "@zkat In which case, you might be interested in my last \"WebMention sites\" list from March. These are all in some way a bit #IndieWeb.\n\nhttps://lordmatt.co.uk/technology/the-internet/all-the-active-sites-using-webmention-that-i-found-so-far-march-2024/\n\nYou might also like openmentions.com (which I run). I've got more links that are me but I don't want to spam you. They should all be findable from those two."
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    "published": "2024-10-21T19:19:08+00:00",
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://social.city-of-glass.net/@cidney/113347006263667285",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Ruby Environment Sunk Costs, or why I haven't updated my Jekyll static website in a while. In bonus points, I did have two failed builds before it actually deployed to my server. Not sure it's worth rebuilding, though. <a href=\"https://social.city-of-glass.net/tags/webdev\">#<span>webdev</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.city-of-glass.net/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> </p><p><a href=\"https://cidneyhamilton.com/webdev/2024/10/21/ruby-environment-costs\"><span>https://</span><span>cidneyhamilton.com/webdev/2024</span><span>/10/21/ruby-environment-costs</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Ruby Environment Sunk Costs, or why I haven't updated my Jekyll static website in a while. In bonus points, I did have two failed builds before it actually deployed to my server. Not sure it's worth rebuilding, though. #webdev #indieweb \n\nhttps://cidneyhamilton.com/webdev/2024/10/21/ruby-environment-costs"
    },
    "published": "2024-10-21T19:14:19+00:00",
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    "_id": "42633084",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://mastodon.online/@jlsksr/113346961421339960",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>I really like personal homepages and have quite a list of them bookmarked. I'll post one every week unless I fall behind this schedule. \ud83d\ude09 So here's Cool Personal Homepages <a href=\"https://mastodon.online/tags/CPH\">#<span>CPH</span></a> Vol. 27: Nathan's Toasty Technology page <a href=\"http://toastytech.com/\"><span>http://</span><span>toastytech.com/</span><span></span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.online/tags/SmallWeb\">#<span>SmallWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.online/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.online/tags/smolweb\">#<span>smolweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.online/tags/PersonalSites\">#<span>PersonalSites</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.online/tags/homepage\">#<span>homepage</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.online/tags/blog\">#<span>blog</span></a></p>",
        "text": "I really like personal homepages and have quite a list of them bookmarked. I'll post one every week unless I fall behind this schedule. \ud83d\ude09 So here's Cool Personal Homepages #CPH Vol. 27: Nathan's Toasty Technology page http://toastytech.com/\n\n#SmallWeb #indieweb #smolweb #PersonalSites #homepage #blog"
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    "published": "2024-10-21T19:02:55+00:00",
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    "_is_read": false
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    "type": "entry",
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    "url": "https://indieweb.social/@alesroubicek/113346566941842915",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>As I mentioned in previous toots, I updated my website to a new, lighter theme. Then I added the ability to switch themes and font stacks, so users can choose what is their preferred way to experience my site. Today I wrote a blog post about the process and techniques I used. <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/webcomponent\">#<span>webcomponent</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/css\">#<span>css</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/accessibility\">#<span>accessibility</span></a> <a href=\"https://www.rarous.net/weblog/2024/10/21/temata-zmena-uzivatelskych-preferenci-vzhledu\"><span>https://www.</span><span>rarous.net/weblog/2024/10/21/t</span><span>emata-zmena-uzivatelskych-preferenci-vzhledu</span></a></p>",
        "text": "As I mentioned in previous toots, I updated my website to a new, lighter theme. Then I added the ability to switch themes and font stacks, so users can choose what is their preferred way to experience my site. Today I wrote a blog post about the process and techniques I used. #webcomponent #css #indieweb #accessibility https://www.rarous.net/weblog/2024/10/21/temata-zmena-uzivatelskych-preferenci-vzhledu"
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    "published": "2024-10-21T17:22:35+00:00",
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    "_is_read": false
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
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    "url": "https://social.lol/@philomath/113346489669948686",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>China Lights 2024: A Photo Post | And So It Goes\u2026 <a href=\"https://krueger.ink/china-lights-2024-a-photo-post/\"><span>https://</span><span>krueger.ink/china-lights-2024-</span><span>a-photo-post/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/Blog\">#<span>Blog</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/ChinaLights\">#<span>ChinaLights</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/Photography\">#<span>Photography</span></a></p>",
        "text": "China Lights 2024: A Photo Post | And So It Goes\u2026 https://krueger.ink/china-lights-2024-a-photo-post/\n\n#Blog #IndieWeb #ChinaLights #Photography"
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    "published": "2024-10-21T17:02:56+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "42631552",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://xoxo.zone/@artlung/113346478121804248",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>There will be an <a href=\"https://xoxo.zone/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> Camp in <a href=\"https://xoxo.zone/tags/SanDiego\">#<span>SanDiego</span></a> in December 2024. We would love to have you join or spread the word to folks with their own personal websites looking to do more with them! <a href=\"https://events.indieweb.org/2024/12/indiewebcamp-san-diego-2024-7C9aq9A4Zv9m\"><span>https://</span><span>events.indieweb.org/2024/12/in</span><span>diewebcamp-san-diego-2024-7C9aq9A4Zv9m</span></a> <a href=\"https://xoxo.zone/tags/SmallWeb\">#<span>SmallWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://xoxo.zone/tags/SlowWeb\">#<span>SlowWeb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "There will be an #IndieWeb Camp in #SanDiego in December 2024. We would love to have you join or spread the word to folks with their own personal websites looking to do more with them! https://events.indieweb.org/2024/12/indiewebcamp-san-diego-2024-7C9aq9A4Zv9m #SmallWeb #SlowWeb"
    },
    "published": "2024-10-21T17:00:00+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "42631553",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
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    "url": "https://mastodon.social/@countablenewt/113346028178318353",
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        "html": "<p>You can't have an open web that is both entirely free and has no ads, that's not how this works<br /><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/technology\">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/socialmedia\">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/fediverse\">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/openweb\">#<span>openweb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "You can't have an open web that is both entirely free and has no ads, that's not how this works\n#indieweb #technology #socialmedia #fediverse #openweb"
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        "html": "<p>You can't have an open web that is both entirely free and has no ads, that's not how this works<br /><a href=\"https://allthingstech.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://allthingstech.social/tags/technology\">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href=\"https://allthingstech.social/tags/socialmedia\">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> <a href=\"https://allthingstech.social/tags/fediverse\">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href=\"https://allthingstech.social/tags/openweb\">#<span>openweb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "You can't have an open web that is both entirely free and has no ads, that's not how this works\n#indieweb #technology #socialmedia #fediverse #openweb"
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Online Safety and the “Great Decentralization” – The Perils and Promises of Federated Social Media

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    "published": "2024-10-21T13:19:28+00:00",
    "url": "https://werd.io/2024/online-safety-and-the-great-decentralization-the-perils-and-promises",
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        "text": "[Samantha Lai and Yoel Roth at Tech Policy Press]\"Decentralized social media platforms offer the promise of alternative governance structures that empower consumers and rebuild social media on a foundation of trust. However, over two years after Elon Musk\u2019s acquisition of Twitter sparked an exodus of users seeking new homes on the social web, federated platforms remain ill-equipped to meet the threats of abuse, harassment, coordinated manipulation, and spam that have plagued social media for years. Given the porous nature of decentralized services, these limitations will not just affect individual servers, but reverberate through the social web.\"Most major decentralized and federated platforms don't have the necessary tooling \"for scalable management of harmful content and conduct \u2014 or even the enforcement of their own rules.\"\n\nFor some, of course, this is by design: the same version of \"free speech\" which animates Elon Musk and in effect prevents speech from anyone except for in-groups and the loud and powerful. To have truly free speech - where people from vulnerable communities can have a voice and real debate can be held without threat of violence - there must be trust and safety and moderation.\n\nThe piece rightly calls out IFTAS for the great work it's doing in this area. More must be done - which in part means convincing federated communities that these ideas are important. \n\nUnfortunately a common attitude is that \"we don't have these problems\" - a common refrain when your bias makes you blind to your lack of inclusion. As many Black users found when they joined Mastodon and were asked to hide the details of their lived experiences under content warnings, or when people told them that these were American-only experiences (which, of course, they aren't), a predominantly white and male Fediverse that seeks to maintain the status quo rather than learning and growing can be quite a conservative place.\n\nThis is an important piece, and an important finding, which everyone working on decentralized tech should pay attention to.\n#Fediverse\n[Link]",
        "html": "<p>[<a href=\"https://www.techpolicy.press/online-safety-and-the-great-decentralization-the-perils-and-promises-of-federated-social-media/\">Samantha Lai and Yoel Roth at Tech Policy Press</a>]</p><blockquote><p>\"Decentralized social media platforms offer the promise of alternative governance structures that empower consumers and rebuild social media on a foundation of trust. However, over two years after Elon Musk\u2019s acquisition of Twitter sparked an exodus of users seeking new homes on the social web, federated platforms remain ill-equipped to meet the threats of abuse, harassment, coordinated manipulation, and spam that have plagued social media for years. Given the porous nature of decentralized services, these limitations will not just affect individual servers, but reverberate through the social web.\"</p></blockquote><p>Most major decentralized and federated platforms don't have the necessary tooling \"for scalable management of harmful content and conduct \u2014 or even the enforcement of their own rules.\"</p><p>For some, of course, this is by design: the same version of \"free speech\" which animates Elon Musk and in effect prevents speech from anyone except for in-groups and the loud and powerful. To have truly free speech - where people from vulnerable communities can have a voice and real debate can be held without threat of violence - there must be trust and safety and moderation.</p><p>The piece rightly calls out <a href=\"https://about.iftas.org/\">IFTAS</a> for the great work it's doing in this area. More must be done - which in part means convincing federated communities that these ideas are important. </p><p>Unfortunately a common attitude is that \"we don't have these problems\" - a common refrain when your bias makes you blind to your lack of inclusion. As many Black users found when they joined Mastodon and were asked to hide the details of their lived experiences under content warnings, or when people told them that these were American-only experiences (which, of course, they aren't), a predominantly white and male Fediverse that seeks to maintain the status quo rather than learning and growing can be quite a conservative place.</p><p>This is an important piece, and an important finding, which everyone working on decentralized tech should pay attention to.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://werd.io/tag/Fediverse\" class=\"p-category\">#Fediverse</a></p>\n<p>[<a href=\"https://www.techpolicy.press/online-safety-and-the-great-decentralization-the-perils-and-promises-of-federated-social-media/\">Link</a>]</p>"
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    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "Ben Werdmuller",
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    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
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    "url": "https://ieji.de/@moksh/113345579583948976",
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        "html": "<p>added an emacs page to my site, because it is compulsory, an unbroken rule of the universe..</p><p><a href=\"https://moksh.codeberg.page/emacs.html\"><span>https://</span><span>moksh.codeberg.page/emacs.html</span><span></span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://ieji.de/tags/emacs\">#<span>emacs</span></a> <a href=\"https://ieji.de/tags/untrusem\">#<span>untrusem</span></a> <a href=\"https://ieji.de/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://ieji.de/tags/smallweb\">#<span>smallweb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "added an emacs page to my site, because it is compulsory, an unbroken rule of the universe..\n\nhttps://moksh.codeberg.page/emacs.html\n\n#emacs #untrusem #indieweb #smallweb"
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    "published": "2024-10-21T13:11:30+00:00",
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