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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://aus.social/@claudinec/113490253564755124",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Pleased to see a few mask wearers in the photos from IndieWebCamp Berlin<br /><a href=\"https://indieweb.org/this-week/2024-11-15.html\"><span>https://</span><span>indieweb.org/this-week/2024-11</span><span>-15.html</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://aus.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://aus.social/tags/CovidIsNotOver\">#<span>CovidIsNotOver</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Pleased to see a few mask wearers in the photos from IndieWebCamp Berlin\nhttps://indieweb.org/this-week/2024-11-15.html\n\n#IndieWeb #CovidIsNotOver"
    },
    "published": "2024-11-16T02:23:59+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "42914491",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://indieweb.social/@kiko/113489529809319655",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://mastodon.social/@Gargron\">@<span>Gargron</span></a></span> The long game. Yes. It's not about growth rate, it's about sustainability, from my point of view. I'm so tired of all the hypes, the chase for the newest shit, which in the end only turns out to be a painful flash in the pan, because where the troughs are, the pigs are not far away. <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/fediverse\">#<span>fediverse</span></a> + <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://mastodon.social/@Gargron\"></a>",
        "text": "@Gargron The long game. Yes. It's not about growth rate, it's about sustainability, from my point of view. I'm so tired of all the hypes, the chase for the newest shit, which in the end only turns out to be a painful flash in the pan, because where the troughs are, the pigs are not far away. #fediverse + #indieweb"
    },
    "published": "2024-11-15T23:19:56+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "42913109",
    "_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.social/@rodmoi/113489222535624665",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>You say that you don't feel comfortable stopping by my house and knocking on my door. However, you certainly feel at ease shitting on my head at the bar.</p><p><a href=\"https://rm-o.dev/notes/traditional-families/\"><span>https://</span><span>rm-o.dev/notes/traditional-fam</span><span>ilies/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/notes\">#<span>notes</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/friends\">#<span>friends</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/families\">#<span>families</span></a></p>",
        "text": "You say that you don't feel comfortable stopping by my house and knocking on my door. However, you certainly feel at ease shitting on my head at the bar.\n\nhttps://rm-o.dev/notes/traditional-families/\n\n#indieweb #notes #friends #families"
    },
    "published": "2024-11-15T22:01:47+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "42912689",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://glammr.us/@librarymonster/113489177047559317",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>ohhhh I just discovered <a href=\"https://squidge.org\"><span>https://</span><span>squidge.org</span><span></span></a> y'all look at all these <a href=\"https://glammr.us/tags/FannishTools\">#<span>FannishTools</span></a> (I knew about squidgeworld but not the other stuff, this is super cool)</p><p><a href=\"https://glammr.us/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://glammr.us/tags/Fandom\">#<span>Fandom</span></a> <a href=\"https://glammr.us/tags/Fans\">#<span>Fans</span></a></p>",
        "text": "ohhhh I just discovered https://squidge.org y'all look at all these #FannishTools (I knew about squidgeworld but not the other stuff, this is super cool)\n\n#IndieWeb #Fandom #Fans"
    },
    "published": "2024-11-15T21:50:13+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "42912423",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://toot.community/@axeleroy/113488515996143017",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>I realized I did not record the various changes I made to my website since its rewrite last July. Well, it's time for the first changelog!</p><p><a href=\"https://axel.leroy.sh/blog/changelog-november-2024?utm_source=mastodon\"><span>https://</span><span>axel.leroy.sh/blog/changelog-n</span><span>ovember-2024?utm_source=mastodon</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://toot.community/tags/blog\">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href=\"https://toot.community/tags/PersonalWebsite\">#<span>PersonalWebsite</span></a> <a href=\"https://toot.community/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://toot.community/tags/NextJS\">#<span>NextJS</span></a> <a href=\"https://toot.community/tags/WebDev\">#<span>WebDev</span></a> <a href=\"https://toot.community/tags/changelog\">#<span>changelog</span></a></p>",
        "text": "I realized I did not record the various changes I made to my website since its rewrite last July. Well, it's time for the first changelog!\n\nhttps://axel.leroy.sh/blog/changelog-november-2024?utm_source=mastodon\n\n#blog #PersonalWebsite #IndieWeb #NextJS #WebDev #changelog"
    },
    "published": "2024-11-15T19:02:06+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "42910830",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://dmv.community/@jcrabapple/113487530195782829",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Bilmuri \u201cAmerican Motor Sports (420CC Edition)\u201d Mini Review</p><p><a href=\"https://blog.shrediverse.net/posts/bilmuri-american-motor-sports-420cc-edition-mini-review\"><span>https://</span><span>blog.shrediverse.net/posts/bil</span><span>muri-american-motor-sports-420cc-edition-mini-review</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://dmv.community/tags/music\">#<span>music</span></a> <a href=\"https://dmv.community/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://dmv.community/tags/smallweb\">#<span>smallweb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Bilmuri \u201cAmerican Motor Sports (420CC Edition)\u201d Mini Review\n\nhttps://blog.shrediverse.net/posts/bilmuri-american-motor-sports-420cc-edition-mini-review\n\n#music #indieweb #smallweb"
    },
    "published": "2024-11-15T14:51:24+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "42908161",
    "_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.social/@brunoamaral/113486187731837524",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p><a href=\"https://musicforprogramming.net/latest/\"><span>https://</span><span>musicforprogramming.net/latest</span><span>/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://musicforprogramming.net/latest/\"><span>https://</span><span>musicforprogramming.net/latest</span><span>/</span></a><br /><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/beautifulweb\">#<span>beautifulweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/code\">#<span>code</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/music\">#<span>music</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/productivity\">#<span>productivity</span></a></p>",
        "text": "https://musicforprogramming.net/latest/\n\nhttps://musicforprogramming.net/latest/\n#beautifulweb #code #indieweb #music #productivity"
    },
    "published": "2024-11-15T09:10:00+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "42905041",
    "_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.social/@brunoamaral/113485756990612821",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>The Forest Jar - The Forest Jar<br />Merch<br /><a href=\"https://theforestjar.com/\"><span>https://</span><span>theforestjar.com/</span><span></span></a><br /># <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/beautifulweb\">#<span>beautifulweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/philosophy\">#<span>philosophy</span></a></p>",
        "text": "The Forest Jar - The Forest Jar\nMerch\nhttps://theforestjar.com/\n# #beautifulweb #indieweb #philosophy"
    },
    "published": "2024-11-15T07:20:27+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "42904380",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://caneandable.social/@WeirdWriter/113485527196749206",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>So you want to be my pen pal? <a href=\"https://robertkingett.com/posts/6662/\"><span>https://</span><span>robertkingett.com/posts/6662/</span><span></span></a> <a href=\"https://caneandable.social/tags/Blog\">#<span>Blog</span></a> <a href=\"https://caneandable.social/tags/Blogs\">#<span>Blogs</span></a> <a href=\"https://caneandable.social/tags/Blogging\">#<span>Blogging</span></a> <a href=\"https://caneandable.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://caneandable.social/tags/NoPaywall\">#<span>NoPaywall</span></a></p>",
        "text": "So you want to be my pen pal? https://robertkingett.com/posts/6662/ #Blog #Blogs #Blogging #IndieWeb #NoPaywall"
    },
    "published": "2024-11-15T06:22:01+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "42904034",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://ieji.de/@moksh/113482798105315143",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Does anyone mirror their website for small protocols like Gemini, Gopher, Finger, spartan, text, nex? If yes, what would the easiest way to mirror to these protocols, I am using Codeberg Pages to host my site</p><p>\u00b0  <a href=\"https://moksh.codeberg.page\"><span>https://</span><span>moksh.codeberg.page</span><span></span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://ieji.de/tags/gemini\">#<span>gemini</span></a> <a href=\"https://ieji.de/tags/finger\">#<span>finger</span></a> <a href=\"https://ieji.de/tags/nex\">#<span>nex</span></a> <a href=\"https://ieji.de/tags/spartan\">#<span>spartan</span></a> <a href=\"https://ieji.de/tags/smolnet\">#<span>smolnet</span></a> <a href=\"https://ieji.de/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://ieji.de/tags/gopher\">#<span>gopher</span></a> <a href=\"https://ieji.de/tags/untrusem\">#<span>untrusem</span></a> <a href=\"https://ieji.de/tags/protocol\">#<span>protocol</span></a> <a href=\"https://ieji.de/tags/permacomputing\">#<span>permacomputing</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Does anyone mirror their website for small protocols like Gemini, Gopher, Finger, spartan, text, nex? If yes, what would the easiest way to mirror to these protocols, I am using Codeberg Pages to host my site\n\n\u00b0  https://moksh.codeberg.page\n\n#gemini #finger #nex #spartan #smolnet #indieweb #gopher #untrusem #protocol #permacomputing"
    },
    "published": "2024-11-14T18:47:58+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "42898856",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
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Is BlueSky the new Twitter, and if so is that a good thing?

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    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2024-11-14T18:01:58+00:00",
    "url": "https://werd.io/2024/is-bluesky-the-new-twitter-and-if-so-is-that",
    "category": [
        "Fediverse"
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    "bookmark-of": [
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    "name": "Is BlueSky the new Twitter, and if so is that a good thing?",
    "content": {
        "text": "[Mathew Ingram at The Torment Nexus]\n\nMathew wrestles with where Bluesky sits in the future of social media given its connections to venture capital and blockchain supporters:\"I have no doubt that, as Cory says, Graber and the other founders of Bluesky are sincere in their desire to build an open service with a federated protocol, etc. But history has shown time and again that economic interests often interfere with the best efforts of founders.\"Here's my slightly controversial take: I think there's something to learn from blockchain and how it developed. We already see that represented in the data structures Bluesky uses behind the scenes, and beyond that, an optimistic cultural take on decentralization. That doesn't mean crypto markets aren't full of scammers - there's certainly more to avoid than to learn from - but blockchain is not an irrelevant pursuit, even if blockchains themselves are not the best route forwards.\n\nThis feels right to me:\"In the short term at least, it seems as though we could have three or four competing social networks: one, Twitter/X, is the place for right-wing Musk fans and tech bros and Trump supporters (and journalists and others who need to be there for work); Bluesky is the place for that early Twitter anything-goes vibe plus journalists and real-time news; Mastodon is the place for nerds and geeks and others who like the nuts-and-bolts of social tech; and Threads is... well, Threads is whatever is left over after all of those other things are removed :-)\"Let's see what happens.\n#Fediverse\n            [Link]",
        "html": "<p>[<a href=\"https://torment-nexus.mathewingram.com/is-bluesky-the-new-twitter-and-if-so-is-that-a-good-thing/\">Mathew Ingram at The Torment Nexus</a>]</p><p>Mathew wrestles with where Bluesky sits in the future of social media given its connections to venture capital and blockchain supporters:</p><blockquote><p>\"I have no doubt that, as Cory says, Graber and the other founders of Bluesky are sincere in their desire to build an open service with a federated protocol, etc. But history has shown time and again that economic interests often interfere with the best efforts of founders.\"</p></blockquote><p>Here's my slightly controversial take: I think there's something to learn from blockchain and how it developed. We already see that represented in the data structures Bluesky uses behind the scenes, and beyond that, an optimistic cultural take on decentralization. That doesn't mean crypto markets aren't full of scammers - there's certainly more to avoid than to learn from - but blockchain is not an irrelevant pursuit, even if blockchains themselves are not the best route forwards.</p><p>This feels right to me:</p><blockquote><p>\"In the short term at least, it seems as though we could have three or four competing social networks: one, Twitter/X, is the place for right-wing Musk fans and tech bros and Trump supporters (and journalists and others who need to be there for work); Bluesky is the place for that early Twitter anything-goes vibe plus journalists and real-time news; Mastodon is the place for nerds and geeks and others who like the nuts-and-bolts of social tech; and Threads is... well, Threads is whatever is left over after all of those other things are removed :-)\"</p></blockquote><p>Let's see what happens.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://werd.io/tag/Fediverse\" class=\"p-category\">#Fediverse</a></p>\n            <p>[<a href=\"https://torment-nexus.mathewingram.com/is-bluesky-the-new-twitter-and-if-so-is-that-a-good-thing/\">Link</a>]</p>"
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    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "Ben Werdmuller",
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Bluesky, the Fediverse, and the future of social media

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    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2024-11-14T16:09:37+00:00",
    "url": "https://werd.io/2024/bluesky-the-fediverse-and-the-future-of-social-media",
    "name": "Bluesky, the Fediverse, and the future of social media",
    "content": {
        "text": "I care a lot about the future of social media. It\u2019s how many of us learn about the world and connect to each other; putting something so important in the hands of a handful of centralized corporations has repeatedly proven itself to be harmful. That\u2019s why I\u2019m so excited about the growth of federated and decentralized social media in the wake of Elon Musk\u2019s disastrous acquisition of X. These platforms give more control to communities and individuals, reducing the risks of a central corporation manipulating the global conversation through algorithms or other means.\n\nAlthough a lot of my focus has been on Fediverse platforms like Mastodon, from time to time I\u2019ve mentioned that I\u2019m really impressed with what the Bluesky team has achieved. The Bluesky platform is growing very quickly and seems to be the go-to choice for less-technical users like journalists, politicians, and so on who want to leave X. Bluesky offers valuable insights for anyone interested in the future of social media and how to build a vibrant alternative platform.\nEasy to understand onboarding: You register at the Bluesky site. To get you started, you can access \u201cstarter packs\u201d of users to follow around various topics, so your feed is never empty. Here\u2019s a starter pack of ProPublica journalists, for example, or people in tech from underrepresented communities.\n\nIt feels alive: The posts are both timely and engaging. This is in contrast to Mastodon, where they\u2019re purely chronologically-ordered, or Threads, where I was still seeing hopeful posts from before the election a week later (because they piggybacked on the Instagram algorithm, which is optimized for a different kind of content). News can actually break here \u2014 and so can memes. Find an old-timer and ask them about ALF: an inside joke that I absolutely refuse to log an explanation for here.\n\nSearch works universally: It simply doesn\u2019t on Mastodon, and I can only describe the search engine on Threads as weird.\n\nIt\u2019s moderated and facilitated: The site has easy-to-understand moderation. More than that, the team seems to have invested in the culture of the community they\u2019re creating. Particularly in the beginning, they did a lot of community facilitation work that set the tone of the place. The result \u2014 so far \u2014 is a palpable sense of fun in contrast to a seriousness that pervades both Threads and Mastodon.\nAt the same time, Bluesky benefits from an open mindset, an open-source codebase, and a permissionless protocol that allows anyone to build tools on top of it. Critics will note that it isn\u2019t really decentralized yet: there\u2019s one dominant personal data store that basically everyone is attached to. In contrast to Mastodon\u2019s model of co-operative communities anchored by a non-profit, Bluesky is a venture funded startup that grew out of Twitter.\n\nOther critics complain about the involvement of Jack Dorsey, who created Twitter and therefore a lot of the problems that we\u2019re all trying to get away from. I don\u2019t think that\u2019s a valid complaint: he famously both established Bluesky because he felt that Twitter should have been a protocol rather than a company, and both left the board and closed his account after becoming dissatisfied with the way Bluesky was run as a moderated community. He has since described X as \u201cfreedom technology\u201d and put a ton of his own money behind Nostr. I\u2019ve personally found Nostr to be a particularly toxic decentralized network dominated by Bitcoin-loving libertarians. This may indicate where his priorities lie.\n\nI\u2019ll be honest: on paper, I like Mastodon\u2019s model better. It\u2019s a community-driven effort paid for transparently by donations, much like any non-profit. (Much like any non-profit, the bulk of the funding comes from larger entities, but these are advertised on the Mastodon website alongside smaller-dollar donors.) I also like the co-operative model where smaller communities can dictate their own norms but interoperate with the larger network, which means that, for example, communities for trans posters or journalists can provide more directed support.\n\nBut this model faces a much harder road. It means, firstly, that there is less money to go around (Bluesky has raised $36M so far; Mastodon raised \u20ac326K in 2022), and secondly, that it\u2019s harder to understand for a new user who wants to join in. It\u2019s also clear that CEO Jay Graber has established a cohesive team that by all accounts is a lot of fun to work in. That counts for a lot and has helped to establish a healthy community.\n\nEven with its hurdles, Mastodon\u2019s model embodies a rare, user-first ethos, and I believe it\u2019s worth supporting. In the end, the future of social media may depend on which values we choose to uphold.\n\nI suspect both will continue to exist side by side. If I had to guess, Bluesky might become a mainstream platform for people who want something very close to pre-acquisition Twitter (which it is rapidly becoming right now), and the Fediverse might become the default glue between any social platform. For example, I post my book reading activity on Bookwyrm, which I find more useful in its own right than Goodreads. Other people can follow and interact with my book reviews there, or they can follow from other Fediverse-compatible platforms like Mastodon. (Right now, my followers are about half and half). Mastodon itself will allow niche supportive communities to grow, and of course, the fact that Threads is building Fediverse support means that any of its hundreds of millions of users will be able to interact with anyone on any other Fediverse platform.\n\nBluesky may evolve into a streamlined alternative to Twitter, while the Fediverse could serve as a decentralized, cross-platform connector among diverse networks. This dynamic offers a promising future for users, with both worlds learning from one another in a productive tension that has the potential to strengthen the open social web. That\u2019s good news for everyone who values an open, user-driven future for social media.",
        "html": "<p><img src=\"https://werd.io/file/673620b94573ab600501f002/thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Birds, flocking\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" /></p><p>I care a lot about the future of social media. It\u2019s how many of us learn about the world and connect to each other; putting something so important in the hands of a handful of centralized corporations has repeatedly proven itself to be harmful. That\u2019s why I\u2019m so excited about the growth of federated and decentralized social media in the wake of Elon Musk\u2019s disastrous acquisition of X. These platforms give more control to communities and individuals, reducing the risks of a central corporation manipulating the global conversation through algorithms or other means.</p><p>Although a lot of my focus has been on <a href=\"https://socialwebfoundation.org\">Fediverse</a> platforms like Mastodon, from time to time I\u2019ve mentioned that I\u2019m really impressed with what the <a href=\"https://bsky.social\">Bluesky</a> team has achieved. The Bluesky platform is growing very quickly and seems to be the go-to choice for less-technical users like journalists, politicians, and so on who want to leave X. Bluesky offers valuable insights for anyone interested in the future of social media and how to build a vibrant alternative platform.</p><ul><li>\n<strong>Easy to understand onboarding:</strong> You register at the Bluesky site. To get you started, you can access <a href=\"https://bsky.social/about/blog/06-26-2024-starter-packs\">\u201cstarter packs\u201d</a> of users to follow around various topics, so your feed is never empty. <a href=\"https://bsky.app/starter-pack/propublica.org/3l6iflmcj322n\">Here\u2019s a starter pack of ProPublica journalists</a>, for example, or <a href=\"https://bsky.app/starter-pack/did:plc:ug4yxu2xjor5mt7kzfdpjs5w/3l7bakgvapc2m\">people in tech from underrepresented communities</a>.</li>\n<li>\n<strong>It feels alive:</strong> The posts are both timely and engaging. This is in contrast to Mastodon, where they\u2019re purely chronologically-ordered, or Threads, where I was still seeing hopeful posts from before the election a week later (because they piggybacked on the Instagram algorithm, which is optimized for a different kind of content). News can actually break here \u2014 and so can memes. Find an old-timer and ask them about ALF: an inside joke that I absolutely refuse to log an explanation for here.</li>\n<li>\n<strong>Search works universally:</strong> It simply doesn\u2019t on Mastodon, and I can only describe the search engine on Threads as <em>weird</em>.</li>\n<li>\n<strong>It\u2019s moderated and facilitated:</strong> The site has easy-to-understand moderation. More than that, the team seems to have invested in the <em>culture</em> of the community they\u2019re creating. Particularly in the beginning, they did a lot of community facilitation work that set the tone of the place. The result \u2014 so far \u2014 is a palpable sense of fun in contrast to a seriousness that pervades both Threads and Mastodon.</li>\n</ul><p>At the same time, Bluesky benefits from an open mindset, an open-source codebase, and a permissionless protocol that allows anyone to build tools on top of it. Critics will note that it isn\u2019t really decentralized yet: there\u2019s one dominant personal data store that basically everyone is attached to. In contrast to Mastodon\u2019s model of co-operative communities anchored by a non-profit, Bluesky is a venture funded startup that grew out of Twitter.</p><p>Other critics complain about the involvement of Jack Dorsey, who created Twitter and therefore a lot of the problems that we\u2019re all trying to get away from. I don\u2019t think that\u2019s a valid complaint: he famously both established Bluesky because he felt that Twitter should have been a protocol rather than a company, <a href=\"https://time.com/6974971/jack-dorsey-leaves-bluesky-board/\">and both left the board and closed his account after becoming dissatisfied with the way Bluesky was run as a moderated community</a>. He has since described X as \u201cfreedom technology\u201d and <a href=\"https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2024/08/30/jack-dorsey-backs-bitcoin-and-nostr-to-cut-censorship-with-free-speech/\">put a ton of his own money behind Nostr</a>. I\u2019ve personally found Nostr to be a particularly toxic decentralized network dominated by Bitcoin-loving libertarians. This may indicate where his priorities lie.</p><p>I\u2019ll be honest: on paper, I like Mastodon\u2019s model better. It\u2019s a community-driven effort paid for transparently by donations, much like any non-profit. (Much like any non-profit, the bulk of the funding comes from larger entities, but <a href=\"https://joinmastodon.org/sponsors\">these are advertised on the Mastodon website</a> alongside smaller-dollar donors.) I also like the co-operative model where smaller communities can dictate their own norms but interoperate with the larger network, which means that, for example, communities for trans posters or journalists can provide more directed support.</p><p>But this model faces a much harder road. It means, firstly, that there is less money to go around (Bluesky has raised <a href=\"https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/bluesky-514d\">$36M so far</a>; Mastodon raised <a href=\"https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2023/10/annual-report-2022/\">\u20ac326K in 2022</a>), and secondly, that it\u2019s harder to understand for a new user who wants to join in. It\u2019s also clear that CEO <a href=\"https://bsky.app/profile/jay.bsky.team\">Jay Graber</a> has established a cohesive team that by all accounts <a href=\"https://bsky.app/profile/rose.bsky.team/post/3lav72lbpuk2p\">is a lot of fun to work in</a>. That counts for a lot and has helped to establish a healthy community.</p><p>Even with its hurdles, Mastodon\u2019s model embodies a rare, user-first ethos, and I believe it\u2019s worth supporting. In the end, the future of social media may depend on which values we choose to uphold.</p><p>I suspect both will continue to exist side by side. If I had to guess, Bluesky might become a mainstream platform for people who want something very close to pre-acquisition Twitter (which it is rapidly becoming right now), and the Fediverse might become the default glue between <em>any</em> social platform. For example, I post <a href=\"https://bookwyrm.social/user/benwerd\">my book reading activity on Bookwyrm</a>, which I find more useful in its own right than Goodreads. Other people can follow and interact with my book reviews there, or they can follow from other Fediverse-compatible platforms like Mastodon. (Right now, my followers <a href=\"https://bookwyrm.social/user/benwerd/followers\">are about half and half</a>). Mastodon itself will allow niche supportive communities to grow, and of course, the fact that Threads is building Fediverse support means that any of its hundreds of millions of users will be able to interact with anyone on any other Fediverse platform.</p><p>Bluesky may evolve into a streamlined alternative to Twitter, while the Fediverse could serve as a decentralized, cross-platform connector among diverse networks. This dynamic offers a promising future for users, with both worlds learning from one another in a productive tension that has the potential to strengthen the open social web. That\u2019s good news for everyone who values an open, user-driven future for social media.</p>"
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    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "Ben Werdmuller",
        "url": "https://werd.io/profile/benwerd",
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://ruhr.social/@kniebes/113482527719471745",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Seit September 2006 habe ich meinen Flickr Account und seit Mitte 2015 hatte ich das Pro-Account Abo. Ende Dezember w\u00e4re die n\u00e4chste, j\u00e4hrliche Verl\u00e4ngerung f\u00e4llig gewesen.</p><p>Aber nein! Eine automatische Verl\u00e4ngerung ist nicht mehr m\u00f6glich. PayPal wird nicht mehr akzeptiert. Nur noch Kreditkarte, ApplePay und GooglePay. Mit KK m\u00f6chte ich nicht zahlen \u2013 soweit geht mein Vertrauen in deren Datensicherheit nicht. Und ApplePay oder gar GooglePay\u2026 <a href=\"https://knieb.es/3901\"><span>https://</span><span>knieb.es/3901</span><span></span></a><br /><a href=\"https://ruhr.social/tags/Flickr\">#<span>Flickr</span></a> <a href=\"https://ruhr.social/tags/Indieweb\">#<span>Indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://ruhr.social/tags/PayPal\">#<span>PayPal</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Seit September 2006 habe ich meinen Flickr Account und seit Mitte 2015 hatte ich das Pro-Account Abo. Ende Dezember w\u00e4re die n\u00e4chste, j\u00e4hrliche Verl\u00e4ngerung f\u00e4llig gewesen.\n\nAber nein! Eine automatische Verl\u00e4ngerung ist nicht mehr m\u00f6glich. PayPal wird nicht mehr akzeptiert. Nur noch Kreditkarte, ApplePay und GooglePay. Mit KK m\u00f6chte ich nicht zahlen \u2013 soweit geht mein Vertrauen in deren Datensicherheit nicht. Und ApplePay oder gar GooglePay\u2026 https://knieb.es/3901\n#Flickr #Indieweb #PayPal"
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    "published": "2024-11-14T17:39:12+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "42898011",
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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/2024/11/14/great-post-by.html",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p><a href=\"https://werd.io/2024/bluesky-the-fediverse-and-the-future-of-social-media\">Great post by Ben Werdmuller</a> about Bluesky\u2019s popularity and the fediverse. To his list of what works well at Bluesky, I would add this: Bluesky usernames are domain names and <em>millions of people are cool with it</em>. I consider that a win for the IndieWeb.</p>",
        "text": "Great post by Ben Werdmuller about Bluesky\u2019s popularity and the fediverse. To his list of what works well at Bluesky, I would add this: Bluesky usernames are domain names and millions of people are cool with it. I consider that a win for the IndieWeb."
    },
    "published": "2024-11-14T11:17:30-06:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "42897922",
    "_source": "12",
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://hachyderm.io/@octothorpes/113482445822260300",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Most recent domain added to the main Ring: <a href=\"https://mementomovi.wackyneighbor.com/\"><span>https://</span><span>mementomovi.wackyneighbor.com/</span><span></span></a> Put in your birthday, how long you expect to live, and pick a movie and it'll show you where in the movie you are if the movie was your life. We love websites made by people. <a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/weirdweb\">#<span>weirdweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/cozyweb\">#<span>cozyweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/whenyouwilldie\">#<span>whenyouwilldie</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Most recent domain added to the main Ring: https://mementomovi.wackyneighbor.com/ Put in your birthday, how long you expect to live, and pick a movie and it'll show you where in the movie you are if the movie was your life. We love websites made by people. #weirdweb #cozyweb #indieweb #whenyouwilldie"
    },
    "published": "2024-11-14T17:18:23+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "42897809",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://indieweb.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://indieweb.social/@sainthood/113482094510915839",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Blog Post: Who Invited This Guy?</p><p><a href=\"https://sainthood.xyz/blog/posts/2024-11-13-who-invited-this-guy\"><span>https://</span><span>sainthood.xyz/blog/posts/2024-</span><span>11-13-who-invited-this-guy</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/blogging\">#<span>blogging</span></a> <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/personalwebsite\">#<span>personalwebsite</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/webdev\">#<span>webdev</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/personalweb\">#<span>personalweb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Blog Post: Who Invited This Guy?\n\nhttps://sainthood.xyz/blog/posts/2024-11-13-who-invited-this-guy\n\n#blogging #indieweb #smallweb #personalwebsite #webdev #personalweb"
    },
    "published": "2024-11-14T15:49:02+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "42896683",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://mstdn.party/@humbird0/113481710177409389",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>In some countries, Facebook already sells \"internet access\" \u2026 that only connects to facebook.</p><p>If the rest of the internet gets declared \"dark web\" because it's no longer recorded on search engines, then I wonder if they'll attempt that here at some point?</p><p><a href=\"https://mstdn.party/tags/DarkWeb\">#<span>DarkWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mstdn.party/tags/SocialMedia\">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href=\"https://mstdn.party/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "In some countries, Facebook already sells \"internet access\" \u2026 that only connects to facebook.\n\nIf the rest of the internet gets declared \"dark web\" because it's no longer recorded on search engines, then I wonder if they'll attempt that here at some point?\n\n#DarkWeb #SocialMedia #IndieWeb"
    },
    "published": "2024-11-14T14:11:18+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "42895459",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://fosstodon.org/@brianb/113481455842170600",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>\"The problem with the pick and mix approach to the indieweb is that it\u2019s inherently individualistic, almost consumerist \u2013 my choices, my approach to something, my technology, my thoughts \u2013 me and my blog...But simply stating your opinion in isolation lessens your ability to actually have an effect on anything \u2013 there\u2019s strength in collective thought and action. What do we think.\"</p><p><span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://mas.to/@paternoster\">@<span>paternoster</span></a></span> asks good questions about the community aspect of the <a href=\"https://fosstodon.org/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> mindset.</p><p><a href=\"https://www.thisdaysportion.com/posts/indieweb-in-the-age-of-trump/\"><span>https://www.</span><span>thisdaysportion.com/posts/indi</span><span>eweb-in-the-age-of-trump/</span></a></p>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://mas.to/@paternoster\"></a>",
        "text": "\"The problem with the pick and mix approach to the indieweb is that it\u2019s inherently individualistic, almost consumerist \u2013 my choices, my approach to something, my technology, my thoughts \u2013 me and my blog...But simply stating your opinion in isolation lessens your ability to actually have an effect on anything \u2013 there\u2019s strength in collective thought and action. What do we think.\"\n\n@paternoster asks good questions about the community aspect of the #indieweb mindset.\n\nhttps://www.thisdaysportion.com/posts/indieweb-in-the-age-of-trump/"
    },
    "published": "2024-11-14T13:06:37+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "42894808",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://dmv.community/@jcrabapple/113478883379522214",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>30 Years of Music - My Favorite Albums of 1994</p><p>Resharing this post of mine from the summer.</p><p><a href=\"https://cool-as-heck.blog/posts/2024-06-25-fav-albums-30-years/\"><span>https://</span><span>cool-as-heck.blog/posts/2024-0</span><span>6-25-fav-albums-30-years/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://dmv.community/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://dmv.community/tags/music\">#<span>music</span></a></p>",
        "text": "30 Years of Music - My Favorite Albums of 1994\n\nResharing this post of mine from the summer.\n\nhttps://cool-as-heck.blog/posts/2024-06-25-fav-albums-30-years/\n\n#indieweb #music"
    },
    "published": "2024-11-14T02:12:24+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "42890485",
    "_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/@stephensauceda/113478824366274066",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>\ud83d\udce2 I am now POSSE-ing from my own website to Bluesky and Mastodon. Because I'm cool. \ud83d\ude0e That is all. <a href=\"https://mastodon.online/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a><br />\ud83d\udd17 <a href=\"https://stephensauceda.com/statuses/67355794f5d6c405ec082b97/\"><span>https://</span><span>stephensauceda.com/statuses/67</span><span>355794f5d6c405ec082b97/</span></a></p>",
        "text": "\ud83d\udce2 I am now POSSE-ing from my own website to Bluesky and Mastodon. Because I'm cool. \ud83d\ude0e That is all. #indieweb\n\ud83d\udd17 https://stephensauceda.com/statuses/67355794f5d6c405ec082b97/"
    },
    "published": "2024-11-14T01:57:24+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "42890372",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
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