{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://mastodon.social/@heathenstorm/113701669230332960",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Initial site redesign uploaded. Still a few annoying little glitches to fix, but the crux of the work is done.</p><p>Just need to find an alternative to Kadence forms for the Contact page.</p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/wordpress\">#<span>wordpress</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/plugins\">#<span>plugins</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Initial site redesign uploaded. Still a few annoying little glitches to fix, but the crux of the work is done.\n\nJust need to find an alternative to Kadence forms for the Contact page.\n\n#wordpress #indieweb #plugins"
    },
    "published": "2024-12-23T10:29:46+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "43317787",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://social.bacardi55.io/@bacardi55/statuses/01JFSGBG64CQZJ002PCJ85DTX0",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Hey bloggers\u2026 Do you mind either not changing your RSS / Atom / whatever feed URL when you update your site? Or at least add a redirection (or even a copy to the old name)? Or at the very least write about that change <em>before</em> it happens?<br />You offer such a feed (presumably?) because you want people to read what you write, not for feed reader to create error logs on your server trying to find a missing file every hour\u2026 Or make people think your site is gone.<br /><a href=\"https://social.bacardi55.io/tags/blog\">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.bacardi55.io/tags/rss\">#<span>rss</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.bacardi55.io/tags/atom\">#<span>atom</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.bacardi55.io/tags/smallweb\">#<span>smallweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.bacardi55.io/tags/smolweb\">#<span>smolweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.bacardi55.io/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a><br /><a href=\"https://social.bacardi55.io/tags/rant\">#<span>rant</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Hey bloggers\u2026 Do you mind either not changing your RSS / Atom / whatever feed URL when you update your site? Or at least add a redirection (or even a copy to the old name)? Or at the very least write about that change before it happens?\nYou offer such a feed (presumably?) because you want people to read what you write, not for feed reader to create error logs on your server trying to find a missing file every hour\u2026 Or make people think your site is gone.\n#blog #rss #atom #smallweb #smolweb #indieweb\n#rant"
    },
    "published": "2024-12-23T10:17:40+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "43317597",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://social.g2od.ch/@rapha3l/113701258860393910",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://mastodon.social/@MrClicko\">@<span>MrClicko</span></a></span> </p><p>Seine kreativen Leistungen Dritter abzugeben r\u00e4cht sich fr\u00fcher oder sp\u00e4ter...</p><p>Darum:</p><p><a href=\"https://social.g2od.ch/tags/searxng\">#<span>searxng</span></a> statt <a href=\"https://social.g2od.ch/tags/google\">#<span>google</span></a> <br /><a href=\"https://social.g2od.ch/tags/PeerTube\">#<span>PeerTube</span></a> statt <a href=\"https://social.g2od.ch/tags/youtube\">#<span>youtube</span></a> <br /><a href=\"https://social.g2od.ch/tags/fediverse\">#<span>fediverse</span></a> statt <a href=\"https://social.g2od.ch/tags/x\">#<span>x</span></a> <br /><a href=\"https://social.g2od.ch/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> statt <a href=\"https://social.g2od.ch/tags/blogger\">#<span>blogger</span></a>.com</p>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://mastodon.social/@MrClicko\"></a>",
        "text": "@MrClicko \n\nSeine kreativen Leistungen Dritter abzugeben r\u00e4cht sich fr\u00fcher oder sp\u00e4ter...\n\nDarum:\n\n#searxng statt #google \n#PeerTube statt #youtube \n#fediverse statt #x \n#indieweb statt #blogger.com"
    },
    "published": "2024-12-23T08:45:25+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "43317048",
    "_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/113700714187183564",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://mastodon.social/@FunkyLarma\">@<span>FunkyLarma</span></a></span> I added display of webmentions to my own page this evening and spotted yours\u2026nice! <a href=\"https://xoxo.zone/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://mastodon.social/@FunkyLarma\"></a>",
        "text": "@FunkyLarma I added display of webmentions to my own page this evening and spotted yours\u2026nice! #indieweb"
    },
    "published": "2024-12-23T06:26:54+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "43316363",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://fuzzies.wtf/@kaaskop/113699760615219399",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p><strong>webmaster updates</strong></p><p>been a while, huh?</p><ul><li>went back to old url (important for attributions, but brainworms.nl will still be used for something related to me)</li><li>added some old art</li><li>updated links</li><li>merry crisis, went back just in time for christmas with a christmasy theme!</li></ul><p><a href=\"https://dokokashira.nl/\"><span>https://</span><span>dokokashira.nl/</span><span></span></a></p><p>planned to refresh the look and maybe make a new blogpost</p><p><a href=\"https://fuzzies.wtf/tags/smallWeb\">#<span>smallWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://fuzzies.wtf/tags/indieWeb\">#<span>indieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://fuzzies.wtf/tags/webmaster\">#<span>webmaster</span></a> <a href=\"https://fuzzies.wtf/tags/html\">#<span>html</span></a> <a href=\"https://fuzzies.wtf/tags/art\">#<span>art</span></a></p>",
        "text": "webmaster updates\n\nbeen a while, huh?went back to old url (important for attributions, but brainworms.nl will still be used for something related to me)added some old artupdated linksmerry crisis, went back just in time for christmas with a christmasy theme!https://dokokashira.nl/\n\nplanned to refresh the look and maybe make a new blogpost\n\n#smallWeb #indieWeb #webmaster #html #art"
    },
    "published": "2024-12-23T02:24:23+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "43314966",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://plasmatrap.com/notes/a23r6amsi6",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p><span>I made a webring for glass beach fans!<br /><br />If you have a website and like glass beach, email me contact+gleachring@ixhby.dev with your site and your favorite glass beach song (optional) and i'll add you!<br /><br /></span><a href=\"https://gleach.garnix.dev\">https://gleach.garnix.dev</a> <a href=\"https://plasmatrap.com/tags/glassbeach\">#glassbeach</a> <a href=\"https://plasmatrap.com/tags/indieweb\">#indieweb</a> <a href=\"https://plasmatrap.com/tags/webring\">#webring</a></p>",
        "text": "I made a webring for glass beach fans!\n\nIf you have a website and like glass beach, email me contact+gleachring@ixhby.dev with your site and your favorite glass beach song (optional) and i'll add you!\n\nhttps://gleach.garnix.dev #glassbeach #indieweb #webring"
    },
    "published": "2024-12-22T22:37:27+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "43313586",
    "_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/113698221199327232",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>making a website is hard - - cathode ray dude's blog <a href=\"https://blog.cathoderaydude.com/doku.php?id=blog:making_a_website_is_hard\"><span>https://</span><span>blog.cathoderaydude.com/doku.p</span><span>hp?id=blog:making_a_website_is_hard</span></a> <a href=\"https://caneandable.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://caneandable.social/tags/Blogging\">#<span>Blogging</span></a> <a href=\"https://caneandable.social/tags/WebDev\">#<span>WebDev</span></a></p>",
        "text": "making a website is hard - - cathode ray dude's blog https://blog.cathoderaydude.com/doku.php?id=blog:making_a_website_is_hard #IndieWeb #Blogging #WebDev"
    },
    "published": "2024-12-22T19:52:54+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "43312345",
    "_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/@ppcland/113697313097909024",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Google hits indie websites with spam update while major publishers gain visibility: Independent website owner reports massive search visibility drop from Google's December spam update as bigger publishers gain rankings. <a href=\"https://ppc.land/google-hits-indie-websites-with-spam-update-while-major-publishers-gain-visibility/?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=mastodon\"><span>https://</span><span>ppc.land/google-hits-indie-web</span><span>sites-with-spam-update-while-major-publishers-gain-visibility/?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=mastodon</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/GoogleUpdate\">#<span>GoogleUpdate</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/SearchEngineOptimization\">#<span>SearchEngineOptimization</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalMarketing\">#<span>DigitalMarketing</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/SEO\">#<span>SEO</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Google hits indie websites with spam update while major publishers gain visibility: Independent website owner reports massive search visibility drop from Google's December spam update as bigger publishers gain rankings. https://ppc.land/google-hits-indie-websites-with-spam-update-while-major-publishers-gain-visibility/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #GoogleUpdate #SearchEngineOptimization #IndieWeb #DigitalMarketing #SEO"
    },
    "published": "2024-12-22T16:01:57+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "43310433",
    "_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/@nachtfunke/113696619183625752",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>So I wonder - is there any way I can insight into how many people are subscribed to my RSS feed without moving my RSS feed to a third party platform?</p><p>I\u2019m not interest in in-depth analytics, is just like to have an approximate idea of how many people actually use an RSS reader to connect / how many people receive new blog posts via RSS.</p><p><a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/rss\">#<span>rss</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/blogging\">#<span>blogging</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/lazyweb\">#<span>lazyweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/webdev\">#<span>webdev</span></a></p>",
        "text": "So I wonder - is there any way I can insight into how many people are subscribed to my RSS feed without moving my RSS feed to a third party platform?\n\nI\u2019m not interest in in-depth analytics, is just like to have an approximate idea of how many people actually use an RSS reader to connect / how many people receive new blog posts via RSS.\n\n#rss #blogging #lazyweb #indieweb #webdev"
    },
    "published": "2024-12-22T13:05:29+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "43309177",
    "_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/@jlog/113695322696160523",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>El \"Arroz con conejo\" de la semana est\u00e1 fuera y que venga el 2025 lleno de sorpresas y malos rollos y movidas chungas porque no pinta bien pero tambi\u00e9n de todo el amor que pod\u00e1is entregar sin esperar nada a cambio o yo que s\u00e9.</p><p><a href=\"https://jlogp.org/blog/2024/Rabbit_rice_23_22_12\"><span>https://</span><span>jlogp.org/blog/2024/Rabbit_ric</span><span>e_23_22_12</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/blog\">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "El \"Arroz con conejo\" de la semana est\u00e1 fuera y que venga el 2025 lleno de sorpresas y malos rollos y movidas chungas porque no pinta bien pero tambi\u00e9n de todo el amor que pod\u00e1is entregar sin esperar nada a cambio o yo que s\u00e9.\n\nhttps://jlogp.org/blog/2024/Rabbit_rice_23_22_12\n\n#blog #indieweb"
    },
    "published": "2024-12-22T07:35:46+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "43307538",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://pony.social/@axxuy/113694405093015951",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>I wrote a blog post about a dream I had. I keep doing that</p><p><a href=\"https://axxuy.xyz/blog/posts/2024/iknowitsyou/\"><span>https://</span><span>axxuy.xyz/blog/posts/2024/ikno</span><span>witsyou/</span></a><br /><a href=\"https://pony.social/tags/blog\">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href=\"https://pony.social/tags/blogpost\">#<span>blogpost</span></a> <a href=\"https://pony.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "I wrote a blog post about a dream I had. I keep doing that\n\nhttps://axxuy.xyz/blog/posts/2024/iknowitsyou/\n#blog #blogpost #indieweb"
    },
    "published": "2024-12-22T03:42:24+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "43306442",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#webmention",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/webmention",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://mastodon.social/@lordmatt/113693542937776228",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://indieweb.social/@OpenMentions\">@<span>OpenMentions</span></a></span> I think the mission is to get the bloggers using <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/WebMention\">#<span>WebMention</span></a>.</p>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://indieweb.social/@OpenMentions\"></a>",
        "text": "@OpenMentions I think the mission is to get the bloggers using #WebMention."
    },
    "published": "2024-12-22T00:03:09+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "43305327",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://mastodon.social/@inautilo/113692719235017187",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Design\">#<span>Design</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Inspirations\">#<span>Inspirations</span></a><br />Blog of the .Day \u00b7 Explore the indie web, one blog at a time <a href=\"https://ilo.im/16167o\"><span>https://</span><span>ilo.im/16167o</span><span></span></a></p><p>_____<br /><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Collection\">#<span>Collection</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Community\">#<span>Community</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/WebDesign\">#<span>WebDesign</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/SmallWeb\">#<span>SmallWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Website\">#<span>Website</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Blog\">#<span>Blog</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Content\">#<span>Content</span></a></p>",
        "text": "#Design #Inspirations\nBlog of the .Day \u00b7 Explore the indie web, one blog at a time https://ilo.im/16167o\n\n_____\n#Collection #Community #WebDesign #IndieWeb #SmallWeb #Website #Blog #Content"
    },
    "published": "2024-12-21T20:33:40+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "43304006",
    "_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/113692489717765128",
    "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. 32: \"Rubenerd\" <a href=\"https://rubenerd.com/\"><span>https://</span><span>rubenerd.com/</span><span></span></a></p><p>PS: <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://bsd.network/@rubenerd\">@<span>rubenerd</span></a></span> is on Mastodon!</p><p>PPS: happy anniversary!</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>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://bsd.network/@rubenerd\"></a>",
        "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. 32: \"Rubenerd\" https://rubenerd.com/\n\nPS: @rubenerd is on Mastodon!\n\nPPS: happy anniversary!\n\n#SmallWeb #indieweb #smolweb #PersonalSites #homepage #blog"
    },
    "published": "2024-12-21T19:35:18+00:00",
    "photo": [
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    ],
    "post-type": "photo",
    "_id": "43303394",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://korora.social/display/d2c3d5ff-1667-66f8-82eb-fa8987066911",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>This week I briefly thought about changing my personal blog to WordPress, setup a test site and played with it for a couple days, remembered how much I hate the Gutenberg/FSE experience, read more about the recent WordPress drama Matt loves to create, deleted the test site, updated the theme on my Ghost-powered blog, and updated my /Uses page.</p><p><a href=\"https://stevenbrady.com/uses/\">stevenbrady.com/uses/</a></p><p><a href=\"https://korora.social/search?tag=IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "This week I briefly thought about changing my personal blog to WordPress, setup a test site and played with it for a couple days, remembered how much I hate the Gutenberg/FSE experience, read more about the recent WordPress drama Matt loves to create, deleted the test site, updated the theme on my Ghost-powered blog, and updated my /Uses page.\n\nstevenbrady.com/uses/\n\n#IndieWeb"
    },
    "published": "2024-12-21T17:18:58+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "43302356",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

I support the mad king

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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "Manton Reece",
        "url": "https://www.manton.org/",
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    },
    "url": "https://www.manton.org/2024/12/21/i-support-the.html",
    "name": "I support the mad king",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>I\u2019ve been thinking about the WP Engine drama and whether I should take a side. Users move between Micro.blog and WordPress regularly. We\u2019ve long had WordPress import and export, and even native posting directly to WordPress from the mobile app, plus connecting external WordPress RSS feeds.</p>\n<p>No other platform supports WordPress as extensively as we do in Micro.blog. We <em>compete</em> with WordPress for hosting and <em>also embrace it</em>. This is what the open web is about.</p>\n<p>In many ways, the missions of Automattic and Micro.blog are aligned. We all make software to help people write, post photos, publish podcasts, and communicate on the open web.</p>\n<p>It\u2019s less clear what WP Engine stands for because it is no longer run by one of its founders, Jason Cohen, someone who had a public personality and clear voice. It\u2019s owned by private equity and the leadership has kept silent. As far as I can tell, Heather Brunner, WP Engine\u2019s CEO, does not blog, and neither does the top leadership at Silver Lake. In other words, they do not use their company\u2019s own product.</p>\n<p>(As an aside, Heather is well respected in the Austin business community and praised for her mentorship to entrepreneurs. I also enjoyed her love letter to Austin <a href=\"https://atxwoman.com/i-am-austin-woman-heather-brunner/\">in Austin Women Magazine</a>. I would rather have more Heathers here in Austin and fewer Elons.)</p>\n<p>Back to the drama\u2026</p>\n<p>I\u2019ve followed the news and related blog posts of WP Engine vs. Automattic ever since it began. I\u2019ve watched Matt Mullenweg\u2019s keynotes at WordCamp US Portland (where he called out WP Engine) and WordCamp Tokyo (last week). I\u2019ve posted briefly a few times about how Matt\u2019s actions have hurt the community, even if he has a defensible position in trademark law.</p>\n<p>Now there\u2019s <a href=\"https://www.inc.com/dfreedman/matt-mullenweg-wordpress-wp-engine/90994969\">this article in Inc magazine</a>. Matt, writer David Freedman suggests, just might be a mad king, a benevolent dictator for life taking WordPress in the wrong direction:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Mullenweg\u2019s war on WP Engine has also cast a shadow over the entire world of open-source software\u2014software that, like WordPress, can be freely downloaded and modified. Open-source software of various types is widely used throughout the world, precisely because it is seen as being free from the risk of proprietary abuse. But the WordPress debacle has demonstrated all too sharply that this belief may have been misplaced.</p>\n<p>Most of all, it has raised questions about Mullenweg himself.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Matt responded <a href=\"https://ma.tt/\">on his own blog in detail</a>, including this bit about taking the long view:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>It\u2019s funny to talk about the last big controversy in WordPress world being in 2010, I think it actually speaks to our stability. Since 2010, when \u201csome eventually even left WordPress\u201d, the platform has grown market share from under 10% to 43%. I think in a few years we\u2019ll look back at WP Engine as inconsequential as Thesis, and Heather Brunner as credible as Chris Pearson.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>I don\u2019t know Matt personally but I get the impression that he is exhausted. I\u2019m sure I would be overwhelmed in his shoes. I honestly lose sleep even when only a few customers on Micro.blog are upset about something I wrote.</p>\n<p>I hope that my customers and readers, even when they disagree with me \u2014 even new readers finding this very post \u2014 still respect that I\u2019m dedicated to making my product better because that in turn helps users make the web better. I\u2019m putting my WordPress thoughts down in writing on my blog because I believe in the open web.</p>\n<p>One positive outcome of this whole drama is shedding light on the WordPress Foundation, the WordPress.org website, and the plugin directory. I do think the community would benefit from expanding the WordPress Foundation to a slightly larger board and more transparent management of WordPress.org. Matt could add two more members to the board and ask for nominations from the community.</p>\n<p>Some people think that wouldn\u2019t go far enough, that WordPress would be better off with someone new taking over Matt\u2019s role across the project. I\u2019m not convinced. WordPress and Automattic didn\u2019t <em>accidentally</em> become successful. They are successful in large part because of Matt and the teams he built.</p>\n<p>WordPress with completely new leadership from the community would risk watering down the vision, bogged down by committee. The Gutenberg editor is a good case study. Such a massive, controversial change needed a champion with power. The block-based design of Gutenberg isn\u2019t for me, and in Micro.blog we are taking the opposite approach \u2014 focus on Markdown and HTML, formats that scale well from microblog posts to full-length posts \u2014\u00a0but if you are competing with Squarespace and thinking of the needs of non-bloggers, going all-in on Gutenberg is justifiable.</p>\n<p>The safer choice that had been advocated for by some in the community \u2014 to support both Gutenberg and the classic editor indefinitely, as peers \u2014\u00a0would have slowed down development, eventually leading to a UI mess without a unifying purpose. I\u2019m singling out Gutenberg but take any other potential feature and run it through the feedback of an oversight committee, the outcome is the same. Bloat.</p>\n<p>Directionless products fail. They lose their soul.</p>\n<p>On the internet we are too quick to vilify our heroes. Someone who has built up a great reputation over many years makes a mistake and boom, they\u2019re out. I can\u2019t get behind that. When the mob gathers, that\u2019s when we should stop to take a breath, to be certain we\u2019re right.</p>\n<p>When the narrative turns against you, even harmless decisions are questioned. Matt announced this week that WordPress.org would pause registrations and plugin reviews for the holidays. At any other time without the WP Engine backdrop this decision would not be controversial. The narrative warps reality, amplifying only one side.</p>\n<p>Because Micro.blog is a competitor to Automattic for blog hosting, it would be an easy business decision for me to use the WP Engine drama to entice WordPress customers looking for a new blog host. That would come dangerously close to caring more about money than principles, though. Instead, everything starts with what we believe in, and the business priorities follow that.</p>\n<p>If I must take a side, I will side with people who share my vision for a better web. I believe Matt shares that vision. Perhaps the best summary of my take is <a href=\"https://www.manton.org/2024/11/17/in-when-i.html\">this post on my blog last month</a>, which didn\u2019t have anything to do with WordPress:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>In 2018, when I added ActivityPub support to Micro.blog, I faced a choice: do I fight other \u201ccompeting\u201d platforms or do I embrace them? In hindsight that decision is obvious. I support anything that makes the web better. Twitter / X migration to Bluesky at scale makes the web better, so I\u2019m for it.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Let\u2019s keep our eyes on the big picture.</p>\n<p>Is Matt a little crazy to go to war against WP Engine, in the process also appearing vindictive to his critics in the community? Yes. The safe, predictable path would be to take a step back. And Matt can be reflective and self-critical, like when he realized he went too far in his blog post attacking David Heinemeier Hansson and <a href=\"https://ma.tt/2024/10/on-dhh/\">so retracted it</a>. But good leaders often go against the flow of what everyone else thinks. This is the same quality that makes them capable of building something new.</p>\n<p>No one else would have risked their reputation to continue to attack WP Engine. But also, no one else would have acquired Tumblr and run it at a loss to preserve the culture and post archive, just because they saw the potential for what it could become again. How quickly we forget the triumphs of the mad king.</p>\n<p>Years ago on Core Intuition, I said to Daniel that of all the new web companies, there are only two that will last 100 years, still hosting our stuff at URLs that don\u2019t change: GitHub and Automattic. I stand by that. There are now cracks in Automattic\u2019s inevitably, but the foundation is strong and it will hold.</p>",
        "text": "I\u2019ve been thinking about the WP Engine drama and whether I should take a side. Users move between Micro.blog and WordPress regularly. We\u2019ve long had WordPress import and export, and even native posting directly to WordPress from the mobile app, plus connecting external WordPress RSS feeds.\nNo other platform supports WordPress as extensively as we do in Micro.blog. We compete with WordPress for hosting and also embrace it. This is what the open web is about.\nIn many ways, the missions of Automattic and Micro.blog are aligned. We all make software to help people write, post photos, publish podcasts, and communicate on the open web.\nIt\u2019s less clear what WP Engine stands for because it is no longer run by one of its founders, Jason Cohen, someone who had a public personality and clear voice. It\u2019s owned by private equity and the leadership has kept silent. As far as I can tell, Heather Brunner, WP Engine\u2019s CEO, does not blog, and neither does the top leadership at Silver Lake. In other words, they do not use their company\u2019s own product.\n(As an aside, Heather is well respected in the Austin business community and praised for her mentorship to entrepreneurs. I also enjoyed her love letter to Austin in Austin Women Magazine. I would rather have more Heathers here in Austin and fewer Elons.)\nBack to the drama\u2026\nI\u2019ve followed the news and related blog posts of WP Engine vs. Automattic ever since it began. I\u2019ve watched Matt Mullenweg\u2019s keynotes at WordCamp US Portland (where he called out WP Engine) and WordCamp Tokyo (last week). I\u2019ve posted briefly a few times about how Matt\u2019s actions have hurt the community, even if he has a defensible position in trademark law.\nNow there\u2019s this article in Inc magazine. Matt, writer David Freedman suggests, just might be a mad king, a benevolent dictator for life taking WordPress in the wrong direction:\n\nMullenweg\u2019s war on WP Engine has also cast a shadow over the entire world of open-source software\u2014software that, like WordPress, can be freely downloaded and modified. Open-source software of various types is widely used throughout the world, precisely because it is seen as being free from the risk of proprietary abuse. But the WordPress debacle has demonstrated all too sharply that this belief may have been misplaced.\nMost of all, it has raised questions about Mullenweg himself.\n\nMatt responded on his own blog in detail, including this bit about taking the long view:\n\nIt\u2019s funny to talk about the last big controversy in WordPress world being in 2010, I think it actually speaks to our stability. Since 2010, when \u201csome eventually even left WordPress\u201d, the platform has grown market share from under 10% to 43%. I think in a few years we\u2019ll look back at WP Engine as inconsequential as Thesis, and Heather Brunner as credible as Chris Pearson.\n\nI don\u2019t know Matt personally but I get the impression that he is exhausted. I\u2019m sure I would be overwhelmed in his shoes. I honestly lose sleep even when only a few customers on Micro.blog are upset about something I wrote.\nI hope that my customers and readers, even when they disagree with me \u2014 even new readers finding this very post \u2014 still respect that I\u2019m dedicated to making my product better because that in turn helps users make the web better. I\u2019m putting my WordPress thoughts down in writing on my blog because I believe in the open web.\nOne positive outcome of this whole drama is shedding light on the WordPress Foundation, the WordPress.org website, and the plugin directory. I do think the community would benefit from expanding the WordPress Foundation to a slightly larger board and more transparent management of WordPress.org. Matt could add two more members to the board and ask for nominations from the community.\nSome people think that wouldn\u2019t go far enough, that WordPress would be better off with someone new taking over Matt\u2019s role across the project. I\u2019m not convinced. WordPress and Automattic didn\u2019t accidentally become successful. They are successful in large part because of Matt and the teams he built.\nWordPress with completely new leadership from the community would risk watering down the vision, bogged down by committee. The Gutenberg editor is a good case study. Such a massive, controversial change needed a champion with power. The block-based design of Gutenberg isn\u2019t for me, and in Micro.blog we are taking the opposite approach \u2014 focus on Markdown and HTML, formats that scale well from microblog posts to full-length posts \u2014\u00a0but if you are competing with Squarespace and thinking of the needs of non-bloggers, going all-in on Gutenberg is justifiable.\nThe safer choice that had been advocated for by some in the community \u2014 to support both Gutenberg and the classic editor indefinitely, as peers \u2014\u00a0would have slowed down development, eventually leading to a UI mess without a unifying purpose. I\u2019m singling out Gutenberg but take any other potential feature and run it through the feedback of an oversight committee, the outcome is the same. Bloat.\nDirectionless products fail. They lose their soul.\nOn the internet we are too quick to vilify our heroes. Someone who has built up a great reputation over many years makes a mistake and boom, they\u2019re out. I can\u2019t get behind that. When the mob gathers, that\u2019s when we should stop to take a breath, to be certain we\u2019re right.\nWhen the narrative turns against you, even harmless decisions are questioned. Matt announced this week that WordPress.org would pause registrations and plugin reviews for the holidays. At any other time without the WP Engine backdrop this decision would not be controversial. The narrative warps reality, amplifying only one side.\nBecause Micro.blog is a competitor to Automattic for blog hosting, it would be an easy business decision for me to use the WP Engine drama to entice WordPress customers looking for a new blog host. That would come dangerously close to caring more about money than principles, though. Instead, everything starts with what we believe in, and the business priorities follow that.\nIf I must take a side, I will side with people who share my vision for a better web. I believe Matt shares that vision. Perhaps the best summary of my take is this post on my blog last month, which didn\u2019t have anything to do with WordPress:\n\nIn 2018, when I added ActivityPub support to Micro.blog, I faced a choice: do I fight other \u201ccompeting\u201d platforms or do I embrace them? In hindsight that decision is obvious. I support anything that makes the web better. Twitter / X migration to Bluesky at scale makes the web better, so I\u2019m for it.\n\nLet\u2019s keep our eyes on the big picture.\nIs Matt a little crazy to go to war against WP Engine, in the process also appearing vindictive to his critics in the community? Yes. The safe, predictable path would be to take a step back. And Matt can be reflective and self-critical, like when he realized he went too far in his blog post attacking David Heinemeier Hansson and so retracted it. But good leaders often go against the flow of what everyone else thinks. This is the same quality that makes them capable of building something new.\nNo one else would have risked their reputation to continue to attack WP Engine. But also, no one else would have acquired Tumblr and run it at a loss to preserve the culture and post archive, just because they saw the potential for what it could become again. How quickly we forget the triumphs of the mad king.\nYears ago on Core Intuition, I said to Daniel that of all the new web companies, there are only two that will last 100 years, still hosting our stuff at URLs that don\u2019t change: GitHub and Automattic. I stand by that. There are now cracks in Automattic\u2019s inevitably, but the foundation is strong and it will hold."
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    "published": "2024-12-21T10:53:08-06:00",
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    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
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    "url": "https://mastodon.social/@andyinabox/113690526074525676",
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        "html": "<p>Fell in love with the html \"is\" attribute as a way to write web components without filling your markup with a bunch of random element names (not to mention avoiding the shadow DOM world). </p><p>Now I see that WebKit doesn't plan to support it \ud83d\ude2d . Classic \"Safari is the new IE\" moment.</p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/html\">#<span>html</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/browserpolitics\">#<span>browserpolitics</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/97\"><span>https://</span><span>github.com/WebKit/standards-po</span><span>sitions/issues/97</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Fell in love with the html \"is\" attribute as a way to write web components without filling your markup with a bunch of random element names (not to mention avoiding the shadow DOM world). \n\nNow I see that WebKit doesn't plan to support it \ud83d\ude2d . Classic \"Safari is the new IE\" moment.\n\n#indieweb #html #browserpolitics\n\nhttps://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/97"
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    "published": "2024-12-21T11:15:55+00:00",
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        "name": "#indieweb",
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    "url": "https://indieweb.social/@OpenMentions/113689586476573717",
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        "html": "<p>I'm curouse about the intersection of those who <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/blog\">#<span>blog</span></a>  and those who use <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/WebMention\">#<span>WebMention</span></a>. </p><p>I'd appreciated a boost for greater sample size.</p><p>I'd also love to hear about your experiences with <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/blogging\">#<span>blogging</span></a> and/or WebMention (and any other <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/smolweb\">#<span>smolweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> stuff)</p><p>I blog and use WebMention<br />I don't blog but use WebMention<br />I neither blog nor use WebMention<br />I blog but I do not use Webmention</p>",
        "text": "I'm curouse about the intersection of those who #blog  and those who use #WebMention. \n\nI'd appreciated a boost for greater sample size.\n\nI'd also love to hear about your experiences with #blogging and/or WebMention (and any other #smolweb #IndieWeb stuff)\n\nI blog and use WebMention\nI don't blog but use WebMention\nI neither blog nor use WebMention\nI blog but I do not use Webmention"
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    "published": "2024-12-21T07:16:58+00:00",
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    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
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    "url": "https://mamot.fr/@thibaultamartin/113687285697163321",
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        "html": "<p>I love having a digital garden that I can really control and tweak to my liking.</p><p>It\u2019s an enormous privilege, but it brings me peace and motivation.</p><p><a href=\"https://mamot.fr/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mamot.fr/tags/astro\">#<span>astro</span></a> <a href=\"https://mamot.fr/tags/markdown\">#<span>markdown</span></a></p>",
        "text": "I love having a digital garden that I can really control and tweak to my liking.\n\nIt\u2019s an enormous privilege, but it brings me peace and motivation.\n\n#indieweb #astro #markdown"
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    "published": "2024-12-20T21:31:51+00:00",
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    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
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        "photo": null
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    "url": "https://allthingstech.social/@countablenewt/113685675468143061",
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        "html": "<p>New post on The Digital Renaissance: On: Stage Manager</p><p>\"Stage Manager is one of those super controversial Apple features, I figured I would share some thoughts on it\u201d</p><p><a href=\"https://blog.samclemente.me/on-stage-manager/\"><span>https://</span><span>blog.samclemente.me/on-stage-m</span><span>anager/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://allthingstech.social/tags/Apple\">#<span>Apple</span></a> <a href=\"https://allthingstech.social/tags/Technology\">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href=\"https://allthingstech.social/tags/Blog\">#<span>Blog</span></a> <a href=\"https://allthingstech.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://allthingstech.social/tags/iPad\">#<span>iPad</span></a> <a href=\"https://allthingstech.social/tags/Mac\">#<span>Mac</span></a></p>",
        "text": "New post on The Digital Renaissance: On: Stage Manager\n\n\"Stage Manager is one of those super controversial Apple features, I figured I would share some thoughts on it\u201d\n\nhttps://blog.samclemente.me/on-stage-manager/\n\n#Apple #Technology #Blog #IndieWeb #iPad #Mac"
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    "published": "2024-12-20T14:42:21+00:00",
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