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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://alpaca.gold/@poppacalypse/114486977654719224",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p><a href=\"https://alpaca.gold/tags/webdev\">#<span>webdev</span></a> <a href=\"https://alpaca.gold/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> </p><p>\ud83d\ude03 me, super excited: OMGs my first YouTube comment!!!!1!! </p><p>\ud83e\udee0 the comment:</p>",
        "text": "#webdev #indieweb \n\n\ud83d\ude03 me, super excited: OMGs my first YouTube comment!!!!1!! \n\n\ud83e\udee0 the comment:"
    },
    "published": "2025-05-11T03:04:02+00:00",
    "photo": [
        "https://files.mastodon.social/cache/media_attachments/files/114/486/977/844/272/035/original/bfdebe94db72f8fb.png"
    ],
    "post-type": "photo",
    "_id": "44772415",
    "_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.lqdev.tech/@lqdev/114486856894328187",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Announcing Distributed.Press Social Inbox 1.0 <a href=\"https://toot.lqdev.tech/tags/decentralization\">#<span>decentralization</span></a> <a href=\"https://toot.lqdev.tech/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://toot.lqdev.tech/tags/social\">#<span>social</span></a> <a href=\"https://www.luisquintanilla.me/feed/announcing-distributed-press-social-inbox?utm_medium=feed\"><span>https://www.</span><span>luisquintanilla.me/feed/announ</span><span>cing-distributed-press-social-inbox?utm_medium=feed</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Announcing Distributed.Press Social Inbox 1.0 #decentralization #indieweb #social https://www.luisquintanilla.me/feed/announcing-distributed-press-social-inbox?utm_medium=feed"
    },
    "published": "2025-05-11T02:33:19+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "44772332",
    "_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.lqdev.tech/@lqdev/114486367156231479",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Extreme web surfing <a href=\"https://toot.lqdev.tech/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://toot.lqdev.tech/tags/web\">#<span>web</span></a> <a href=\"https://toot.lqdev.tech/tags/community\">#<span>community</span></a> <a href=\"https://www.luisquintanilla.me/feed/too-many-browser-tabs-shellsharks?utm_medium=feed\"><span>https://www.</span><span>luisquintanilla.me/feed/too-ma</span><span>ny-browser-tabs-shellsharks?utm_medium=feed</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Extreme web surfing #indieweb #web #community https://www.luisquintanilla.me/feed/too-many-browser-tabs-shellsharks?utm_medium=feed"
    },
    "published": "2025-05-11T00:28:46+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "44771793",
    "_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/@indieaisle/114486324567808525",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Being indie means being scrappy and taking a lean approach to doing things, including being on the web.</p><p><a href=\"https://indieaisle.com/guide-indie-web/\"><span>https://</span><span>indieaisle.com/guide-indie-web/</span><span></span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Being indie means being scrappy and taking a lean approach to doing things, including being on the web.\n\nhttps://indieaisle.com/guide-indie-web/\n\n#indieweb"
    },
    "published": "2025-05-11T00:17:57+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "44771752",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://hachyderm.io/@TheIdOfAlan/114484908289716402",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>New post: Adding Spans to Neopolitan's Flags (and Attribute Keys) </p><p>Another code dream, another fiction removed from Neopolitan (my markdown replacement)</p><p><a href=\"https://www.alanwsmith.com/en/2w/rn/zn/kt/\"><span>https://www.</span><span>alanwsmith.com/en/2w/rn/zn/kt/</span><span></span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "New post: Adding Spans to Neopolitan's Flags (and Attribute Keys) \n\nAnother code dream, another fiction removed from Neopolitan (my markdown replacement)\n\nhttps://www.alanwsmith.com/en/2w/rn/zn/kt/\n\n#IndieWeb"
    },
    "published": "2025-05-10T18:17:46+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "44769875",
    "_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/@readbeanicecream/114484808267370721",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Scifi Saturday!</p><p>Here is a list of my science fiction related posts and activities for the past week (or so)!</p><p><a href=\"https://readbeanicecream.surge.sh/2025/05/10/scifi-saturday/\"><span>https://</span><span>readbeanicecream.surge.sh/2025</span><span>/05/10/scifi-saturday/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/blogging\">#<span>blogging</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/blog\">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/smolweb\">#<span>smolweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/smallweb\">#<span>smallweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/personalweb\">#<span>personalweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/books\">#<span>books</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/movies\">#<span>movies</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/podcasts\">#<span>podcasts</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/fediverse\">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/pixelfed\">#<span>pixelfed</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/loops\">#<span>loops</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/bookwyrm\">#<span>bookwyrm</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/scifi\">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/sciencefiction\">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/aboutme\">#<span>aboutme</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Scifi Saturday!\n\nHere is a list of my science fiction related posts and activities for the past week (or so)!\n\nhttps://readbeanicecream.surge.sh/2025/05/10/scifi-saturday/\n\n#blogging #blog #indieweb #smolweb #smallweb #personalweb #books #movies #podcasts #fediverse #pixelfed #loops #bookwyrm #scifi #sciencefiction #aboutme"
    },
    "published": "2025-05-10T17:52:20+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "44769672",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://sunny.garden/@cari/114484384269741964",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Inspired by <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://urusai.social/@coffeentacos\">@<span>coffeentacos</span></a></span> recommending kiki to me (thank you!!), what lesser-known static site generators/website toolkits are you all liking these days?</p><p>I'm especially interested in simple/minimal generators with blog support, pleasing defaults, and user-friendly customization, like Quartz, MkDocs + Material for MkDocs, etc. It's pretty common to see Astro or Hugo recommended for just about everything, but I'd really like to learn about some of the interesting smaller projects that are surely out there!</p><p>(and for anyone who's curious about kiki: <a href=\"https://tomo-dashi.itch.io/kiki\"><span>https://</span><span>tomo-dashi.itch.io/kiki</span><span></span></a>)</p><p><a href=\"https://sunny.garden/tags/WebDev\">#<span>WebDev</span></a> <a href=\"https://sunny.garden/tags/SelfHosting\">#<span>SelfHosting</span></a> <a href=\"https://sunny.garden/tags/SSG\">#<span>SSG</span></a> <a href=\"https://sunny.garden/tags/StaticSiteGenerator\">#<span>StaticSiteGenerator</span></a> <a href=\"https://sunny.garden/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a></p>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://urusai.social/@coffeentacos\"></a>",
        "text": "Inspired by @coffeentacos recommending kiki to me (thank you!!), what lesser-known static site generators/website toolkits are you all liking these days?\n\nI'm especially interested in simple/minimal generators with blog support, pleasing defaults, and user-friendly customization, like Quartz, MkDocs + Material for MkDocs, etc. It's pretty common to see Astro or Hugo recommended for just about everything, but I'd really like to learn about some of the interesting smaller projects that are surely out there!\n\n(and for anyone who's curious about kiki: https://tomo-dashi.itch.io/kiki)\n\n#WebDev #SelfHosting #SSG #StaticSiteGenerator #IndieWeb"
    },
    "published": "2025-05-10T16:04:30+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "44768958",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://cyberfurz.social/@hack13/114484340985791659",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Hello my fellow mutuals and fellow furry site owners. I finally got around to making some proper 88x31 buttons. Curious if anyone is interested in doing button exchanges, wanna get back to the internet that we own and less riding on the backs of large social media.</p><p><a href=\"https://hack13.me/shrines/buttons/\"><span>https://</span><span>hack13.me/shrines/buttons/</span><span></span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://cyberfurz.social/tags/88x31\">#<span>88x31</span></a> <a href=\"https://cyberfurz.social/tags/site\">#<span>site</span></a> <a href=\"https://cyberfurz.social/tags/selfhost\">#<span>selfhost</span></a> <a href=\"https://cyberfurz.social/tags/buttons\">#<span>buttons</span></a> <a href=\"https://cyberfurz.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://cyberfurz.social/tags/furry\">#<span>furry</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Hello my fellow mutuals and fellow furry site owners. I finally got around to making some proper 88x31 buttons. Curious if anyone is interested in doing button exchanges, wanna get back to the internet that we own and less riding on the backs of large social media.\n\nhttps://hack13.me/shrines/buttons/\n\n#88x31 #site #selfhost #buttons #indieweb #furry"
    },
    "published": "2025-05-10T15:53:30+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "44768841",
    "_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.ie/@dmcgk/114484171703617152",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>It's nice to have an entirely non-critical little dev project to play with again. This was a bit of fun to potter about with on a sunny Saturday in the garden--pulling my image posts from Mastodon into a single small gallery and badging them according to how they were tagged. No JS required, all static.</p><p><a href=\"https://fernseed.org/gallery/\"><span>https://</span><span>fernseed.org/gallery/</span><span></span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.ie/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.ie/tags/FediVerse\">#<span>FediVerse</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.ie/tags/PaintingMiniatures\">#<span>PaintingMiniatures</span></a></p>",
        "text": "It's nice to have an entirely non-critical little dev project to play with again. This was a bit of fun to potter about with on a sunny Saturday in the garden--pulling my image posts from Mastodon into a single small gallery and badging them according to how they were tagged. No JS required, all static.\n\nhttps://fernseed.org/gallery/\n\n#IndieWeb #FediVerse #PaintingMiniatures"
    },
    "published": "2025-05-10T15:10:27+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
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    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

Fixing My IndieNews Submission Problem

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        "name": "Kh\u00fcrt Williams",
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    "url": "https://islandinthenet.com/fixing-my-indienews-submission-problem/",
    "published": "2025-05-10T10:15:00-04:00",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>I ran into a strange error trying to syndicate my blog post to IndieNews. It turned out to be an unexpected conflict between WordPress' ActivityPub plugin and IndieWeb microformats. Here\u2019s how I diagnosed the problem and fixed it.</p>",
        "text": "I ran into a strange error trying to syndicate my blog post to IndieNews. It turned out to be an unexpected conflict between WordPress' ActivityPub plugin and IndieWeb microformats. Here\u2019s how I diagnosed the problem and fixed it."
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    "type": "entry",
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        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://islandinthenet.com/fixing-my-indienews-submission-problem/",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p><strong>Fixing My IndieNews Submission Problem</strong></p><br /><br /><p>I ran into a strange error trying to syndicate my blog post to IndieNews. It turned out to be an unexpected conflict between WordPress\u2019 ActivityPub plugin and IndieWeb microformats. Here\u2019s how I diagnosed the problem and fixed it.</p><br /><br /><br /><p><a href=\"https://islandinthenet.com/fixing-my-indienews-submission-problem/\"><span>https://</span><span>islandinthenet.com/fixing-my-i</span><span>ndienews-submission-problem/</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Fixing My IndieNews Submission Problem\n\nI ran into a strange error trying to syndicate my blog post to IndieNews. It turned out to be an unexpected conflict between WordPress\u2019 ActivityPub plugin and IndieWeb microformats. Here\u2019s how I diagnosed the problem and fixed it.\n\n\nhttps://islandinthenet.com/fixing-my-indienews-submission-problem/"
    },
    "published": "2025-05-10T14:15:00+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "44768297",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://dice.camp/@martin/114483689970601155",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>\"Rebooting NetBSD reboots the whole console, and not just the NetBSD \u2018app\u2019, so you\u2019ll find yourself back at the Wii Menu after any kernel patch or system upgrade. Yes, this does mean that the Wiimote and sensor bar in your server cupboard are now a vital component of the production infrastructure.\"</p><p>\ud83d\ude06</p><p><a href=\"https://dice.camp/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://dice.camp/tags/hacking\">#<span>hacking</span></a> <a href=\"https://dice.camp/tags/selfhost\">#<span>selfhost</span></a></p>",
        "text": "\"Rebooting NetBSD reboots the whole console, and not just the NetBSD \u2018app\u2019, so you\u2019ll find yourself back at the Wii Menu after any kernel patch or system upgrade. Yes, this does mean that the Wiimote and sensor bar in your server cupboard are now a vital component of the production infrastructure.\"\n\n\ud83d\ude06\n\n#indieweb #hacking #selfhost"
    },
    "published": "2025-05-10T13:07:56+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "44767488",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://dice.camp/@martin/114483676782825493",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Oh this is gold:</p><p>\"You could set up an unprivileged user or do anything else you fancy here but I was keen to get SSH going ASAP, as due to the absence of HDMI-enabled screens in my server-area I was doing this bit using a capture card and Photo Booth on macOS which doesn\u2019t actually support disabling the image-flip on the video feed...</p><p>If you thought it was hard to exit Vim, try doing it back to front.\"</p><p><a href=\"https://dice.camp/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://dice.camp/tags/hacking\">#<span>hacking</span></a> <a href=\"https://dice.camp/tags/selfhost\">#<span>selfhost</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Oh this is gold:\n\n\"You could set up an unprivileged user or do anything else you fancy here but I was keen to get SSH going ASAP, as due to the absence of HDMI-enabled screens in my server-area I was doing this bit using a capture card and Photo Booth on macOS which doesn\u2019t actually support disabling the image-flip on the video feed...\n\nIf you thought it was hard to exit Vim, try doing it back to front.\"\n\n#indieweb #hacking #selfhost"
    },
    "published": "2025-05-10T13:04:35+00:00",
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        "https://files.mastodon.social/cache/media_attachments/files/114/483/676/807/500/759/original/d5a9c44036b795a5.png"
    ],
    "post-type": "photo",
    "_id": "44767489",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://dice.camp/@martin/114483662293930082",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>\"With that said, one of the other PowerPC 750 deployments you might be familiar with is currently floating 1,500,000 km from Earth mapping the deepest reaches of the universe in more detail than humanity has ever seen before. So if I can\u2019t get this thing serving a static website, then I think it\u2019s probably time to execute on my long-term plan of retiring from tech and opening a cat cafe.\"</p><p><a href=\"https://blog.infected.systems/posts/2025-04-21-this-blog-is-hosted-on-a-nintendo-wii/\"><span>https://</span><span>blog.infected.systems/posts/20</span><span>25-04-21-this-blog-is-hosted-on-a-nintendo-wii/</span></a> by <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://infosec.exchange/@alexhaydock\">@<span>alexhaydock</span></a></span> </p><p><a href=\"https://dice.camp/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://dice.camp/tags/hacking\">#<span>hacking</span></a> <a href=\"https://dice.camp/tags/selfhost\">#<span>selfhost</span></a></p>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://infosec.exchange/@alexhaydock\"></a>",
        "text": "\"With that said, one of the other PowerPC 750 deployments you might be familiar with is currently floating 1,500,000 km from Earth mapping the deepest reaches of the universe in more detail than humanity has ever seen before. So if I can\u2019t get this thing serving a static website, then I think it\u2019s probably time to execute on my long-term plan of retiring from tech and opening a cat cafe.\"\n\nhttps://blog.infected.systems/posts/2025-04-21-this-blog-is-hosted-on-a-nintendo-wii/ by @alexhaydock \n\n#indieweb #hacking #selfhost"
    },
    "published": "2025-05-10T13:00:54+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "44767490",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://pony.social/@axxuy/114481240613202332",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Oh hey, a new blog post.<br /><a href=\"https://axxuy.xyz/blog/posts/2025/spamfighting/\"><span>https://</span><span>axxuy.xyz/blog/posts/2025/spam</span><span>fighting/</span></a><br /><a href=\"https://pony.social/tags/Blog\">#<span>Blog</span></a> <a href=\"https://pony.social/tags/Blogging\">#<span>Blogging</span></a> <a href=\"https://pony.social/tags/Blogpost\">#<span>Blogpost</span></a> <a href=\"https://pony.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://pony.social/tags/PersonalWebsite\">#<span>PersonalWebsite</span></a> <a href=\"https://pony.social/tags/PersonalBlog\">#<span>PersonalBlog</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Oh hey, a new blog post.\nhttps://axxuy.xyz/blog/posts/2025/spamfighting/\n#Blog #Blogging #Blogpost #IndieWeb #PersonalWebsite #PersonalBlog"
    },
    "published": "2025-05-10T02:45:02+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "44764440",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://hachyderm.io/@liztai/114481198863835455",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Digital gardens vs blogging: What\u2019s the\u00a0difference?</p><p>Digital gardens are a different way to present yourself on the Internet. Blogging is often see as a way to \"brand yourself\". Digital gardens are less interested in marketing a personality but in sharing knowledge.</p><p><a href=\"http://elizabethtai.com/2025/05/10/digital-gardens-vs-blogging-whats-the-difference/\"><span>http://</span><span>elizabethtai.com/2025/05/10/di</span><span>gital-gardens-vs-blogging-whats-the-difference/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/blogs\">#<span>blogs</span></a> <a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/blogging\">#<span>blogging</span></a> <a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/digitalgardens\">#<span>digitalgardens</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Digital gardens vs blogging: What\u2019s the\u00a0difference?\n\nDigital gardens are a different way to present yourself on the Internet. Blogging is often see as a way to \"brand yourself\". Digital gardens are less interested in marketing a personality but in sharing knowledge.\n\nhttp://elizabethtai.com/2025/05/10/digital-gardens-vs-blogging-whats-the-difference/\n\n#indieweb #blogs #blogging #digitalgardens"
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        "html": "<p><strong>Digital gardens vs blogging: What\u2019s the\u00a0difference?</strong></p><p>If people want to know what\u2019s the difference between digital gardening and blogging, I\u2019ll just direct them to this quote from the blog post, <a href=\"https://joelhooks.com/on-writing-more/\">Stop giving af and start writing more</a> by Joel Hooks:</p><blockquote><p>The idea of a \u201cblog\u201d needs to get over itself. Everybody is treating writing as a \u201ccontent marketing strategy\u201d and using it to \u201cbuild a personal brand\u201d which leads to the fundamental flawed idea that everything you post has to be polished to perfection and ready to be consumed.</p></blockquote><p>I started blogging in the early 2000s, back when \u201cweblogs\u201d are not about marketing thyself but about recording your life, your quirky thoughts and weird hobbies.</p><p>Now, marketing has invaded blogging, that\u2019s all you see, and I <a href=\"https://elizabethtai.com/blog/i-hate-what-blogging-has-become/\">hated what blogging has become</a>.</p><p>Last year or so, I discovered digital gardening, and it\u2019s like having a light bulb go off in a path shrouded by mists. I\u2019ve had this idea to write on the web this way, but I just didn\u2019t know what to call it. Once I got a solidified concept, I grew extremely excited!</p><p>I wrote <a href=\"https://elizabethtai.com/2023/07/06/being-an-imperfect-gardener-of-my-digital-garden/\">being an imperfect digital gardener</a>, about daring to put out grammar-addled, spelling-imperfect, half formed thoughts into the void of the Internet. I wrote about <a href=\"https://elizabethtai.com/2023/01/10/january-2023-digital-gardening/\">the joy</a> of putting the idea \u201cbranding myself\u201d to rest, and finally writing without <a href=\"https://elizabethtai.com/2023/06/20/how-im-healing-from-algorithms/\">dancing to the algorithm</a>, not caring about SEO-fying my posts, just sharing my wild garden of thoughts and ideas to the world.</p><p>So, my thoughts about how digital gardens differ from blogs:</p><p><strong>Blogs </strong>are chronological, often are \u201cniched\u2019 to align to a polished image you want to present to the world, and is about marketing the personality behind the writer. Blogs are tools to show you in the best light; a personal branding tool. Blog posts the most polished and complete version of your thoughts you want to show to the world. The posts that give people the best impression of you. Yet, they are ephemeral and rush past you like leaves on a fast-flowing river. Older posts are often buried and ignored.</p><p>Digital gardens are <em>not </em>chronological, the topics are often not confined to a topic but are a wild mix. The real star of the show is the knowledge being tended in the digital garden. Personal branding is more of an afterglow of the digital garden, a side effect rather than the sole purpose of a digital garden. Digital garden content are often incomplete, works-in-progress, not always polished or even well-written. However, they are like flowers in a garden, inviting you to linger and explore more through a series of posts, links and connections. Older content are resurfaced in newer essays and linked to newer ones. As a result, one can easily get lost in a rabbit hole of thoughts, exploring curiosities in unexpected ways.</p><p><strong>Where to build your garden</strong></p><p>Just recently, I decided to do the wild thing (at least by digital garden standards) to <a href=\"https://elizabethtai.com/2025/03/19/tsunami-ghosts-anti-linkedin-post-digital-gardens-obsidian-discoveries-npcs-and-more/#a-digital-garden-on-wordpress\">build my digital garden on wordpress.com</a>. Many digital gardeners like to build theirs on static websites because they want to be free of the chronological format imposed by most blog content management systems, but I\u2019m of the ilk who prefer not to spend endless hours building CMSes when there\u2019s a perfectly good one I\u2019m using.</p><p>But will there be a chance I move this website to a static website one day? I have no doubt, but the enterprise will be a humongous one.</p><p><a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elizabethtai.com/tag/blogging/\">#blogging</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elizabethtai.com/tag/digitalgardens/\">#digitalgardens</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elizabethtai.com/tag/indieweb/\">#indieweb</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elizabethtai.com/tag/internet/\">#Internet</a></p>",
        "text": "Digital gardens vs blogging: What\u2019s the\u00a0difference?\n\nIf people want to know what\u2019s the difference between digital gardening and blogging, I\u2019ll just direct them to this quote from the blog post, Stop giving af and start writing more by Joel Hooks:The idea of a \u201cblog\u201d needs to get over itself. Everybody is treating writing as a \u201ccontent marketing strategy\u201d and using it to \u201cbuild a personal brand\u201d which leads to the fundamental flawed idea that everything you post has to be polished to perfection and ready to be consumed.I started blogging in the early 2000s, back when \u201cweblogs\u201d are not about marketing thyself but about recording your life, your quirky thoughts and weird hobbies.\n\nNow, marketing has invaded blogging, that\u2019s all you see, and I hated what blogging has become.\n\nLast year or so, I discovered digital gardening, and it\u2019s like having a light bulb go off in a path shrouded by mists. I\u2019ve had this idea to write on the web this way, but I just didn\u2019t know what to call it. Once I got a solidified concept, I grew extremely excited!\n\nI wrote being an imperfect digital gardener, about daring to put out grammar-addled, spelling-imperfect, half formed thoughts into the void of the Internet. I wrote about the joy of putting the idea \u201cbranding myself\u201d to rest, and finally writing without dancing to the algorithm, not caring about SEO-fying my posts, just sharing my wild garden of thoughts and ideas to the world.\n\nSo, my thoughts about how digital gardens differ from blogs:\n\nBlogs are chronological, often are \u201cniched\u2019 to align to a polished image you want to present to the world, and is about marketing the personality behind the writer. Blogs are tools to show you in the best light; a personal branding tool. Blog posts the most polished and complete version of your thoughts you want to show to the world. The posts that give people the best impression of you. Yet, they are ephemeral and rush past you like leaves on a fast-flowing river. Older posts are often buried and ignored.\n\nDigital gardens are not chronological, the topics are often not confined to a topic but are a wild mix. The real star of the show is the knowledge being tended in the digital garden. Personal branding is more of an afterglow of the digital garden, a side effect rather than the sole purpose of a digital garden. Digital garden content are often incomplete, works-in-progress, not always polished or even well-written. However, they are like flowers in a garden, inviting you to linger and explore more through a series of posts, links and connections. Older content are resurfaced in newer essays and linked to newer ones. As a result, one can easily get lost in a rabbit hole of thoughts, exploring curiosities in unexpected ways.\n\nWhere to build your garden\n\nJust recently, I decided to do the wild thing (at least by digital garden standards) to build my digital garden on wordpress.com. Many digital gardeners like to build theirs on static websites because they want to be free of the chronological format imposed by most blog content management systems, but I\u2019m of the ilk who prefer not to spend endless hours building CMSes when there\u2019s a perfectly good one I\u2019m using.\n\nBut will there be a chance I move this website to a static website one day? I have no doubt, but the enterprise will be a humongous one.\n\n#blogging #digitalgardens #indieweb #Internet"
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        "html": "<p>In Praise of Links <a href=\"https://toot.lqdev.tech/tags/openweb\">#<span>openweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://toot.lqdev.tech/tags/internet\">#<span>internet</span></a> <a href=\"https://toot.lqdev.tech/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://www.luisquintanilla.me/feed/in-praise-of-links-osteophage?utm_medium=feed\"><span>https://www.</span><span>luisquintanilla.me/feed/in-pra</span><span>ise-of-links-osteophage?utm_medium=feed</span></a></p>",
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        "html": "<p>Fediverse House 2025 Roundup <a href=\"https://toot.lqdev.tech/tags/fediverse\">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href=\"https://toot.lqdev.tech/tags/conference\">#<span>conference</span></a> <a href=\"https://toot.lqdev.tech/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://www.luisquintanilla.me/feed/fediverse-house-2025-roundup?utm_medium=feed\"><span>https://www.</span><span>luisquintanilla.me/feed/fedive</span><span>rse-house-2025-roundup?utm_medium=feed</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Fediverse House 2025 Roundup #fediverse #conference #indieweb https://www.luisquintanilla.me/feed/fediverse-house-2025-roundup?utm_medium=feed"
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        "html": "<p>So I made a Changelog for my <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/website\">#<span>website</span></a>...</p><p>...and it's not NOT completely unhinged...</p><p>...and it does not NOT have footnotes longer than most blog posts...</p><p>...and it certainly is not NOT a little like sitting in on my therapy sessions...</p><p><a href=\"https://fromemily.com/changelog/\"><span>https://</span><span>fromemily.com/changelog/</span><span></span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/SmallWeb\">#<span>SmallWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/blogging\">#<span>blogging</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/WebDev\">#<span>WebDev</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/ActuallyAutistic\">#<span>ActuallyAutistic</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/ActuallyADHD\">#<span>ActuallyADHD</span></a></p>",
        "text": "So I made a Changelog for my #website...\n\n...and it's not NOT completely unhinged...\n\n...and it does not NOT have footnotes longer than most blog posts...\n\n...and it certainly is not NOT a little like sitting in on my therapy sessions...\n\nhttps://fromemily.com/changelog/\n\n#SmallWeb #IndieWeb #blogging #WebDev #ActuallyAutistic #ActuallyADHD"
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