EFF Austin talk slides, summary

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        "html": "<p>Before my talk at EFF Austin last night, I exported a PDF of my slides and asked ChatGPT (o4) to tell me about them. Here\u2019s <a href=\"https://chatgpt.com/share/6823bff9-1de8-8001-a696-25ed34a5599d\">the chat transcript</a>. It\u2019s fascinating to me because this is without giving the speaker notes to ChatGPT, so it inferred everything from the slide content.</p>\n<p>I\u2019ve now uploaded a separate copy of <a href=\"https://www.manton.org/uploads/2025/eff-austin.pdf\">the slides with speaker notes as a PDF</a>. I ran <em>this</em> through ChatGPT and it produces a pretty nice summary, which I\u2019m including below.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ8dNGTS3JU\">The talk was recorded</a> and also includes lots of questions from folks attending.</p>\n<p>This presentation titled \u201cIndie microblogging and the fediverse\u201d was delivered by Manton Reece at EFF Austin. It explores the evolution of blogging, the failures of centralized social networks like Twitter, and the alternative vision embodied in platforms like Micro.blog, which Manton founded.</p>\n<p><strong>Background and Motivation</strong></p>\n<ul><li>Manton is a long-time Mac, iOS, and web developer.</li>\n<li>Disillusioned by how Twitter restricted third-party developers and turned hostile toward openness and user control.</li>\n<li>Saw the need for a better alternative that supports both microblogging and broader blogging with open standards.</li>\n</ul><p><strong>The Rise and Fall of Twitter for Developers</strong></p>\n<ul><li>Twitter started as an open platform but progressively locked down its API.</li>\n<li>Third-party clients like Twitterrific introduced key ideas (e.g. the word \u201ctweet\u201d).</li>\n<li>Over time, Twitter killed features (RSS, API tokens, IFTTT integrations) that made the ecosystem vibrant.</li>\n<li>Manton left Twitter in 2012 due to its toxicity and limitations.</li>\n</ul><p><strong>Micro.blog: A Response</strong></p>\n<ul><li>Launched in 2017 via Kickstarter.</li>\n<li>Offers microblogging, photo/video hosting, newsletters, podcasts, custom domains, and more.</li>\n<li>Strong emphasis on open APIs and standards like Micropub, Webmention, WebSub, and ActivityPub.</li>\n<li>Designed to integrate with other platforms like Mastodon, Bluesky, and WordPress.</li>\n</ul><p><strong>Fediverse and Interoperability</strong></p>\n<ul><li>Explains how ActivityPub and AT Protocol (Bluesky) function.</li>\n<li>Shows how Micro.blog fetches and syndicates content using RSS, JSON Feed, WebSub, etc.</li>\n<li>Supports POSSE: Post on your own site, syndicate elsewhere (e.g., Mastodon, Threads, Flickr, etc.).</li>\n<li>Highlights the architectural differences between Mastodon (federated servers) and Bluesky (PDS + relays + app views).</li>\n</ul><p><strong>Principles of Micro.blog</strong></p>\n<ul><li>Minimalism: no likes, no follower counts, no algorithms, no ads.</li>\n<li>Focus on personal ownership through domain names.</li>\n<li>Posts are just HTML and Markdown \u2014 simple, durable, portable.</li>\n<li>Encourages a quiet, human-centered space on the web.</li>\n</ul><p><strong>Vision</strong></p>\n<ul><li>Micro.blog is framed as a part of an \u201copen garden,\u201d in contrast to the closed \u201cwalled gardens\u201d of platforms like Twitter or Facebook.</li>\n<li>Emphasizes user control, interoperability, and humane design.</li>\n<li>Seeks to bring back the spirit of early web publishing, updated with modern protocols and tools.</li>\n</ul>",
        "text": "Before my talk at EFF Austin last night, I exported a PDF of my slides and asked ChatGPT (o4) to tell me about them. Here\u2019s the chat transcript. It\u2019s fascinating to me because this is without giving the speaker notes to ChatGPT, so it inferred everything from the slide content.\nI\u2019ve now uploaded a separate copy of the slides with speaker notes as a PDF. I ran this through ChatGPT and it produces a pretty nice summary, which I\u2019m including below.\nThe talk was recorded and also includes lots of questions from folks attending.\nThis presentation titled \u201cIndie microblogging and the fediverse\u201d was delivered by Manton Reece at EFF Austin. It explores the evolution of blogging, the failures of centralized social networks like Twitter, and the alternative vision embodied in platforms like Micro.blog, which Manton founded.\nBackground and Motivation\nManton is a long-time Mac, iOS, and web developer.\nDisillusioned by how Twitter restricted third-party developers and turned hostile toward openness and user control.\nSaw the need for a better alternative that supports both microblogging and broader blogging with open standards.\nThe Rise and Fall of Twitter for Developers\nTwitter started as an open platform but progressively locked down its API.\nThird-party clients like Twitterrific introduced key ideas (e.g. the word \u201ctweet\u201d).\nOver time, Twitter killed features (RSS, API tokens, IFTTT integrations) that made the ecosystem vibrant.\nManton left Twitter in 2012 due to its toxicity and limitations.\nMicro.blog: A Response\nLaunched in 2017 via Kickstarter.\nOffers microblogging, photo/video hosting, newsletters, podcasts, custom domains, and more.\nStrong emphasis on open APIs and standards like Micropub, Webmention, WebSub, and ActivityPub.\nDesigned to integrate with other platforms like Mastodon, Bluesky, and WordPress.\nFediverse and Interoperability\nExplains how ActivityPub and AT Protocol (Bluesky) function.\nShows how Micro.blog fetches and syndicates content using RSS, JSON Feed, WebSub, etc.\nSupports POSSE: Post on your own site, syndicate elsewhere (e.g., Mastodon, Threads, Flickr, etc.).\nHighlights the architectural differences between Mastodon (federated servers) and Bluesky (PDS + relays + app views).\nPrinciples of Micro.blog\nMinimalism: no likes, no follower counts, no algorithms, no ads.\nFocus on personal ownership through domain names.\nPosts are just HTML and Markdown \u2014 simple, durable, portable.\nEncourages a quiet, human-centered space on the web.\nVision\nMicro.blog is framed as a part of an \u201copen garden,\u201d in contrast to the closed \u201cwalled gardens\u201d of platforms like Twitter or Facebook.\nEmphasizes user control, interoperability, and humane design.\nSeeks to bring back the spirit of early web publishing, updated with modern protocols and tools."
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    "summary": "Playing around with whether AI can make sense of my slides. Also the slides PDF with notes and YouTube link.",
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        "html": "<p>Sometimes the interplay of <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/CSS\">#<span>CSS</span></a> &amp; <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/HTML\">#<span>HTML</span></a> feel like magic to me...</p><p>They let me create even the most subtle shifts that mean something to me.</p><p>Like I thought it would be a nice visual nod to the unhinged nature of my <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/website\">#<span>website</span></a> changelog to have the \"log\" part actually \"unhinging\" itself.</p><p>So, with a little &lt;span&gt; &amp; \"transform\" \u2728maaaaagic\u2728, the smallest little tweak brought me an outsized amount of <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/joy\">#<span>joy</span></a> </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/ActuallyAutistic\">#<span>ActuallyAutistic</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/ActuallyADHD\">#<span>ActuallyADHD</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/WebDev\">#<span>WebDev</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Sometimes the interplay of #CSS & #HTML feel like magic to me...\n\nThey let me create even the most subtle shifts that mean something to me.\n\nLike I thought it would be a nice visual nod to the unhinged nature of my #website changelog to have the \"log\" part actually \"unhinging\" itself.\n\nSo, with a little <span> & \"transform\" \u2728maaaaagic\u2728, the smallest little tweak brought me an outsized amount of #joy \n\nhttps://fromemily.com/changelog/\n\n#SmallWeb #IndieWeb #blogging #ActuallyAutistic #ActuallyADHD #WebDev"
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        "html": "<p>Welcome <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://toot.si/@adelinawrites\">@<span>adelinawrites</span></a></span>!</p><p>You are not alone in wanting a corner for yourself.</p><p>Judging by the screenshot, may I suggest looking into adding subresource integrity tags for external content? Don't let Google silently change the way your site looks. \ud83d\ude42</p><p><a href=\"https://social.mkj.earth/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a></p>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://toot.si/@adelinawrites\"></a>",
        "text": "Welcome @adelinawrites!\n\nYou are not alone in wanting a corner for yourself.\n\nJudging by the screenshot, may I suggest looking into adding subresource integrity tags for external content? Don't let Google silently change the way your site looks. \ud83d\ude42\n\n#IndieWeb"
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        "html": "<p>\ud83d\udc9b Webring Wednesday #8: Collectors Webring \ud83d\udc9b </p><p>Read the full post: <a href=\"https://smallweb.thecozy.cat/blog/%F0%9F%92%9B-webring-wednesday-8-collectors-webring-%F0%9F%92%9B/\"><span>https://</span><span>smallweb.thecozy.cat/blog/%f0%</span><span>9f%92%9b-webring-wednesday-8-collectors-webring-%f0%9f%92%9b/</span></a></p><p><span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://a.gup.pe/u/indieweb\">@<span>indieweb</span></a></span> <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://a.gup.pe/u/smallweb\">@<span>smallweb</span></a></span> <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://a.gup.pe/u/neocities\">@<span>neocities</span></a></span> #<a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/collector\">#<span>collector</span></a> #<a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> #<a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/nostalgia\">#<span>nostalgia</span></a> #<a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/oldweb\">#<span>oldweb</span></a> #<a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/smallweb\">#<span>smallweb</span></a> #<a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/webdev\">#<span>webdev</span></a> #<a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/webring\">#<span>webring</span></a></p>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://a.gup.pe/u/indieweb\"></a>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://a.gup.pe/u/neocities\"></a>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://a.gup.pe/u/smallweb\"></a>",
        "text": "\ud83d\udc9b Webring Wednesday #8: Collectors Webring \ud83d\udc9b \n\nRead the full post: https://smallweb.thecozy.cat/blog/%f0%9f%92%9b-webring-wednesday-8-collectors-webring-%f0%9f%92%9b/\n\n@indieweb @smallweb @neocities ##collector ##indieweb ##nostalgia ##oldweb ##smallweb ##webdev ##webring"
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        "html": "<p>Looking for a European alternative to Google services?</p><p>InlineStyle is a small, independent cloud platform.<br />Email, Docs, Music, Video, Games, Notes.<br />All hosted in the EU, with no ads and respectful of your privacy.</p><p>\ud83c\udfa5 Watch:<br /><a href=\"https://tube.inlinestyle.it/w/aSbhT2AL754efDaLcfXg9b\"><span>https://</span><span>tube.inlinestyle.it/w/aSbhT2AL</span><span>754efDaLcfXg9b</span></a></p><p><span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://mastodon.social/@european_alternatives\">@<span>european_alternatives</span></a></span> we admire your work and would love your help spreading the word.<br />We share the same vision: EU tech for everyday users.</p><p>\ud83d\udd17 <a href=\"https://www.inlinestyle.it\"><span>https://www.</span><span>inlinestyle.it</span><span></span></a><br />\ud83d\udcac Feedback welcome</p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/BuyEU\">#<span>BuyEU</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/DeGoogle\">#<span>DeGoogle</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenSource\">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Fediverse\">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSS\">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a></p>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://mastodon.social/@european_alternatives\"></a>",
        "text": "Looking for a European alternative to Google services?\n\nInlineStyle is a small, independent cloud platform.\nEmail, Docs, Music, Video, Games, Notes.\nAll hosted in the EU, with no ads and respectful of your privacy.\n\n\ud83c\udfa5 Watch:\nhttps://tube.inlinestyle.it/w/aSbhT2AL754efDaLcfXg9b\n\n@european_alternatives we admire your work and would love your help spreading the word.\nWe share the same vision: EU tech for everyday users.\n\n\ud83d\udd17 https://www.inlinestyle.it\n\ud83d\udcac Feedback welcome\n\n#BuyEU #DeGoogle #OpenSource #Fediverse #FOSS #IndieWeb"
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        "html": "<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://toot.si/@adelinawrites\">@<span>adelinawrites</span></a></span> welcome to the <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/blog\">#<span>blog</span></a> and watch your <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/digitalgarden\">#<span>digitalgarden</span></a> grow!</p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/smallweb\">#<span>smallweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/smolweb\">#<span>smolweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/personalweb\">#<span>personalweb</span></a></p>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://toot.si/@adelinawrites\"></a>",
        "text": "@adelinawrites welcome to the #indieweb\n\n#blog and watch your #digitalgarden grow!\n\n#smallweb #smolweb #personalweb"
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        "html": "<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://toot.si/@adelinawrites\">@<span>adelinawrites</span></a></span> Here on <a href=\"https://toot.si/tags/tootsi\">#<span>tootsi</span></a> there's a few of us interested in <a href=\"https://toot.si/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> </p><p><a href=\"https://indieweb.org/\"><span>https://</span><span>indieweb.org/</span><span></span></a></p>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://toot.si/@adelinawrites\"></a>",
        "text": "@adelinawrites Here on #tootsi there's a few of us interested in #indieweb \n\nhttps://indieweb.org/"
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        "html": "<p>Puto m\u00f3vil, putas redes, puto rss, puta falta de capacidad de concentraci\u00f3n....</p><p><a href=\"https://jlogp.org/feedline#14_mayo_2025_sin_rss\"><span>https://</span><span>jlogp.org/feedline#14_mayo_202</span><span>5_sin_rss</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://masto.es/tags/blog\">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href=\"https://masto.es/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Puto m\u00f3vil, putas redes, puto rss, puta falta de capacidad de concentraci\u00f3n....\n\nhttps://jlogp.org/feedline#14_mayo_2025_sin_rss\n\n#blog #indieweb"
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    "url": "https://mastodon.world/@hamatti/114504755262432590",
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        "html": "<p>I wanted to provide programmatic access to the next upcoming event information on our community websites.</p><p>We store the event calendar as Eleventy Global Data File, so I combined that with Netlify Functions to create a serverless function API endpoint that on every build, will update the response to include the next scheduled event.</p><p>I wrote about how to do it in my blog!</p><p><a href=\"https://hamatti.org/posts/providing-next-event-as-api-with-eleventys-global-data-files-and-netlify-functions/\"><span>https://</span><span>hamatti.org/posts/providing-ne</span><span>xt-event-as-api-with-eleventys-global-data-files-and-netlify-functions/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.world/tags/eleventy\">#<span>eleventy</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.world/tags/11ty\">#<span>11ty</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.world/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.world/tags/blogging\">#<span>blogging</span></a></p>",
        "text": "I wanted to provide programmatic access to the next upcoming event information on our community websites.\n\nWe store the event calendar as Eleventy Global Data File, so I combined that with Netlify Functions to create a serverless function API endpoint that on every build, will update the response to include the next scheduled event.\n\nI wrote about how to do it in my blog!\n\nhttps://hamatti.org/posts/providing-next-event-as-api-with-eleventys-global-data-files-and-netlify-functions/\n\n#eleventy #11ty #IndieWeb #blogging"
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        "html": "<p>I got a new phone. Ironically, this was *not* written on it.<br /><a href=\"https://axxuy.xyz/blog/posts/2025/newphone/\"><span>https://</span><span>axxuy.xyz/blog/posts/2025/newp</span><span>hone/</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> <a href=\"https://pony.social/tags/SmartPhone\">#<span>SmartPhone</span></a></p>",
        "text": "I got a new phone. Ironically, this was *not* written on it.\nhttps://axxuy.xyz/blog/posts/2025/newphone/\n#Blog #Blogging #Blogpost #IndieWeb #PersonalWebsite #PersonalBlog #SmartPhone"
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        "html": "<p><a href=\"https://maehat.neocities.org/\"><span>https://</span><span>maehat.neocities.org/</span><span></span></a><br />Update has been done...</p><p>By the way! If you have my site in your RSS Feed Reader, please update as I have remade the RSS feeds as the URL change had broken them.</p><p><a href=\"https://wetdry.world/tags/webdev\">#<span>webdev</span></a> <a href=\"https://wetdry.world/tags/theHATsite\">#<span>theHATsite</span></a> <a href=\"https://wetdry.world/tags/neocities\">#<span>neocities</span></a> <a href=\"https://wetdry.world/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "https://maehat.neocities.org/\nUpdate has been done...\n\nBy the way! If you have my site in your RSS Feed Reader, please update as I have remade the RSS feeds as the URL change had broken them.\n\n#webdev #theHATsite #neocities #indieweb"
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Flipboard Expands Publisher Federation with International Partners

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        "html": "<p>My Dumb Ascii Comic</p><p>Proof positive that I may not have enough to do today.</p><p><a href=\"https://readbeanicecream.surge.sh/2025/05/13/my-dumb-ascii-comic/\"><span>https://</span><span>readbeanicecream.surge.sh/2025</span><span>/05/13/my-dumb-ascii-comic/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/blog\">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/blogging\">#<span>blogging</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/smolweb\">#<span>smolweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/personalweb\">#<span>personalweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/comic\">#<span>comic</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/plaintext\">#<span>plaintext</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/ascii\">#<span>ascii</span></a></p>",
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