#indieweb mastodon.social/tags/indieweb

The @powRSS “All” feed + @NetNewsWire makes for some fun random reading! 🥳 #rss #reading #random #indieweb
#indieweb mastodon.social/tags/indieweb

💚 Thread Thursday #14 💚

What’s a web trend from the early 2000s you miss?
What about that trend made it stand out to you back then?
Do you think this trend would still appeal to users today? Why or why not?
Was there a specific website or feature that embodied this trend perfectly for you?
What other trends from the early web do you think deserve a comeback?

Let us know! 👇

-----

Source: https://sovereignweb.thecozy.cat/blog/%f0%9f%92%9a-thread-thursday-14-%f0%9f%92%9a/

-----
@sovereignweb @indieweb @neocities @smallweb @webdev @blog @webdesign
#Indieweb #NekoWeb #Neocities #Nostalgia #Oldweb #Smallweb #Sovereignweb #Webdesign #Webdev #Webrevival
#indieweb mastodon.social/tags/indieweb

Ik doe dit jaar mee aan #Junited2025
Je kan mijn links hier bekijken (zullen gedurende heel juni nog worden aangevuld):

https://kedara.nl/knipsels/junited-2025

Of bekijk alle interessante links van alle deelnemers hier:

https://birming.com/junited-2025/

Veel plezier met surfen!

#blog #blogging #indieweb #links #bookmarks #knipsels
#indieweb mastodon.social/tags/indieweb

I'm joining this years' #Junited2025
You can view my links here (will be updated throughout June):

https://kedara.eu/bookmarks/junited-2025

Or check out all the great links shared by all participants here:

https://birming.com/junited-2025/

Have fun exploring!

#blog #blogging #indieweb #links #bookmarks
#indieweb mastodon.social/tags/indieweb

🎥 Trending, but fair.
We’ve improved the Trending section on InlineStyle Tube to give more visibility to new videos and lesser-known creators.

Before, it was always the same loop: trending → watched → stays trending.
Now, fresh uploads get a real chance to be seen.

Discover what’s new → https://tube.inlinestyle.it

#PeerTube #Fediverse #FOSS #DeGoogle #IndieWeb
#indieweb mastodon.social/tags/indieweb

🍚 I got a new page on my website where I collect recipes of dishes that I love – it’s like an imaginary menu for my favorite restaurant.

#IndieWeb #SmallWeb #PersonalBlog #FediBlog #Blogging #Vegan #Recipes #Food

https://plunch.de/recipes/
#indieweb mastodon.social/tags/indieweb

Instead of Writing

This evening I hid behind Productive Procrastination instead of writing.

https://readbeanicecream.surge.sh/2025/06/12/instead-of-writing/

#indieweb #personalsite #smallweb #smolweb #vacation #procrastination #slashpage #blog #blogs #blogging #writing
#indieweb indieweb.social/tags/indieweb

💙 Flashback Friday #8 💙 – Habbo Hotel

Pixel rooms, rare furni, and avoiding mods while shouting “FREE FURNI IN MA ROOM!”—the classic Habbo Hotel was chaotic, hilarious, and somehow wholesome. From organized mafias to room raids, it was social media before we had a name for it. Just don’t step on the rollers unless you’re ready for war.

Habbo Hotel was a pixelated wonderland of social interaction and chaos in its early days. Launched in 2000, this isometric chatroom was set in a virtual hotel where users created avatars, decorated rooms with “furni,” and joined themed roleplaying communities. There were Habbo mafias, dance clubs, dating rooms, and trade markets. You could throw wild room parties or spend hours designing the perfect pad. Scammers, mods, and pranksters ran rampant, and room raids by outside forums were common. Yet, under all the trolling was a vibrant community built around creativity and connection.

—–

What’s the wildest thing you ever witnessed (or did) on Habbo Hotel? Did you run a room, join a mafia, or just crash parties for the free furni? What was your favorite piece of furni or room theme you ever created? Let us know!

-----

Source: https://sovereignweb.thecozy.cat/blog/%f0%9f%92%99-flashback-friday-8-%f0%9f%92%99-habbo-hotel/

-----
@sovereignweb @indieweb @neocities @smallweb @webdev @blog @webdesign
#HabboHotel #Indieweb #Nostalgia #Oldweb #Smallweb #Sovereignweb #Webdev
#indieweb indieweb.social/tags/indieweb

💙 Flashback Friday #7 💙 – LiveJournal

Ah, LiveJournal. For many of us, it was the moody, poetic corner of the internet where self-expression reigned supreme. Before social media fed us endless streams of curated content, LiveJournal offered something raw and personal. It was where cryptic song lyrics doubled as blog titles and angsty midnight entries were practically a rite of passage. With glitter graphics, emo avatars, and a dashboard full of diary-style posts, LJ wasn’t just a platform—it was a lifestyle. Whether you were venting, philosophizing, or crafting your next great fanfiction, your LiveJournal was your sanctuary.

Launched in 1999, LiveJournal quickly became a cultural touchstone for the early internet. It wasn’t just a place to write—it was a place to belong. Communities were everything. You could join fan groups dedicated to your favorite shows, bands, or books and get lost in sprawling comment threads filled with theories, character debates, and writing prompts. Layout customization with CSS gave users full creative control, and your profile was a reflection of your identity—complete with mood tags and “current music” updates that changed with your emotional weather. It was a golden age of internet intimacy, when every post felt like a letter to your future self and your closest virtual friends.

For fandom enthusiasts, LiveJournal was the epicenter of activity. It birthed shipping wars, meme chains, and expansive fanfiction archives long before platforms like AO3 existed. Writers honed their skills in real-time, receiving feedback in threaded comments that often spiraled into full-blown conversations. The line between fan and creator blurred as communities became tight-knit, collaborative, and passionately expressive. Even drama, when it erupted, felt like a shared storyline in the ongoing soap opera of digital life.

LiveJournal may not dominate the digital landscape anymore, but its legacy is undeniable. It taught us how to build community through vulnerability, how to customize our online spaces, and how to form real emotional bonds in virtual realms. For those who were there, LJ wasn’t just a blog—it was a window into who we were becoming.

—–

Do you remember your first LJ username (or dare we say… your most embarrassing one)? What mood tag did you always use? Did you meet any lifelong friends (or rivals) through LJ? Let us know!

-----

Source: https://sovereignweb.thecozy.cat/blog/%f0%9f%92%99-flashback-friday-7-%f0%9f%92%99-livejournal/

-----
@sovereignweb @indieweb @neocities @smallweb @webdev @blog @webdesign
#Indieweb #LiveJournal #Nostalgia #Oldweb #Smallweb #Sovereignweb #Webdev
#indieweb indieweb.social/tags/indieweb

💙 Flashback Friday #6 💙 – Neopets

Remember when feeding a digital Aisha was more important than your homework?

Before mobile games and dopamine-fueled scroll sessions, there was Neopets—a magical land called Neopia where we fed digital creatures, played Flash games for Neopoints, and dreamed of getting rare paint brushes to customize our pets. But Neopets wasn’t just a pet simulator; it was an immersive fantasy world. You could own a shop, invest in the Neopian stock market, decorate your Neohome, and even write for the in-world newspaper. Guilds, Battledome duels, and seasonal events made the site endlessly engaging. And let’s not forget the thrill of unlocking the Lab Ray or catching a random event from the mysterious Boochi.

For many of us, Neopets was our first brush with online community, HTML editing, and low-key economic theory. Neopia may have aged, but the nostalgia is eternal.

—–

What was your favorite Neopets memory? Did Neopets spark your interest in coding, writing, or digital design? Let us know!

-----

Source: https://sovereignweb.thecozy.cat/blog/%f0%9f%92%99-flashback-friday-6-%f0%9f%92%99-neopets/

-----
@sovereignweb @indieweb @neocities @smallweb @webdev @blog @webdesign
#Indieweb #Neopets #Nostalgia #Oldweb #Smallweb #Sovereignweb #Webdev
#indieweb indieweb.social/tags/indieweb

💙 Flashback Friday #5 💙 – Youtube

Before YouTube became a corporate machine full of sponsorships, algorithms, and influencer culture, it was chaotic, weird, and deeply personal. It was a time when you’d stumble across a random vlogger in their bedroom, an over-the-top skit, or a grainy anime music video set to Linkin Park—and it all felt real.

Back then, there were no forced ads, no algorithm pushing content, and no pressure to monetize everything. People made videos because they wanted to, not because they were chasing views. Classics like Charlie Bit Me, Potter Puppet Pals, and Shoes by Kelly weren’t manufactured viral hits—they just happened. And the comment sections? Absolute wild west energy.

Once Google bought YouTube in 2006, things started shifting toward polished, advertiser-friendly content, which eventually resulted in a lot of censorship and stifling of creativity. While there’s still great stuff on YouTube today, that old, uncurated magic is missing. The Sovereign Web and similar movements are bringing that back to the internet—content made for passion, not profit.

👉 Do you miss old-school YouTube? Did you have your own vlog channel? What’s one early YouTube video that lives in your head rent free? Let us know!

-----

Source: https://sovereignweb.thecozy.cat/blog/%f0%9f%92%99-flashback-friday-5-%f0%9f%92%99-youtube/

-----
@sovereignweb @indieweb @neocities @smallweb @webdev @blog @webdesign
#Google #Indieweb #Nostalgia #Oldweb #Smallweb #Sovereignweb #Webdesign #Webdev #Webrevival #Youtube
#indieweb indieweb.social/tags/indieweb

💙 Flashback Friday #3 💙 – Geocities & Angelfire

Before social media took over, Geocities and Angelfire were where the internet’s real creativity happened. These free web hosting platforms let people build anything they wanted—from personal diaries to deep-dive fan shrines to completely bizarre conspiracy hubs. It was the raw, unfiltered internet, and it was glorious.

These sites weren’t polished, but that was the charm. Backgrounds were painfully bright, GIFs were everywhere, and you’d often be greeted with a “WELCOME TO MY WEBSITE!!!” in giant, flashing Comic Sans. And honestly? That was way more interesting than the sanitized, templated internet we have today.

Geocities shut down in 2009, and Angelfire still exists but is barely recognizable. Yet, in many ways, the Sovereign Web and similar movement are bringing back what these sites stood for—a web that is personal, creative, and fully owned by its users.

👉 Did you ever make a Geocities or Angelfire site? If you could bring back one thing from that era, what would it be? Is there anything stopping you from creating a personal website simply for the fun of it? Let us know!

-----

Source: https://sovereignweb.thecozy.cat/blog/%f0%9f%92%99-flashback-friday-3-%f0%9f%92%99-geocities-angelfire/

-----
@sovereignweb @indieweb @neocities @smallweb @webdev @blog @webdesign
#Angelfire #Geocities #Indieweb #Nostalgia #Oldweb #Smallweb #Sovereignweb #Webdesign #Webdev #Webrevival
#indieweb indieweb.social/tags/indieweb

💙 Flashback Friday #1 💙 | Myspace

Myspace wasn’t just a social network; it was a digital expression of who you were. We spent hours tweaking HTML and CSS to perfect our profile layouts, adding glitter text, custom cursors, and autoplaying songs that set the mood. Your Top 8 friends were a serious status symbol (and possibly a source of drama). And let’s not forget the bulletin posts—those chain surveys that gave us a glimpse into everyone’s most random thoughts.

It was messy, loud, and personal in a way today’s social platforms aren’t. There were no algorithms deciding what you should see—your profile was your own space. Now, Myspace is a ghost of what it once was, trying (and failing) to be a music discovery platform. But honestly, nothing will ever compare to the golden era of profile songs and the thrill of getting a friend request from Tom.

👉 Did you have a Myspace? What was your go-to profile song? And do you miss having that much control over your online presence? What are some of your core memories that you loved about the Myspace era that you’d like to see brought back into mainstream social media? Let us know!

-----

Source: https://sovereignweb.thecozy.cat/blog/flashback-friday-1/

-----
@sovereignweb @indieweb @neocities @smallweb @webdev @blog @webdesign
#Indieweb #Myspace #Nostalgia #Oldweb #Smallweb #Socialmedia #Sovereignweb #Spacehey
#indieweb indieweb.social/tags/indieweb

💚 Thread Thursday #10 💚

Have you ever scrapped a website project and started over? Why?
Was it a technical issue, a design problem, or a shift in your vision?
Did you learn anything from the experience that helped with future projects?
Do you think starting over led to a better final result?

Let us know! 👇

-----

Source: https://sovereignweb.thecozy.cat/blog/%f0%9f%92%9a-thread-thursday-10-%f0%9f%92%9a/

-----
@sovereignweb @indieweb @neocities @smallweb @webdev @blog @webdesign
#Indieweb #NekoWeb #Neocities #Nostalgia #Oldweb #Smallweb #Sovereignweb #Webdesign #Webdev #Webrevival
#indieweb indieweb.social/tags/indieweb

💚 Thread Thursday #9 💚

What’s a feature on someone else’s website that you want to implement on yours?
What makes this feature stand out to you?
Would you tweak or customize it to fit your site’s unique style?
Have you found any good tutorials or resources on how to implement it?

Let us know! 👇

-----

Source: https://sovereignweb.thecozy.cat/blog/%f0%9f%92%9a-thread-thursday-9-%f0%9f%92%9a/

-----
@sovereignweb @indieweb @neocities @smallweb @webdev @blog @webdesign
#Indieweb #NekoWeb #Neocities #Nostalgia #Oldweb #Smallweb #Sovereignweb #Webdesign #Webdev #Webrevival
#indieweb indieweb.social/tags/indieweb

💚 Thread Thursday #8 💚

How do you come up with a unique aesthetic for your website?
What influences your site’s aesthetic the most—colors, typography, layout, or something else?
How do you balance aesthetics with usability and functionality?
Do you have a signature style or element that makes your site unmistakably yours?

Let us know! 👇

-----

Source: https://sovereignweb.thecozy.cat/blog/%f0%9f%92%9a-thread-thursday-8-%f0%9f%92%9a/

-----
@sovereignweb @indieweb @neocities @smallweb @webdev @blog @webdesign
#Indieweb #NekoWeb #Neocities #Nostalgia #Oldweb #Smallweb #Sovereignweb #Webdesign #Webdev #Webrevival
#indieweb indieweb.social/tags/indieweb

💚 Thread Thursday #7 💚

What’s one small detail on your site that makes you proud?
Did you add it intentionally, or was it a happy accident?
Would you ever make a whole page or feature based on this detail?
Have visitors ever noticed or commented on it?

Let us know! 👇

-----

Source: https://sovereignweb.thecozy.cat/blog/%f0%9f%92%9a-thread-thursday-7-%f0%9f%92%9a/

-----
@sovereignweb @indieweb @neocities @smallweb @webdev @blog @webdesign
#Indieweb #NekoWeb #Neocities #Nostalgia #Oldweb #Smallweb #Sovereignweb #Webdesign #Webdev #Webrevival
#indieweb indieweb.social/tags/indieweb

💚 Thread Thursday #6 💚

What’s the most fun or weirdest page you’ve ever added to your site?
What inspired you to create that page?
Have visitors reacted to it in a way you didn’t expect?
If you could add an even weirder page, what would it be?

Let us know! 👇

-----

Source: https://sovereignweb.thecozy.cat/blog/%f0%9f%92%9a-thread-thursday-6-%f0%9f%92%9a/

-----
@sovereignweb @indieweb @neocities @smallweb @webdev @blog @webdesign
#Indieweb #NekoWeb #Neocities #Nostalgia #Oldweb #Smallweb #Sovereignweb #Webdesign #Webdev #Webrevival
#indieweb indieweb.social/tags/indieweb

💚 Thread Thursday #5 💚

Do you prefer hand-coding your site or using a web builder? Why?
What are the biggest pros and cons you’ve experienced with your preferred method?
How does your choice reflect your approach to web design or your personal creative process?
Has your preference changed over time, or have you always felt the same way?
Let us know! 👇

-----

Source: https://sovereignweb.thecozy.cat/blog/%f0%9f%92%9a-thread-thursday-5-%f0%9f%92%9a/

-----
@sovereignweb @indieweb @neocities @smallweb @webdev @blog @webdesign
#Indieweb #NekoWeb #Neocities #Nostalgia #Oldweb #Smallweb #Sovereignweb #Webdesign #Webdev #Webrevival
#indieweb indieweb.social/tags/indieweb

💚 Thread Thursday #4 💚

What’s something you wish you had known before making your first website?
Did this lesson come from a mistake you made, or was it something you discovered along the way?
How do you think knowing this earlier would have changed your approach to building your site?
What advice would you give to someone who’s about to create their first website now that you have this knowledge?
Let us know! 👇

-----

Source: https://sovereignweb.thecozy.cat/blog/%f0%9f%92%9a-thread-thursday-4-%f0%9f%92%9a/

-----
@sovereignweb @indieweb @neocities @smallweb @webdev @blog @webdesign
#Indieweb #NekoWeb #Neocities #Nostalgia #Oldweb #Smallweb #Sovereignweb #Webdesign #Webdev #Webrevival