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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
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    "url": "https://kind.social/@PurpleJillybeans/115805610641797503",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://kind.social/@bo_brinkman\">@<span>bo_brinkman</span></a></span> I've seen <a href=\"https://kind.social/tags/SmolWeb\">#<span>SmolWeb</span></a> and <a href=\"https://kind.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> get mentioned quite often.</p>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://kind.social/@bo_brinkman\"></a>",
        "text": "@bo_brinkman I've seen #SmolWeb and #IndieWeb get mentioned quite often."
    },
    "published": "2025-12-30T00:09:45+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://mastodon.social/@warmsignull/115805228289791586",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Do you have a topic you want to debate, but no one willing to sit with the complexity instead of rushing to conclusions?</p><p>I am here for that kind of conversation. </p><p>Let us think out loud without turning it into a performance.</p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/ThoughtfulConversation\">#<span>ThoughtfulConversation</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/DeepThinking\">#<span>DeepThinking</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Nuance\">#<span>Nuance</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Complexity\">#<span>Complexity</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/CriticalThinking\">#<span>CriticalThinking</span></a><br /><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Ideas\">#<span>Ideas</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Debate\">#<span>Debate</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/IntellectualCuriosity\">#<span>IntellectualCuriosity</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Philosophy\">#<span>Philosophy</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/LongTermThinking\">#<span>LongTermThinking</span></a><br /><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/FediMeta\">#<span>FediMeta</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/AskFedi\">#<span>AskFedi</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/WritersOfFedi\">#<span>WritersOfFedi</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/TechCulture\">#<span>TechCulture</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenWeb\">#<span>OpenWeb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Do you have a topic you want to debate, but no one willing to sit with the complexity instead of rushing to conclusions?\n\nI am here for that kind of conversation. \n\nLet us think out loud without turning it into a performance.\n\n#ThoughtfulConversation #DeepThinking #Nuance #Complexity #CriticalThinking\n#Ideas #Debate #IntellectualCuriosity #Philosophy #LongTermThinking\n#FediMeta #AskFedi #WritersOfFedi #TechCulture #IndieWeb #OpenWeb"
    },
    "published": "2025-12-29T22:32:30+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "46907444",
    "_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.lol/@t04d8b/115804826739032833",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>\"Bots Schadenfreude\"</p><p>iptables first<br />streamlined using ipset<br />joined by fail2ban</p><p><a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/haiku\">#<span>haiku</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/bots\">#<span>bots</span></a></p>",
        "text": "\"Bots Schadenfreude\"\n\niptables first\nstreamlined using ipset\njoined by fail2ban\n\n#haiku #IndieWeb #bots"
    },
    "published": "2025-12-29T20:50:23+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "46906868",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://lighthouse.co.im/@alan/115804637744806140",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Lighthouse Lore \ud83c\udf0a</p><p>\u201cCan you just add my website?\u201d</p><p>And so begins the trial.<br />DNS hesitates. Permissions lie.<br />Coffee goes cold. The server does not blink.</p><p>Selfhosters don\u2019t sleep.<br />We wrangle the world until it behaves.</p><p>The lighthouse stays lit.</p><p><a href=\"https://lighthouse.co.im/tags/LighthouseLore\">#<span>LighthouseLore</span></a> <a href=\"https://lighthouse.co.im/tags/SelfHosting\">#<span>SelfHosting</span></a>  <a href=\"https://lighthouse.co.im/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://lighthouse.co.im/tags/SysadminLife\">#<span>SysadminLife</span></a> <a href=\"https://lighthouse.co.im/tags/OpenSource\">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href=\"https://lighthouse.co.im/tags/CalmCorner\">#<span>CalmCorner</span></a> <a href=\"https://lighthouse.co.im/tags/BehindTheScenes\">#<span>BehindTheScenes</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Lighthouse Lore \ud83c\udf0a\n\n\u201cCan you just add my website?\u201d\n\nAnd so begins the trial.\nDNS hesitates. Permissions lie.\nCoffee goes cold. The server does not blink.\n\nSelfhosters don\u2019t sleep.\nWe wrangle the world until it behaves.\n\nThe lighthouse stays lit.\n\n#LighthouseLore #SelfHosting  #IndieWeb #SysadminLife #OpenSource #CalmCorner #BehindTheScenes"
    },
    "published": "2025-12-29T20:02:19+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "46906423",
    "_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.lol/@brennan/115804314207327930",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Building brennan.day Part One: Design, Rainbows, and Accessibility | \ud83d\udd17 <a href=\"https://brennan.day/building-brennan-day-part-one-design-rainbows-and-accessibility/\"><span>https://</span><span>brennan.day/building-brennan-d</span><span>ay-part-one-design-rainbows-and-accessibility/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/eleventy\">#<span>eleventy</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/webdev\">#<span>webdev</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/personal\">#<span>personal</span></a>-site <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/accessibility\">#<span>accessibility</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Building brennan.day Part One: Design, Rainbows, and Accessibility | \ud83d\udd17 https://brennan.day/building-brennan-day-part-one-design-rainbows-and-accessibility/\n\n#indieweb #eleventy #webdev #personal-site #accessibility"
    },
    "published": "2025-12-29T18:40:03+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "46905909",
    "_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/@damianwalsh/115803769929605171",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>I finally got around to doing a year in review for the first time, inspired by the lovely and genuine posts by <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://front-end.social/@hdv\">@<span>hdv</span></a></span>,  <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://follow.coryd.dev/@cory\">@<span>cory</span></a></span>, <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://mastodon.social/@nazhamid\">@<span>nazhamid</span></a></span>, <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://front-end.social/@chriskirknielsen\">@<span>chriskirknielsen</span></a></span>\u2014and as usual, enabled by <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://neighborhood.11ty.dev/@11ty\">@<span>11ty</span></a></span>. I'd love to see more examples if anyone has recommends. And there's still just about time to do one this year!</p><p><a href=\"https://damianwalsh.co.uk/posts/2025-in-review/\"><span>https://</span><span>damianwalsh.co.uk/posts/2025-i</span><span>n-review/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/11ty\">#<span>11ty</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/openweb\">#<span>openweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://follow.coryd.dev/@cory\"></a>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://front-end.social/@chriskirknielsen\"></a>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://front-end.social/@hdv\"></a>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://mastodon.social/@nazhamid\"></a>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://neighborhood.11ty.dev/@11ty\"></a>",
        "text": "I finally got around to doing a year in review for the first time, inspired by the lovely and genuine posts by @hdv,  @cory, @nazhamid, @chriskirknielsen\u2014and as usual, enabled by @11ty. I'd love to see more examples if anyone has recommends. And there's still just about time to do one this year!\n\nhttps://damianwalsh.co.uk/posts/2025-in-review/\n\n#11ty #openweb #indieweb"
    },
    "published": "2025-12-29T16:21:38+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "46904829",
    "_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/@indiewebadmin/115803512691521783",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>It's the end of the year, so let's take a look at 2025 on indieweb.social.</p><p>See our full End of Year Report here: <a href=\"https://www.patreon.com/posts/146907409\"><span>https://www.</span><span>patreon.com/posts/146907409</span><span></span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/IndieWebSocial\">#<span>IndieWebSocial</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/Indieweb\">#<span>Indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/FediAdmin\">#<span>FediAdmin</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/EndOfYear\">#<span>EndOfYear</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/SocialWeb\">#<span>SocialWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/ServerStats\">#<span>ServerStats</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/AdminUpdate\">#<span>AdminUpdate</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/MastoAdmin\">#<span>MastoAdmin</span></a></p>",
        "text": "It's the end of the year, so let's take a look at 2025 on indieweb.social.\n\nSee our full End of Year Report here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/146907409\n\n#IndieWebSocial #Indieweb #FediAdmin #EndOfYear #SocialWeb #ServerStats #AdminUpdate #MastoAdmin"
    },
    "published": "2025-12-29T15:16:12+00:00",
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    "post-type": "photo",
    "_id": "46904375",
    "_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/@z1nz0l1n/115803043886143941",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>A few closing words for this year on the <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a>:</p><p><a href=\"https://z1nz0l1n.com/25w52/\"><span>https://</span><span>z1nz0l1n.com/25w52/</span><span></span></a></p>",
        "text": "A few closing words for this year on the #indieweb:\n\nhttps://z1nz0l1n.com/25w52/"
    },
    "published": "2025-12-29T13:16:59+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "46903440",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://eldritch.cafe/@EllisArcwolf/115802272051680329",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Welp, I tried Reddit. Thought it might be a good place to publish some work, so I went ahead and put it up there. My this thing: <a href=\"https://murderofarcwolves.substack.com/p/popping-ffxivs-time-bubble\"><span>https://</span><span>murderofarcwolves.substack.com</span><span>/p/popping-ffxivs-time-bubble</span></a></p><p>Let's just say that it would be <em>awful</em> if the FFXIV Community on Reddit were to suddenly have to, as a group, face the Bene Gesserit Gom Jabbar Test of Humanity. Like, 98% of them would be dead from <em>immediately</em> ripping their hand <em>right</em> out of that box. So sad, a life lived only by instinct and wholly without self-awareness.</p><p>Sounds like my abusers. Glad they're gone from <em>my</em> circle. Now so is Reddit, thank goodness!</p><p>Honestly, something like this would've been <em>awful</em> if I still cared what strangers on the internet thought of me. As with my abusers, I now see them as the weak, terrified, little monsters that they are, keeping their boots on the faces of kind, empathetic <em>giants</em> just so they can see above their own self-loathing.</p><p>It's why I can be here. Because I am free to post, receive no interaction, and continue to post happily again tomorrow. And because you are lovely enough that you make it worth it to come back tomorrow even if nothing comes from my posts today. \ud83d\udc99 </p><p>Thank you for that, BTW!</p><p>This is the power of <strong>compensatory ego-building</strong>, which I highly recommend for any kind person who's self-esteem has <em>also</em> been stomped to mush by weak, terrified, little monsters who we taught ourselves to fear because we didn't wanna be mean and laugh at them instead.</p><p><a href=\"https://eldritch.cafe/tags/FFXIV\">#<span>FFXIV</span></a> <a href=\"https://eldritch.cafe/tags/FFXIVLore\">#<span>FFXIVLore</span></a> <a href=\"https://eldritch.cafe/tags/WritingCommunity\">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href=\"https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Blogging\">#<span>Blogging</span></a> <a href=\"https://eldritch.cafe/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Dune\">#<span>Dune</span></a> <a href=\"https://eldritch.cafe/tags/GomJabbar\">#<span>GomJabbar</span></a> <a href=\"https://eldritch.cafe/tags/CompensatoryEgoBuilding\">#<span>CompensatoryEgoBuilding</span></a> <a href=\"https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Psychology\">#<span>Psychology</span></a> <a href=\"https://eldritch.cafe/tags/MentalHealth\">#<span>MentalHealth</span></a> <a href=\"https://eldritch.cafe/tags/TraumaRecovery\">#<span>TraumaRecovery</span></a> <a href=\"https://eldritch.cafe/tags/SelfWorth\">#<span>SelfWorth</span></a> <a href=\"https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Resilience\">#<span>Resilience</span></a> <a href=\"https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RedditExodus\">#<span>RedditExodus</span></a> <a href=\"https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Fediverse\">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href=\"https://eldritch.cafe/tags/SocialMediaDetox\">#<span>SocialMediaDetox</span></a> <a href=\"https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Boundaries\">#<span>Boundaries</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Welp, I tried Reddit. Thought it might be a good place to publish some work, so I went ahead and put it up there. My this thing: https://murderofarcwolves.substack.com/p/popping-ffxivs-time-bubble\n\nLet's just say that it would be awful if the FFXIV Community on Reddit were to suddenly have to, as a group, face the Bene Gesserit Gom Jabbar Test of Humanity. Like, 98% of them would be dead from immediately ripping their hand right out of that box. So sad, a life lived only by instinct and wholly without self-awareness.\n\nSounds like my abusers. Glad they're gone from my circle. Now so is Reddit, thank goodness!\n\nHonestly, something like this would've been awful if I still cared what strangers on the internet thought of me. As with my abusers, I now see them as the weak, terrified, little monsters that they are, keeping their boots on the faces of kind, empathetic giants just so they can see above their own self-loathing.\n\nIt's why I can be here. Because I am free to post, receive no interaction, and continue to post happily again tomorrow. And because you are lovely enough that you make it worth it to come back tomorrow even if nothing comes from my posts today. \ud83d\udc99 \n\nThank you for that, BTW!\n\nThis is the power of compensatory ego-building, which I highly recommend for any kind person who's self-esteem has also been stomped to mush by weak, terrified, little monsters who we taught ourselves to fear because we didn't wanna be mean and laugh at them instead.\n\n#FFXIV #FFXIVLore #WritingCommunity #Blogging #IndieWeb #Dune #GomJabbar #CompensatoryEgoBuilding #Psychology #MentalHealth #TraumaRecovery #SelfWorth #Resilience #RedditExodus #Fediverse #SocialMediaDetox #Boundaries"
    },
    "published": "2025-12-29T10:00:42+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "46902299",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://mastodon.social/@Mdubbelm/115801955456959113",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Nieuwe blogpost: hoe krijg je je Hugo-blog op Mastodon \u00e9n comments terug onder je posts?</p><p>  Ik dook in hoe anderen het doen, overwoog Micro.blog, en kwam uit bij... de saaiste oplossing. Soms is dat gewoon de beste.</p><p>  <a href=\"https://modub.nl/blog/comments-en-mastodon-op-zoek-naar-een-simpele-workflow/\"><span>https://</span><span>modub.nl/blog/comments-en-mast</span><span>odon-op-zoek-naar-een-simpele-workflow/</span></a></p><p>  <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/mastodon\">#<span>mastodon</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/hugo\">#<span>hugo</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/blogging\">#<span>blogging</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Nieuwe blogpost: hoe krijg je je Hugo-blog op Mastodon \u00e9n comments terug onder je posts?\n\n  Ik dook in hoe anderen het doen, overwoog Micro.blog, en kwam uit bij... de saaiste oplossing. Soms is dat gewoon de beste.\n\n  https://modub.nl/blog/comments-en-mastodon-op-zoek-naar-een-simpele-workflow/\n\n  #indieweb #mastodon #hugo #blogging"
    },
    "published": "2025-12-29T08:40:11+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "46901858",
    "_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/@topfour/115801624915756385",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Added <a href=\"https://thoughts.uncountable.uk/top4/\"><span>https://</span><span>thoughts.uncountable.uk/top4/</span><span></span></a> to the Top Four directory. </p><p>\ud83c\udf3f Wildflowers<br />1. Yellow Rattle<br />2. Greater Knapweed<br />3. Selfheal<br />4. Corky-fruited Water-Dropwort </p><p>What is your Top 4?</p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/top4\">#<span>top4</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/topfour\">#<span>topfour</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/smallweb\">#<span>smallweb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Added https://thoughts.uncountable.uk/top4/ to the Top Four directory. \n\n\ud83c\udf3f Wildflowers\n1. Yellow Rattle\n2. Greater Knapweed\n3. Selfheal\n4. Corky-fruited Water-Dropwort \n\nWhat is your Top 4?\n\n#top4 #topfour #indieweb #smallweb"
    },
    "published": "2025-12-29T07:16:07+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "46901525",
    "_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/115801412100844541",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>The Kingett Guide to Free Pizza <a href=\"https://sightlessscribbles.com/posts/20250820/\"><span>https://</span><span>sightlessscribbles.com/posts/2</span><span>0250820/</span></a> <a href=\"https://caneandable.social/tags/Blog\">#<span>Blog</span></a> <a href=\"https://caneandable.social/tags/Blogs\">#<span>Blogs</span></a> <a href=\"https://caneandable.social/tags/Blogging\">#<span>Blogging</span></a> <a href=\"https://caneandable.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://caneandable.social/tags/NoPaywall\">#<span>NoPaywall</span></a></p>",
        "text": "The Kingett Guide to Free Pizza https://sightlessscribbles.com/posts/20250820/ #Blog #Blogs #Blogging #IndieWeb #NoPaywall"
    },
    "published": "2025-12-29T06:22:00+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "46901249",
    "_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/@incorporealbard/115799744803853416",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>been trying to be more diligent about keeping track of the links, videos, and podcasts that I enjoy each week. it's hard to remember to jot reflections down but always so satisfying to see them collected together later!!</p><p><a href=\"https://incorporealbard.online/2025/12/sunday-december-28-2025/\"><span>https://</span><span>incorporealbard.online/2025/12</span><span>/sunday-december-28-2025/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://sunny.garden/tags/blog\">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href=\"https://sunny.garden/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://sunny.garden/tags/tarot\">#<span>tarot</span></a></p>",
        "text": "been trying to be more diligent about keeping track of the links, videos, and podcasts that I enjoy each week. it's hard to remember to jot reflections down but always so satisfying to see them collected together later!!\n\nhttps://incorporealbard.online/2025/12/sunday-december-28-2025/\n\n#blog #indieweb #tarot"
    },
    "published": "2025-12-28T23:17:59+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "46899253",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#webmentions",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/webmentions",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://cloudisland.nz/@Firesphere/115799609524140273",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Okay, added <a href=\"https://cloudisland.nz/tags/webmentions\">#<span>webmentions</span></a> to my website.<br />I hope I did this right?<br /><a href=\"https://firesphere.dev/?mtm_campaign=social&amp;mtm_kwd=mastodon\"><span>https://</span><span>firesphere.dev/?mtm_campaign=s</span><span>ocial&amp;mtm_kwd=mastodon</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Okay, added #webmentions to my website.\nI hope I did this right?\nhttps://firesphere.dev/?mtm_campaign=social&mtm_kwd=mastodon"
    },
    "published": "2025-12-28T22:43:35+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "46899071",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://sakurajima.moe/@navi/115799399742304176",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>I did a short writeup of how much it costs to maintain my hobby personal websites and blogs. </p><p><a href=\"https://blog.pomnavi.net/posts/0012-how-much-does-it-cost-to-run-my-personal-websites/\"><span>https://</span><span>blog.pomnavi.net/posts/0012-ho</span><span>w-much-does-it-cost-to-run-my-personal-websites/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://sakurajima.moe/tags/NaviBlogs\">#<span>NaviBlogs</span></a> <a href=\"https://sakurajima.moe/tags/smallweb\">#<span>smallweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://sakurajima.moe/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://sakurajima.moe/tags/blogging\">#<span>blogging</span></a> <a href=\"https://sakurajima.moe/tags/blogs\">#<span>blogs</span></a> <a href=\"https://sakurajima.moe/tags/personalwebsites\">#<span>personalwebsites</span></a></p>",
        "text": "I did a short writeup of how much it costs to maintain my hobby personal websites and blogs. \n\nhttps://blog.pomnavi.net/posts/0012-how-much-does-it-cost-to-run-my-personal-websites/\n\n#NaviBlogs #smallweb #indieweb #blogging #blogs #personalwebsites"
    },
    "published": "2025-12-28T21:50:14+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "46898902",
    "_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/115799167960689550",
    "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/CPHP\">#<span>CPHP</span></a> Vol. 56: \"K3CAN's Homepage\" <a href=\"https://www.k3can.us/\"><span>https://www.</span><span>k3can.us/</span><span></span></a></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/homepage\">#<span>homepage</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.online/tags/blog\">#<span>blog</span></a><br /><a href=\"https://mastodon.online/tags/screenshot\">#<span>screenshot</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.online/tags/gopher\">#<span>gopher</span></a></p>",
        "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 #CPHP Vol. 56: \"K3CAN's Homepage\" https://www.k3can.us/\n\n#SmallWeb #indieweb #homepage #blog\n#screenshot #gopher"
    },
    "published": "2025-12-28T20:51:17+00:00",
    "photo": [
        "https://files.mastodon.social/cache/media_attachments/files/115/799/168/060/293/063/original/205302d180a069ed.png"
    ],
    "post-type": "photo",
    "_id": "46898547",
    "_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/@retrostrange/115798536062754403",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Our friend <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://mastodon.social/@limebar\">@<span>limebar</span></a></span> (creator of the unofficial-official RetroStrange app for Roku) has launched The Indie Beat TV, a 24/7 indie music video streaming channel you can watch free at <a href=\"https://tv.theindiebeat.fm\"><span>https://</span><span>tv.theindiebeat.fm</span><span></span></a> </p><p>Follow at <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://tv.theindiebeat.fm/federation/user/TIBtv\">@<span>TIBtv</span></a></span> and catch the \u201cnow playing\u201d feed on <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://mastodon.social/@tibtvnowplayingbot\">@<span>tibtvnowplayingbot</span></a></span> </p><p>We consider TIBtv a sister channel to RetroStrange TV- we share a lot of the same goals and methods, and sometimes code! We wish them an awesome launch today and all the success in the world. <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Music\">#<span>Music</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/OwnCast\">#<span>OwnCast</span></a></p>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://mastodon.social/@limebar\"></a>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://mastodon.social/@tibtvnowplayingbot\"></a>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://tv.theindiebeat.fm/federation/user/TIBtv\"></a>",
        "text": "Our friend @limebar (creator of the unofficial-official RetroStrange app for Roku) has launched The Indie Beat TV, a 24/7 indie music video streaming channel you can watch free at https://tv.theindiebeat.fm \n\nFollow at @TIBtv and catch the \u201cnow playing\u201d feed on @tibtvnowplayingbot \n\nWe consider TIBtv a sister channel to RetroStrange TV- we share a lot of the same goals and methods, and sometimes code! We wish them an awesome launch today and all the success in the world. #Music #IndieWeb #OwnCast"
    },
    "published": "2025-12-28T18:10:35+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "46897467",
    "_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/@st3phvee/115797273745823580",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>I returned to the personal web in 2025 after many years spent contributing to algorithmic social media platforms and SEO-focused WordPress blogs. Some thoughts on this return, and why the personal web has given me hope for the future of the internet: <a href=\"https://stephvee.ca/blog/indieweb/reflections-on-returning-to-the-personal-web/\"><span>https://</span><span>stephvee.ca/blog/indieweb/refl</span><span>ections-on-returning-to-the-personal-web/</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/personalweb\">#<span>personalweb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "I returned to the personal web in 2025 after many years spent contributing to algorithmic social media platforms and SEO-focused WordPress blogs. Some thoughts on this return, and why the personal web has given me hope for the future of the internet: https://stephvee.ca/blog/indieweb/reflections-on-returning-to-the-personal-web/\n\n#blog #blogging #indieweb #personalweb"
    },
    "published": "2025-12-28T12:49:34+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "46895748",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

Fediverse predictions

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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "Manton Reece",
        "url": "https://www.manton.org/",
        "photo": "https://avatars.micro.blog/avatars/2025/22/3.jpg"
    },
    "url": "https://www.manton.org/2025/12/27/fediverse-predictions.html",
    "name": "Fediverse predictions",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Tim Chambers has <a href=\"https://www.timothychambers.net/2025/12/23/my-open-social-web-predictions.html\">his yearly predictions post for the open web</a>. I enjoy these posts and I agree with most of his predictions for 2026.</p>\n<p>But there is one prediction that I think is too optimistic:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The ActivityPub Fediverse (excluding Threads) will cross 15 million registered users, monthly active users [\u2026] will plateau around 2-3 million. Another good year in terms of stable base, but no big waves of new users. Both Bluesky and Fediverse growth won\u2019t come from big waves of migration this year.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>To put this in context, according to <a href=\"https://fedidb.com/\">FediDB</a> the current count of registered users is just short of 12 million. It has grown about 1 million users in each of the last couple of years. I know from Micro.blog\u2019s contribution to these numbers that there are also spam accounts and other junk that has yet to be cleaned out, but still I think these numbers are mostly correct.</p>\n<p>You can see this steady, slow growth in total users from this FediDB graph:</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/10/2025/paste-b15fb63f.png\" alt=\"A graph displays user and server growth over time, showing stable user numbers and a slight increase in servers, with a 30-day user decline of 60.4K and server growth of 4.3K.\" style=\"max-width:500px;\" /><p>The problem is active users. There, we see occasional spikes as users migrate from Twitter / X, but generally the fediverse in terms of active users is shrinking, not growing. Absent some major event or new fediverse platform, I don\u2019t expect active users to get much over 1 million again, let alone 2-3 million. Here\u2019s the graph of the last couple of years:</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/10/2025/paste-bd5390df.png\" alt=\"A line graph depicts a fluctuating trend of active growth, peaking in February 2025 and showing an overall decline, with a negative growth rate of -11.8K.\" style=\"max-width:500px;\" /><p>January through April 2025 was the influx of users from Twitter / X, as Trump took office and Elon Musk went all-in on politics and culture wars. But a few months later that fediverse growth had evaporated, and active users today is apparently less than it was two years ago.</p>\n<p>One way to view this is that the fediverse rises and falls naturally based on current events and popular software. Another way to view it is that the fediverse is in trouble, boxed in on one side by massive Bluesky growth and on the other side held back by the dominance of Mastodon.</p>\n<p>Mastodon is an incredible success story, yet it still feels unapproachable for new users and it has changed very little in the last several years. I think Mastodon recreates some problems from Twitter in likes and boosts, fixes a few things such as an open protocol and more hands-on curation with small communities, while also adding new wrinkles in the form of local timelines leading to filter bubbles and pile-ons.</p>\n<p>There is nothing wrong with Mastodon remaining a small platform in the context of Threads and Bluesky. If people are finding value in it, contributing to the open web, that\u2019s great. But if I\u2019m right that the fediverse has already plateaued, and we care about expanding indie blogging and open social networks, we must continue to adopt a plurality approach, not tied only to the ActivityPub-based fediverse. More platforms should have strong support for RSS and multiple social protocols, rooted in blogs and the broader open web.</p>",
        "text": "Tim Chambers has his yearly predictions post for the open web. I enjoy these posts and I agree with most of his predictions for 2026.\nBut there is one prediction that I think is too optimistic:\n\nThe ActivityPub Fediverse (excluding Threads) will cross 15 million registered users, monthly active users [\u2026] will plateau around 2-3 million. Another good year in terms of stable base, but no big waves of new users. Both Bluesky and Fediverse growth won\u2019t come from big waves of migration this year.\n\nTo put this in context, according to FediDB the current count of registered users is just short of 12 million. It has grown about 1 million users in each of the last couple of years. I know from Micro.blog\u2019s contribution to these numbers that there are also spam accounts and other junk that has yet to be cleaned out, but still I think these numbers are mostly correct.\nYou can see this steady, slow growth in total users from this FediDB graph:\nThe problem is active users. There, we see occasional spikes as users migrate from Twitter / X, but generally the fediverse in terms of active users is shrinking, not growing. Absent some major event or new fediverse platform, I don\u2019t expect active users to get much over 1 million again, let alone 2-3 million. Here\u2019s the graph of the last couple of years:\nJanuary through April 2025 was the influx of users from Twitter / X, as Trump took office and Elon Musk went all-in on politics and culture wars. But a few months later that fediverse growth had evaporated, and active users today is apparently less than it was two years ago.\nOne way to view this is that the fediverse rises and falls naturally based on current events and popular software. Another way to view it is that the fediverse is in trouble, boxed in on one side by massive Bluesky growth and on the other side held back by the dominance of Mastodon.\nMastodon is an incredible success story, yet it still feels unapproachable for new users and it has changed very little in the last several years. I think Mastodon recreates some problems from Twitter in likes and boosts, fixes a few things such as an open protocol and more hands-on curation with small communities, while also adding new wrinkles in the form of local timelines leading to filter bubbles and pile-ons.\nThere is nothing wrong with Mastodon remaining a small platform in the context of Threads and Bluesky. If people are finding value in it, contributing to the open web, that\u2019s great. But if I\u2019m right that the fediverse has already plateaued, and we care about expanding indie blogging and open social networks, we must continue to adopt a plurality approach, not tied only to the ActivityPub-based fediverse. More platforms should have strong support for RSS and multiple social protocols, rooted in blogs and the broader open web."
    },
    "summary": "Some thoughts on fediverse predictions for 2026, especially whether the fediverse is likely to grow significantly next year.",
    "published": "2025-12-27T14:47:46-06:00",
    "category": [
        "Photos",
        "Essays"
    ],
    "post-type": "article",
    "_id": "46892390",
    "_source": "12",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://mastodon.tomodori.net/@vga256/115793921263145218",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>a late gift to kiki homepage construction set instance operators to close out 2025: some very necessary bug fixes! :D </p><p>I noticed that pages were accidentally being reverse-sorted based on their publication date. </p><p>also caught some weirdness with Bug (kiki's teeny tiny not-markdown markup language) when it came to opening/closing paragraphs - that is now fixed.</p><p>and finally, the $$time$$ dynamic content variable now auto-generates the page time based on the file's last-modified time on your server.</p><p>enjoy kiki ops! and thank you for a wonderful year responding to your ideas, feature requests and bug traps. \ud83d\ude4f it warms my heart knowing that there are a bunch of people out there running their own little instances on the worldwideweb.</p><p><a href=\"https://tomotama.itch.io/kiki\"><span>https://</span><span>tomotama.itch.io/kiki</span><span></span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.tomodori.net/tags/kiki\">#<span>kiki</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.tomodori.net/tags/smolWeb\">#<span>smolWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.tomodori.net/tags/indieWeb\">#<span>indieWeb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "a late gift to kiki homepage construction set instance operators to close out 2025: some very necessary bug fixes! :D \n\nI noticed that pages were accidentally being reverse-sorted based on their publication date. \n\nalso caught some weirdness with Bug (kiki's teeny tiny not-markdown markup language) when it came to opening/closing paragraphs - that is now fixed.\n\nand finally, the $$time$$ dynamic content variable now auto-generates the page time based on the file's last-modified time on your server.\n\nenjoy kiki ops! and thank you for a wonderful year responding to your ideas, feature requests and bug traps. \ud83d\ude4f it warms my heart knowing that there are a bunch of people out there running their own little instances on the worldwideweb.\n\nhttps://tomotama.itch.io/kiki\n\n#kiki #smolWeb #indieWeb"
    },
    "published": "2025-12-27T22:36:59+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "46892295",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
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