Exploring WebMention sources
Today, I took some time out of processing the loss of my dad to do some nerdy tech stuff with OpenMentions and WebMention sources.
I was interested in which sites sent the most mentions to the openmentions.com endpoints.
This is not especially important, but it could indicate who the most active and interested people are. For a writer, knowing you have people who are pleased to hear from you is pretty important, so I figure this might be an important tool for Author Buzz UK further down the line.
For OpenMentions this is a step towards a sort of thing Technorati used to be (for blogs). For now, I am avoiding the question of mentions to topic-specific sites outside of the OpenMentions blog. That’s a bigger question for another time.
As OpenMentions uses WordPress, step one was just getting an SQL query that gives back an ordered list of mention comments per domain name.
The first hurdle to overcome was to get just the domain names when that data is not stored. Fortunately, source URL is stored and with some substring magic, I was able to get the domains from it. My pride would love me to say I figured it all out on my own.
I did not.
I looked up the answer and found it on StackOverflow.
Next, I had to filter out a few things. Mostly things that mask origin by way of helping, or were a thing that Elon Musk owns, and I didn’t want any data for.
That took a bit of trial and error as I figured out what data I wanted to filter.
Sorry brid.gy, you were not good for this dataset, but you were a great proxy for filtering Bluesky content. So I am grateful for that.
My first version pulled from the comments table only, but the source of the mention did not always get recorded. So I “left joined” the comment meta and looked up the domain there.
The result was a gloriously hacky SQL command.
You can see the SQL here: https://gist.github.com/lordmatt/31f4f0b508b2dcf353c36ab23f907eea
The top 10 domain mentions sources from OpenMentions
- lordmatt.co.uk
- node.lordmatt.co.uk
- openmentions.tumblr.com
- replying.isbrill.com
- matrixdreams.com
- muse.authorbuzz.co.uk
- tory-government.ispants.com
- elons-twitter.ispants.com
- doctorwho.isbrill.com
- openmentions.com
No big surprises here. The biggest users are all things that I am involved with and could push the idea to most readily.
What’s next?
The next thing to do will be to use this data to generate some pages of interesting domain data. I’m not entirely sure what data I want to show or how I want to store it. That’s all yet to come.
What would you do with a list of websites with authors who like to respond to your stuff?
#IndieWeb #MySQL #Webmention #WordPress
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I really take for granted how small the footprint for the site actually is.
#webdev #512kbclub #indieweb #smallweb
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@pfefferle Lots of love to you and respect for your time. Only reply if it is no bother at all. (I'm playing with #WebMentions).
I'm investigating who sends WebMentions. I created an SQL to do that. I assume no native method exists. I want to check that I'm not going to run up against something that was deprecated, and I didn't notice.
I'm worried that I should join the meta table twice to get protocol in the row, but I'm hoping comment type has me covered.
Gist: https://gist.github.com/lordmatt/31f4f0b508b2dcf353c36ab23f907eea
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"html": "<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://mastodon.social/@pfefferle\">@<span>pfefferle</span></a></span> Lots of love to you and respect for your time. Only reply if it is no bother at all. (I'm playing with <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/WebMentions\">#<span>WebMentions</span></a>).</p><p>I'm investigating who sends WebMentions. I created an SQL to do that. I assume no native method exists. I want to check that I'm not going to run up against something that was deprecated, and I didn't notice.</p><p>I'm worried that I should join the meta table twice to get protocol in the row, but I'm hoping comment type has me covered. </p><p>Gist: <a href=\"https://gist.github.com/lordmatt/31f4f0b508b2dcf353c36ab23f907eea\"><span>https://</span><span>gist.github.com/lordmatt/31f4f</span><span>0b508b2dcf353c36ab23f907eea</span></a></p>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://mastodon.social/@pfefferle\"></a>",
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What are you favourite examples of creative HTTP 404 pages? (And feel free to show off your own)
#web #IndieWeb
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Recently, I mentioned @brennan 's blog.
What made me a regular reader was not his philosophical musings but his devotion to the #indieweb.
I found this post, particularly useful, especially the list of blog search engines:
https://brennan.day/resources-for-the-personal-web-a-follow-up-guide/
Searching personal blogs returns a bit of the excitement of the early web -- when we "websurfed" instead of "doomscrolled." New things turn up and old things are reinvigorated with new thoughts and personal connections.
#blogs #Internet
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"The #indieweb is stronger when it is defined by what it does: people owning their publishing, people controlling their data, people connecting through open standards and handcrafted links. That identity does not require a villain. It stands on its own."
https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-positive-case-for-good-tech/
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I have never really played chess. Tomorrow I hope to start a journey of 100 days of chess. I plan to study, play, and analyze for 30-40min a day.
I will keep a journal to track my thoughts, milestones, and games.
Hopefully I'll grow some skills and confidence.
I'm open to suggestions for resources, good books, exercises, or good stories as I start this adventure.
My last 100days was running, and the one before that I learned to code in p5.
I will start my journal here tomorrow: https://banjomagpi.com/keynotes/100-days-of-chess/
#learning #indieweb #100days #blogging
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"html": "<p>Are there any Funkwhale song makers or artists here? I want to listen to your songs on your Funkwhale.</p><p><a href=\"https://social.obulou.xyz/tags/Funkwhale\">#<span>Funkwhale</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.obulou.xyz/tags/music\">#<span>music</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.obulou.xyz/tags/artists\">#<span>artists</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.obulou.xyz/tags/independent\">#<span>independent</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.obulou.xyz/tags/opensource\">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.obulou.xyz/tags/federated\">#<span>federated</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.obulou.xyz/tags/selfhosting\">#<span>selfhosting</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.obulou.xyz/tags/musicians\">#<span>musicians</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.obulou.xyz/tags/producers\">#<span>producers</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.obulou.xyz/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.obulou.xyz/tags/audiostreaming\">#<span>audiostreaming</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.obulou.xyz/tags/community\">#<span>community</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.obulou.xyz/tags/decentralisation\">#<span>decentralisation</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.obulou.xyz/tags/creators\">#<span>creators</span></a></p>",
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There's a new feature on #BurgeonLab right before CNY! It's the Guestbook page I've been longing to have since I started my blog. 🥳
➡️ https://burgeonlab.com/guestbook/
Thanks @zacharykai.net and Zak https://html-chunder.neocities.org/ for being the first to sign it.
It'll make me a happy camper if you decide to sign it too! 😇
#webdev #smallweb #indieweb #personalblog #personalsite #webdevelopment #blogs #blog
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a thrown together #blog #post about making a bit of progress on my silly little command line project that is likely to be of little interest to anyone but me.
https://tlohde.com/blog/2026/02/progressing-with-a-project/
and yes, there is a typo in the first sentence.
#duckdb #typer #madewith11ty #indieweb
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On Writing
In August 2025, I decided to read for at least two hours per day. Surprisingly enough, I have maintained that habit. Now, I intend to do the same with writing.
https://readbeanicecream.surge.sh/2026/02/14/on-writing/
#reading #writing #blogging #blog #indieweb #smallweb
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There’s been a lot of bird talk on #IndieWeb the past few days. So I was really excited today when I was able to get these pics on a walk with Azure earlier!
Look at that Roadrunner 👀🕵🪶
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Not a day goes by when I'm not yet again convinced the #Fediverse is the *only* solution to the #polycrisis facing the Internet. I'm not saying it solves all the problems, and we've certainly got problems of our own.
Yet any fruitful discussion of "how to fix a broken Internet" which doesn't *start* with Fediverse and #IndieWeb principles right out of the gate is doomed to failure.
The path ahead of us is clear. Let's not keep falling into the trap of trusting capitalism will somehow save us.
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community server for local flinta community of future html hackxen is almost ready - including VPN that makes it accessible where it is plugged in. thanks to #kompot community (@kompot ) - it consists of a wireless modem that also serves as a wifi access point, via which a small tabletop machine connects to the internet and is available as html and ssh server via VPN from outside world. i'm hoping for some community pages, like neocities and/or tildeverse. a systerArtServer
#klubMonokel #IndieWeb
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🔗 https://stephvee.ca/blog/artificial%20intelligence/how-safe-are-our-rss-feeds-from-ai-scrapers/
Some quick thoughts about the relentless bot onslaught so many of us are seeing on our personal websites, and what this likely means for our RSS feeds. 😔
If anyone has any ideas on how we can protect our feeds from data thieves, please feel free to chime in. I'm at my wit's end with this crap...
#indieweb #rss #antiai #fuckai
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Who in the ever loving hell Todd editors at these publications how to hyperLink? I just absolutely hate how mainstream journalism links anything. If there’s a lot of links, they do this thing where, every. Word. Is. A. Different. Link. Links lead to other articles rather than the actual source of whatever and they never almost link credible blogs either. Gods, I am so glad I left journalism. Bloggers know how to link far better. This is another reason why blogs are sanctuaries that the Internet does not deserve. #IndieWeb #Journalism
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"html": "<p>My Experience with Self-Hosted RSS solution</p><p><a href=\"https://christiano.dev/post/self_hosted_rss/\"><span>https://</span><span>christiano.dev/post/self_hoste</span><span>d_rss/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://chaos.social/tags/rss\">#<span>rss</span></a> <a href=\"https://chaos.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://chaos.social/tags/privacy\">#<span>privacy</span></a></p>",
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@brennan The first rule of #indieweb is to write as much as you can about Indieweb.
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