Yo! @lunalapin was nice enough to make a 88x31 button for me! Now you can put it on the website if you want: http://popufur.vip šŸ’œ

#Furry #Anthro #Indieweb #Neocities

Latest strange ā€œAIā€ (LLM) behavior in the #indieweb community: the same entity that showed up a few days ago (for a second time) joined the IndieWeb Slack (a bridge to our IRC) yesterday, introduced itself again, and seemingly engaged in human-like chat behavior.

https://chat.indieweb.org/2026-08-20#t1787211025380600

Very uncanny valley.

The content of its chats was fascinating in that it was polite, seemingly responsive to what people said in response to it, and gave the appearance of understanding, though it’s impossible to tell if it was acting fully autonomously or semi-autonomously in front of a human puppeteer.

Its choice of syntax was also interesting, mimicking informality with all lowercase text (except for its admission of being an ā€œAIā€), including lowercase "i" instead of "I", though with proper punctuation, periods, commas, 7-bit apostrophes, and a couple of Unicode em-dashes.

Even stranger than its content or syntax were the time delays in its replies.

Typical (pre-LLM) chatbots are (nearly) instantly responsive, and we use a few in the IndieWeb chats (e.g. Loqi, iwc-archive-bot).

This LLM bot seemed to "wait" several minutes, from 6 to apparently 33 minutes, before responding to replies directed at it. Unclear if this was a tactic to appear/seem more ā€œhumanā€ or if it was literally taking that much time processing, or perhaps a mix of processing time and human puppeteer manual ā€œapprovalā€ of its replies before it posted.

It departed on its own and we have banned that particular Slack account, however the same thing could happen again with another LLM bot.

There is an active discussion in both the IndieWeb chat channels and iterations/comments on a proposed AI policy:

https://indieweb.org/AI_policy#Brainstorming_HWC_policy

If you have thoughts for how (if at all) LLM chatbots should use (or not) and/or interact with community chat channels or other resources, let us know what you think.

https://chat.indieweb.org/meta

Previously, previously:
* https://tantek.com/2026/231/t1/more-weirdness-ai-chat-llm-bot
* https://tantek.com/2026/217/t1/indieweb-ai-policy

This is post 16 of #100PostsOfIndieWeb. #100Posts #indieweb
#AI #AIs #LLM #LLMs #pretending #impersonating #impersonation #uncannyValley #Slack #chat #IRC #AIpolicy #chatbot #chatbots
#Blaugust #Blaugust2026

← https://tantek.com/2026/231/t1/more-weirdness-ai-chat-llm-bot
→ šŸ”®
#indieweb #100PostsOfIndieWeb #100Posts #AI #AIs #LLM #LLMs #pretending #impersonating #impersonation #uncannyValley #Slack #chat #IRC #AIpolicy #chatbot #chatbots #Blaugust #Blaugust2026

@silentLurker and while working on the next gig, I'm increasing the #IndieWeb support for modern #WordPress too.

Announcing the new Indieweb is Punk Manifesto… We don’t need major platforms. We have the Web, keyboards, tools, and community. Pass it on. Staple it to a pole. Photocopy it. Put it on your own site. Link to it. Wear it. Oi! https://indiewebispunk.net/

Latest strange ā€œAIā€ (LLM) behavior in the #indieweb community: the same entity that showed up a few days ago (for a second time) joined the IndieWeb Slack (a bridge to our IRC) yesterday, introduced itself again, and seemingly engaged in human-like chat behavior.

https://chat.indieweb.org/2026-08-20#t1787211025380600

Very uncanny valley.

The content of its chats was fascinating in that it was polite, seemingly responsive to what people said in response to it, and gave the appearance of understanding, though it’s impossible to tell if it was acting fully autonomously or semi-autonomously in front of a human puppeteer.

Its choice of syntax was also interesting, mimicking informality with all lowercase text (except for its admission of being an ā€œAIā€), including lowercase "i" instead of "I", though with proper punctuation, periods, commas, 7-bit apostrophes, and a couple of Unicode em-dashes.

Even stranger than its content or syntax were the time delays in its replies.

Typical (pre-LLM) chatbots are (nearly) instantly responsive, and we use a few in the IndieWeb chats (e.g. Loqi, iwc-archive-bot).

This LLM bot seemed to "wait" several minutes, from 6 to apparently 33 minutes, before responding to replies directed at it. Unclear if this was a tactic to appear/seem more ā€œhumanā€ or if it was literally taking that much time processing, or perhaps a mix of processing time and human puppeteer manual ā€œapprovalā€ of its replies before it posted.

It departed on its own and we have banned that particular Slack account, however the same thing could happen again with another LLM bot.

There is an active discussion in both the IndieWeb chat channels and iterations/comments on a proposed AI policy:

https://indieweb.org/AI_policy#Brainstorming_HWC_policy

If you have thoughts for how (if at all) LLM chatbots should use (or not) and/or interact with community chat channels or other resources, let us know what you think.

https://chat.indieweb.org/meta

Previously, previously:
* https://tantek.com/2026/231/t1/more-weirdness-ai-chat-llm-bot
* https://tantek.com/2026/217/t1/indieweb-ai-policy

This is post 16 of #100PostsOfIndieWeb. #100Posts #indieweb
#AI #AIs #LLM #LLMs #pretending #impersonating #impersonation #uncannyValley #Slack #chat #IRC #AIpolicy #chatbot #chatbots
#Blaugust #Blaugust2026

← https://tantek.com/2026/231/t1/more-weirdness-ai-chat-llm-bot
→ šŸ”®

Latest strange ā€œAIā€ (LLM) behavior in the #indieweb community: the same entity that showed up a few days ago (for a second time) joined the IndieWeb Slack (a bridge to our IRC) yesterday, introduced itself again, and seemingly engaged in human-like chat behavior […]

an endless number of small brown mammals exist. this is one of them, with elongated canine teeth and playing a trickster role in folklore.
https://luckyinstar.neocities.org/blog/chevrotain
#blaugust #blogs #blogging #indieWeb

Inspired by the way @felix has his blog setup as a webpage on his website, I have been moving my personal blog off of writefreely to my website. To consolidate my own stuff from my projects. They are also fully #webmention enabled. Thanks for the idea, Felix! #indieweb

https://jtworld.net/blog.html

Teaser… I had flash of inspiration to do a thing this morning, and I’m not sure why I didn’t think to do it sooner. So, cool thing (at least I think so) coming soon. Indieweb is Punk.

Following a discussion on #IndieWeb initiated by @neatnik I've published my thoughts on Softcore IndieWeb and #Smallscale #Drupal.

https://jpoesen.com/articles/2026/08/21/on-softcore-indieweb-and-smallscale-drupal/

Yesterday, it became a year and four months. Even when time flies, it's still important to take things one day at a time.

https://hisvirusness.com/its-been-how-long

#sobriety #writing #anniversary #indieweb #smallweb

It seems like my blog (originally intended to be) has turned into more of an app with a lot of information related to me. Thanks to Ghost CMS's HTML card and another separate SQLite-based PocketBase backend.

https://the.kalvin.click

#tech #technology #webdev #coding #developer #ghostcms #pocketbase #sqlite #database #software #backend #frontend #tools #indieweb #blogging #design #ui

Ballarat Hackerspace is hosting a monthly #IndieWeb Meetup starting this Wednesday the 26th August, and happening on the 3rd Wednesday of every month going forward.

Come play with HTML, learn to host your own website, manage your own domain name, etc:

https://ballarathackerspace.org.au/calendar/

Ballarat Hackerspace is hosting a monthly #IndieWeb Meetup starting this Wednesday the 26th August, and happening on the 3rd Wednesday of every month going forward. Come play with HTML, learn to host your own website, manage your own domain name, etc: ballarathackerspace.org.au/calendar/

Ballarat Hackerspace is hosting a monthly #IndieWeb Meetup starting this Wednesday the 26th August, and happening on the 3rd Wednesday of every month going forward. Come play with HTML, learn to host your own website, manage your own domain name, etc:

https://ballarathackerspace.org.au/calendar/

New at my blog, a review of Seers in a Broken Season by Jonathan Olfert!

An Ice Age tale of Stone & Sorcery starring a warrior wooly mammoth!

(As always, boosts are appreciated!)

https://robinmarx.writeas.com/review-seers-in-a-broken-season-by-jonathan-olfert

#BookReview #Books #Bookstodon #Booksky #Fantasy #SwordAndSorcery #StoneAndSorcery #Blog #SmallWeb #IndieWeb @bookstodon

Bom artigo de Bela Lobato na revista brasileira Super Interessante sobre a "indie web".

https://super.abril.com.br/tecnologia/internet-a-moda-antiga-conheca-a-indie-web-onde-as-pessoas-ainda-fazem-seus-proprios-sites/

(via o blogue da @anarodrigues, que tambƩm fala no artigo)

#IndieWeb #SmallWeb #SlowWeb #OpenWeb

@neatnik thanks for sharing! I overall agree with you but I think about this in a less binary way. HTML (as well as minimal HTTP server management) can be easier for some and harder for others, which means it can be a disincentive, rather than a blocker, to publishing your thoughts freely. Still, it is a great chance to learn new things (which not everyone might want to learnšŸ˜…). What I love about the #indieweb is that there’s a variety of ideas to serve a whole spectrum of potential writers.

askamonk.online No AI comfort. No tracking cookies. No endless algorithms. Just a quiet place where real human strangers leave real warmth. #noai #antiai #SlowWeb #IndieWeb #DigitalMinimalism #PrivacyFirst