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#paotsaqI didn't know it was possible to sign up on bluesky using a domain — that is interesting.
#paotsaqbut I'm not really up to date on how domain politics work outside of using big services like namecheap, etc. — I'm mostly worried about the costs of maintaining a domain long term.
#[tantek]perhaps 1/10th the costs of maintaining a phone number long term, which you presumably do
#paotsaqmaybe — but aren't we rather at the mercy of domain providers?
#paotsaqthis is something I could easily look up to have a bigger understanding of how exactly it works, but I wonder if there is a way to independently — or with a more long-term thinking company — set up your domain for a period of 5 years or something. but I suppose you can already do this with namecheap
#paotsaqi'm overthinking! all good. good morning, tantek!
#[tantek]similarly your phone number is at the mercy of cellphone providers, who seem to be much more vulnerable to say, social engineering simjack attacks for example
#paotsaqthat is true. I probably just recognize in them a bigger sense of authority or reliability, but it's really the other way around
#paotsaqin any case I'd definitely be interested in using my own domain on bsky — should look into that soon
#[tantek]the difference is that you can swap domain providers all over the world, whereas cellphone providers you're likely limited to your country or region
#[tantek]this tends to make domain providers more competitive and work harder to earn your trust, since you have more options, and lower switching costs
#[tantek]so whenever you have concerns about domain providers, remember that you've handwaved away 10x such concerns about your cellphone provider
#hashtag_the_firstHi all - Discord server asking me to intro myself. Let's say I'm an indieweb-curious person, interested in the future of the open social web
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#[Murray]Hi @hashtag_the_first and welcome! If you have any questions, post away; it can be a bit quiet around here during in this period, but there are typically a few people lurking 😄
#[Murray]Also, the Wiki is a great starting point for any specific things, and you can interface with it directly via Loqi
#Loqi🎉 Get started on the indieweb by connecting with the IndieWeb community, getting a personal domain, a place for your content, and setting up your home page and other IndieWeb essentials https://indieweb.org/getting_started
#[Murray]^ just some useful first links, if you haven't spotted them already 😉