#indieweb 2024-11-20

2024-11-20 UTC
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Halian
o/
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paotsaq
I didn't know it was possible to sign up on bluesky using a domain — that is interesting.
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paotsaq
but 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.
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[tantek]
perhaps 1/10th the costs of maintaining a phone number long term, which you presumably do
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paotsaq
maybe — but aren't we rather at the mercy of domain providers?
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paotsaq
this 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
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paotsaq
i'm overthinking! all good. good morning, tantek!
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[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
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paotsaq
that is true. I probably just recognize in them a bigger sense of authority or reliability, but it's really the other way around
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paotsaq
in any case I'd definitely be interested in using my own domain on bsky — should look into that soon
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[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
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[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
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[tantek]
so whenever you have concerns about domain providers, remember that you've handwaved away 10x such concerns about your cellphone provider
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paotsaq
yeah, probably internet provider as well
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paotsaq
nice perspective
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hashtag_the_first
Hi 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 😄
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[Murray]
Also, the Wiki is a great starting point for any specific things, and you can interface with it directly via Loqi
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[Murray]
What is Loqi
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Loqi
Loqi is a friendly and useful bot/digital therapist present in the IndieWeb discussion channels https://indieweb.org/Loqi
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[Murray]
What is getting started
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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
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[Murray]
^ just some useful first links, if you haven't spotted them already 😉
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hashtag_the_first
Thank you!!!
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[mattl]
Re: domain name registrars, I recommend not using your registrar for DNS... makes being able to switch much easier.
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[Caleb_Hearth]
[snarfed] I’ve been trying to figure out why I can’t log into my site http://calebhearth.com on https://fed.brid.gy/web-site. Is it on a blocklist? Or maybe an API check is being made? I do a reverse proxy of some .well-known endpoints from my mastodon instance at http://pub.calebhearth.com. https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/blob/main/web.py#L653 seems to be where I’m getting caught, as that’s the flash I see.
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[Caleb_Hearth]
Might be #indieweb-dev and I can move if so
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[snarfed]
[Caleb_Hearth] sorry for the trouble! yeah, => #indieweb-dev
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capjamesg[d]
> There is no such thing as "my Substack", there is only your writing
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[mattl]
I've noticed people tend to say that a lot... "my Twitter", "my Facebook", etc.
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[tantek]
sure, people say "my Blogspot", "my Tumblr", "my Livejournal". why does it really matter when these can all just be POSSE destinations?
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Loqi
Homebrew Website Club Europe/London is starting soon! Join us! https://events.indieweb.org/E5RqS9cRyOqm
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capjamesg[d]
Join us ^^
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Loqi
[preview] [Tim Carmody] I may be a homesick child of the 90s but I just love editing HTML in a text editor
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[mattl]
I wish whoever worked on the document I'm fixing today used a text editor instead of what I'm assuming is Microsoft Word
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