#indiewebcamp 2013-03-28

2013-03-28 UTC
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tantek.com
edited /2013 (+122) "/* RSVP */ tried Calagator import, created issue"
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edited /2013 (+373) "add description, more specific venue"
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edited /2013 (+166) "added plancast, move Calagator to to-do section"
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edited /Main_Page (-11) "/* IndieWebCamp 2013 */ add plancast"
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edited /2013/Guest_List (+23) "/* Event */ add plancast"
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edited /2013 (+31) "/* RSVP */ URL"
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tantek
man - Sign in with Twitter is *super-slow* on Plancast right now
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tantek
maybe it's a too many external scripts problem
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tantek
have to wait for them to all load
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tantek
before I can sign in
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tantek
if you do manage to login in, there's this now: http://plancast.com/p/hhdw
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tantek
huh - now it's working fine … in Firefox at least
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@daualset
Great insights from @NickGrossman on the paradox of enhanced individuality &amp
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Loqi
community of the #indieweb http://theslowhunch.net/post/46343671804/the-indie-web ht @Shareable
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@froehlichfrei
RT @svenkaemper: Mr. @t on Silos vs an Open Social Web [#indieweb] - http://tantek.com/2013/073/b1/silos-vs-open-social-web (lesenswert, liebe deutsche Netzgemeinde)
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tommorris
morning barnabywalters
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barnabywalters
morning tommorris
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barnabywalters
just adding the finishing touches to a ranty blog post about hashtags :)
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tommorris
just added barnabywalters on Facebook.
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tommorris
Despite all my indieweb posturing, I'm a massive FB addict. ;)
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barnabywalters
really? wow, so if I accept your request will my timeline get overloaded? or are you more of a watcher/commenter/liker?
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tommorris
well, I post things on there that I don't post on my site because of privacy
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tommorris
and FB does offer you the ability to adjust how much timeline activity you get from people
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tommorris
I added you more because I wanted to show you a silly reaction I'd had to a post on my own site re. hashtags
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barnabywalters
okay, added
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barnabywalters
ha, cool :) hashtags, the bane of twitter -> facebook inter-silo POSSErs everywhere
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tommorris
yeah, this was tommorris.org → Twitter → Facebook for triple-win.
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barnabywalters
er, why do you have the PHP elephant in your profile photo? I thought you didn’t touch PHP
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tommorris
oh, cos it's cute.
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tommorris
and it's the best photo of me since I took clippers to my hair.
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tommorris
and people were always complaining that I didn't look like my old profile pic
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tantek.com
edited /site-deaths (+186) "/* Past */ Our Incredible Journey"
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edited /site-deaths (+1) "/* 2013 */ 0"
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aaronpk
welcome back Loqi
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tommorris
just realised there's something non-technical we should have on 'why' - that you don't happen to be part of the ingroup for a particular social networking service
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tommorris
this realisation prompted by the launch of http://manteresting.com/ - the dudebro version of pinterest
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tantek
tommorris - except that that usually results (as in the example you gave) with launching of a *different* silo, rather than an indiewebsite
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tommorris
perhaps you want something like Pinterest but without ANY gender assumptions. or you want a blogging site without any age/community assumptions (unlike say Livejournal or Tumblr)
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tantek
perhaps you're anti-social ;)
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tommorris
if you have your own site, you have a blank slate while the silo services come with a set of social assumptions about their users.
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tantek
(that's not directed at you personally tommorris, obv :) )
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tommorris
I tweeted a while back something along the lines of "I'm holding Anti-Social Media Camp at my house, you aren't invited, fuck off."
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tantek
tommorris - to be fair, just being "on the web" comes with a set of social assumptions as well - whether we like it or not
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tommorris
oh sure, but avoiding the particular assumptions of specific silos is *a* reason one might wish to be independent.
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tommorris
it's more of a social positioning reason rather than an objective technical reason, but it's still a reason that will be valid for some people.
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tantek
the Pinterest social backlash reminds me of a Brady Bunch episode about girls vs. boys clubhouses (or was it treehouses, or both?)
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tantek
it's like, no one is making you use the site, why the backlash?
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tantek
or if you don't like what's being posted, post what you do like instead
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tommorris
when it first came out, there were lots of guys on sites like Hacker News who just couldn't see the value in it
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tantek
"couldn't see the value" and "this site doesn't reflect *me*" are two different things
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tantek
sadly, I feel the Pinterest backlash may be somewhat a result of white-straight-het dudes being very uncomfortable with being the minority on any supposedly general purpose/audience web site (they're so not used to it).
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tantek
so instead of confronting their own internal discomfort, they blame it on the site
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tommorris.org
edited /why (+476) "/* Why Indie Web */ choosing your community"
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tantek
manteresting is not a male version of pinterest - we already have the rest of the internet for that. manteresting is a parody of pinterest.
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tommorris
looked semi-legit, in as much as there was SEO spam on there. ;)
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tommorris
but, yes, might pull it out. it kind of detracts from the awesome that is danah boyd
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tommorris.org
edited /why (-104) "danah boyd says it alone"
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