#indieweb 2024-05-14
2024-05-14 UTC
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[Al_Abut] That was a solid long read, thanks [KevinMarks]. I’m not active on Bluesky but this makes me want to dig into it more and see why he thinks it aligns better with his Protocols Not Platforms approach better than Activitypub.
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# TheGr8Whoopdini testing 1 2 3
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# morgan My big mission today is build webpages on my website that will reduce the amount of times I reference or use Linkedin
# morgan I have new coworkers and I want to drop in occasional links and facts to help them get a sense of who I am, but dont want to link to the creepy surveillance capitalism blue site lol
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[aciccarello] What is a resume?
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Loqi A resumé or curriculum vitae (CV) is a document that represents a person's background and skills, commonly used to secure employment https://indieweb.org/resume
# [aciccarello] Yeah, LinkedIn is a strange social network to me.
# morgan Its the surveillance aspect of it
# morgan cant visit someones profile without know if there is an arbitrary attempt to get them to subscribe to see who viewed their profile
# morgan knowing*
# morgan just simple acts of sharing information monetized
# TheGr8Whoopdini It's also pretty insidious how, as a platform, it perpetuates and reinforces that rah-rah HR-department pageantry
# TheGr8Whoopdini Everybody pretending like employment isn't about making money to live
# morgan There is that, but its not even particularly good at the rah rah stuff unless you have a fascination with dredging the sea floor
# morgan I dont know if I will delete my account, and I understand anyone who has to use it for work, but building my own website is helping me divorce from linkedin
# morgan This may sound ranty but I am very upbeat
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# morgan Eleventy is fun so far, I might watch some of their conference
# morgan It was super important to me for a while because when I had no google presence Linkedin always has a really strong SEO presence out the gate
# morgan so like I wanted to control that real estate or whatever
# morgan I just have been on a habit of checking it in recent years, its doing less for me, and not enjoying it
# morgan If I have a notable post Id probably still share it there
# morgan When I had a similar feeling about Twitter in 2020 I build my own twitter clone mostly a fork but it was fun https://github.com/airbr/messageplatform
# morgan built* -- I feel like this eleventy site is a good feeling in a similar way
# [Al_Abut] LinkedIn is very earnest and not toxic, so that’s a positive, but yeah the crowd is definitely toastmasters: success theater for the remedial
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# cophee just wanted to thank everyone who completed the survey for my project (about Social Media + the Indieweb)!! A lot of really thoughtful responses
# cophee I'll share with you guys the project after I finish!
# IWDiscord <cophee>
# cophee Not sure about the titling yet, but it'll be a pretty website showing how the everyday person can learn more or join the Indieweb (currently thinking along the lines of "An Indie Guide to the IndieWeb")
# cophee [tantek]: Not too late!!!
# cophee I just started reading through the results hehe
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# cophee [qubyte]: Thank you!!
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# cophee Progress on the design!!!
# cophee Will do the writing part + design for individual pages tomorrow
# cophee + coding
# cophee [tantek]: Oh goodness that must be frustrating
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# cophee [Murray]: yup!! just in the background
# cophee I think it might look a bit busy with it being legible but lemme try it out
# cophee Will send through a couple of iterations!
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# [Paul_Robert_Ll] Very cool cophee++ I’ve done something similar for Indiekit with the floating shapes: https://getindiekit.com/opengraph-image.png its a fun way to play with the identity and introduce something fun!
# cophee [Murray]: Maybe something like this?
# cophee [Paul_Robert_Ll]: Awesome!!!!
# cophee I love the triangle being IndieKit + integrated with IndieWeb
# cophee so clever
# cophee [Murray]: 😆 I suppose maybe we can stick with the white one (+ have it more legible in a subpage)
# cophee or maybe not have it at all 🤔
# cophee White space kinda looks good too
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# cophee [Murray]: settled! Thank you for your feedback 😄
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[KevinMarks] The AI CEO reminds me of the fictional male exec that a startup founded by 2 women created to email customers so they listened to the pitches and stopped trying to hit on them.
# [KevinMarks] Oh, it was for subcontractors
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# cophee [KevinMarks]: Appalling that they had to resort to that 😦
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# cophee What do you guys think is the easiest way for a non technical person to join in the IndieWeb at the moment?
# cophee I’m thinking it might be Wordpress since they can do it for free (to see what it’s like), pretty much no code, and is already a known name.
# cophee Micro.blog and Known are probably even easier but pricing could deter casual users.
# cophee Would like to hear thoughts though!
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# cophee I think it’s better to lure people in for free before they jump into rabbit holes and learn about other options
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pcarrier wing_wingpang_com_[d] "owning your domain" pretty much opens https://indieweb.org/ though, and owning a domain ain't free?
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