#indieweb 2025-04-10

2025-04-10 UTC
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capjamesg Very cool animation: https://sailorhg.com/home_sweet_homepage/.
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shbst capjamesg: damn, the printing out tutorials bit made me nostalgic
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doesnm very cool
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[bneil] yeah, that was really well done
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[artlung] yeah, big fan, I am, of that (comic approximately) website
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[artlung] also, I do think we on the IndieWeb are doing at least *something* right when people can come across "Indieweb" and say this. https://skny.uk/notes/m1/
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[artlung] because, _by gum,_ indieweb is good.
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capjamesg I did some blogging today! I have been feeling a bit uninspired lately so it feels good to get back into it.
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[artlung] capjamesg[d]++ good on ya (I'm watching IWMC entry _Castle_ now and the kiwi catching) and yay blogging++
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Loqi capjamesg[d] has 77 karma in this channel over the last year (207 in all channels)
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Loqi giggles
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[artlung] also in the _blog history rhymes_ department, DIGG is returning? https://early.digg.com
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shbst [artlung]: i wouldn't call that indieweb
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shbst isn't centralized platforms what this movement is against?
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[schmarty] what is POSSE?
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Loqi POSSE is an abbreviation for Publish (on your) Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere, the practice of posting content on your own site first, then publishing copies or sharing links to third parties (like social media silos) with original post links to provide viewers a path to directly interacting with your content https://indieweb.org/posse
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[schmarty] shbst: ^^ even as we encourage folks to publish on their own site, where they have more control, there's no prescription against using silos. meet people where they're at and all that.
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[schmarty] digg certainly was a big influence in an earlier age of the independent web. who knows what this (third? fourth? fifth??) iteration will be. i'm not inspired by that sign-up page, haha.
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btrem [schmarty]: Nor am I. $5 may not be a grand sum, but I wouldn't call it tiny. If they requested $0.25, I'd call that tiny. And even 25 cents is going to keep bots at bay, if that is in fact their goal.
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[artlung] digg was among an echelon of sites whose role was to link out to interesting things on the web, which included many sites which I would have considered indieweb. I consider the idea of digg adjacent.
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[artlung] digg is also an interesting footnote in RSS reader history for having attempted and failed to maintain an RSS reader.
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[artlung] As to silos, and $5. Metafilter is an _excellent_ web community and silo that has a $5 gate that helps it maintain quality levels ad highlights the best of web.
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[artlung] All that said, digg's would-be return is more evidence of activity in areas that are indieweb adjacent.
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[schmarty] artlung: agreed, it's quite relevant to indieweb! the folks relaunching it have a lot to prove if they are going to be compared favorably to Metafilter, though, haha. so far i only see a $5 pre-launch username land rush!
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btrem I'd be less suspicious if they did a limited, invite-only launch, then maybe charge a fee to ensure that sign-ups are legit in some sense.
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[artlung] yes, it is important that words be followed soon by deeds. theory is great. but practice? our actions are the thing.
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[artlung] yeah, the single page is not convincing. I'm guessing there have been or will be blogs/vlogs/pitches that have more detail on what one would get "other" than a username. As pointed out by [schmarty]
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[schmarty] artlung: i'm becoming increasingly wary of "theory" 🙈
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[artlung] 💯 . gotta live my truth. not just say sugared words.
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gRegor Speaking of, an unfortunate /longevity interaction with Digg in their last iteration: https://gregorlove.com/2015/10/what-is-digg-going-to/
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gRegor Though props to The Atlantic for keeping the article URL discussed in that Digg alive: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/10/raiders-of-the-lost-web/409210/
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[artlung] “My personal website will probably outlast your silo”
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[artlung] https://smorgasborg.artlung.com/indieweb-sickos/
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gRegor lol