#indieweb 2025-04-30

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gRegor Also, Loqi is our helpful bot that answers with wiki links, that's why the "what is" questions :)
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gRegor 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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[ruslan] oh this isn't bad, cool. Slack it is
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[ruslan] Ok I'm mid making dinner but I have a question. Mastodon and Blue sky - what makes these good? I've been living under a rock and haven't used any social media for at least 5 years after deleting Twitter
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[ruslan] I see those pop up frequently on IndieWeb sites
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[artlung] Any utility of a social network is about connecting to people or particular content. Like, I met [gRegorLove] on Twitter at one point. But these days X sucks. Bluesky and Mastodon have some solid creators. I also use other silos for other folks.
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[tantek] what is social media?
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Loqi social media is the marketing term for silos and silo posts, ironically more anti-social than social, and encouraging of extreme opposition rather than medium perspectives, typically with like/repost counts UIs that incentivize inflammatory posts rather than considered thoughts & dialog https://indieweb.org/social_media
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[tantek] rosipov++ kudos for not using social media for 5+ years and deleting twitter
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Loqi rosipov has 1 karma over the last year
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[tantek] what is silo-quits
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Loqi silo quits are public statements by individuals announcing they have quit posting on or using various silos with no intention to return. Sometimes people take a temporary break, AKA "social media break" or soft quit https://indieweb.org/silo-quits
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[tantek] ^ feel free to add your twitter deletion to the section in that page for the year that you deleted it, especially if you blogged about deleting it and cite your blog post!
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[morganm] The silo quitting thing feels weird in my experience when talking with less technical people. Like its almost normal to be in tech and have quit or want to quit many of these services. Almost everyone has decided their stance on social media or current levels of tolerance, I can imagine blogging about it for the benefit of some of my other tech friends but it just feels insular somehow. Having said that, Ive been Off Instagram, Mastodon for
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[morganm] like 5 months now and Im seeing a lot of benefit
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osteophage [ruslan]: @ruslan "What makes Mastodon and Bleusky good" is a pretty loaded question, lol
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osteophage I think Mastodon is popular among some indie web folks for the independence factor, but I personally haven't been able to get into it. Some of the reasons for that I've gotten into here: https://osteophage.neocities.org/essays/twitterlike
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osteophage [edit] I think Mastodon is popular among some indie web folks for the independence factor, but I personally haven't been able to get into it. Some of the reasons for that I've gotten into here: https://osteophage.neocities.org/essays/twitterlike
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Loqi [preview] [Coyote is a blogger and essayist interested in social media and online communities. You can find its contacts, its essays, and a stash of other sundries at Coyote's Link Hub.] Twitterlike is a Bad Shape
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osteophage Did not anticipate that Loqi would do that.
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osteophage Anyway, I just stopped by to let folks know that if you like making templates or layouts, you can submit one to the 32-Bit Cafe Tea Party: https://32bit.cafe/spring25/
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[ruslan] osteophage, I like your point on twitterlikes, specifically I haven't thought about the downsides of not encouraging links before
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osteophage Thanks. I'm a big fan of links. ^^ https://osteophage.neocities.org/writing/in-praise-of-links
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osteophage [edit] Thanks. I'm a big fan of links. ^^ https://osteophage.neocities.org/writing/in-praise-of-links
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doesnm aaronpk: can you find this article about malicuous extension?
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doesnm oh, wrong chat
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doesnm [ruslan]: i'm using goguma and it looks good to me
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[ruslan] [doesnm] oh I had a couple of disconnects but maybe I need to let it run in the background or something
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doesnm did you use bouncer or just connects to libera.chat?
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[ruslan] directly, how do I use a bouncer?
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doesnm [ruslan]: find soju.im provider or create own. I'm used p.psf.lt's pubnix
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Loqi Homebrew Website Club Europe/London is starting soon! Join us! https://events.indieweb.org/ydsSF9XggrJX
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[Arunkumar_Govi] Is there a way to login to IndieWeb (authenticate) if I am using Blogger for my blogging?
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doesnm [Arunkumar_Govi]: try this tutorial https://web.archive.org/web/20231208230413/https://quickthoughts.jgregorymcverry.com/2019/02/10/how-to-add-an-h-card-to-blogger-indieweb
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[Arunkumar_Govi] ↩️ It worked
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