#indieweb 2026-01-10

2026-01-10 UTC
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btrem Has anyone ever posted IRC chat to their website? I've been discussing Drupal/iCalendar over in #dev, and thought maybe I should write up my problems. One easy way is to just paste my IRC comments.
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btrem I could own my own IRC chat! :-D
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btrem s/chat/chatter
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aaronpk I got a not insignificant way through implementing that idea and then ultimately decided against it
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btrem Why?
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[morgan] I think people appreciate some impermanence and also context? Nothing wrong with taking the content and reworking it imo but somehow lifting direct from a chat misses some context
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[morgan] I think it could be cool if you had headings that were styled like IRC chat in a blog post, and then had like blog commentary beneath it potentially. just my 2c
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btrem [morgan]: Good points. I was thinking an intro for context. Then the irc chat excerpts. I'd have to get permission if I wanted to include other contributions, e.g., questions posed to me, replies, etc.
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aaronpk I guess it's like the difference between reading a transcript of what someone says out loud vs reading something they wrote
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gRegor https://indieweb.org/chat#Brainstorming
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btrem gRegor: One step ahead of you. I went there for ideas on markup. :-)
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aaronpk 😃
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btrem aaronpk: I suppose. But chat is sort of like half-way between talking and writing, isn't it?
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gRegor I think a prose description of the issue and maybe summary of the others responding is probably more approachable for a reader. Can always link to the start of the chat logs if people want to read the full context
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btrem Aww, but it's really fun doing search/replace in my editor, turning chat into markup!
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Loqi hey btrem, that's a lot of dev jargon! markup... can you move to #indieweb-dev?
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btrem I knew that was coming. :-D Jeez. One word. *One* word. Ok, Loqi. Sorry to offend.
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[KevinMarks]2 http://chat.indieweb.org is already marked up with microformats
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[KevinMarks]2 so you could copy the html from there
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[KevinMarks]2 https://chat-uploads.indieweb.org/files/2026/01/indieweb-20260110-011933-screenshot_2026-01-10_at_01.19.08_0000.png
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btrem Oh ffs. Why didn't I think of that? I've just been adding microformats to the markup copied from my chat client. :-D
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btrem Oh, that's brutal, that is.
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Loqi [indienews] New post: "unstream.stream" https://unstream.stream (from https://beesbuzz.biz/blog/chatter/11850-unstream.stream)
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btrem TIL the chat archives have a form to change the time zone. Only available with javascript enabled, and I normally browse with it disabled. In fact, I only learned because I was copying the source code. Ha!
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aaronpk yes, javascript was the compromise for not using cookies
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Loqi btrem aaronpk: we try to keep jargon (JavaScript) out of this channel to make it more inviting to newcomers, can you move this to #indieweb-dev?
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aaronpk true
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btrem Oh relax, Loqi. :-p
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stillawakeat3am Do you guys think I should include webrings or badges on quietportal.com? It's starting to look kinda like a corporationish saas thing now, so maybe it would feel a bit too impersonal or like an imposition.
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WinnerWind i think quietportal.com looks fine as is
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WinnerWind it gets the job done
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crowdersoup Yeah, agreed!
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stillawakeat3am I want to agree, but nobody is really using it. Maybe the idea was a mismatch for what people want. most people moving away from big platforms probably already have the tools they need.
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stillawakeat3am I'm considering adding "portal packs", where people can make a custom list of websites they like to share with others, and the RSS update feature works on the pack, but again, not sure who will use it.
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stillawakeat3am I'll give this some more thought. If anyone here has ideas for how to make the site more useful, please let me know!
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WinnerWind stillwakeat3am: i feel that adding a nice way to search via a search engine would be enough to convince me to make it my start page
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stillawakeat3am good idea. I'll do some reading and see if I can. quick question, which part of the interface do you feel would be the best place for it (not sure if you are on desktop or mobile)?
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stillawakeat3am ok by popular demand, search is now a feature of quietportal.com 🙂
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stillawakeat3am please let me know what you think of the placement / appearance / usability
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