#meta 2026-02-27

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[tantek] safer to do so now that UTC is in tomorrow?
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aaronpk what weird
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[tantek] yep
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aaronpk ok merged
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aaronpk let's see if it gets picked up right in the next sync
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[tantek] 👍
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aaronpk something is still messed up
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aaronpk this repo is so big
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aaronpk ok there we go
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aaronpk many weird git messages later
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gRegor So moral of the story is we should wait until next day UTC?
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aaronpk or at least for a few more messages to be written to the logs to avoid merge conflicts
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Loqi Just generated the first draft of this week's newsletter! https://indieweb.org/this-week/2026-02-27.html I'll generate a draft again tomorrow, so please add to it before then! https://indieweb.org/this-week#How_to
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artlung.com edited /AT_Protocol (+147) "/* See Also */ Practical Decentralization comparing to ActivityPub and Nostr" (view diff)
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artlung.com edited /Mastodon (+128) "FediBoost is a WordPress plugin to integrate a blog with Mastodon" (view diff)
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Loqi Generated a new draft of the newsletter! https://indieweb.org/this-week/2026-02-27.html
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tantek.com edited /2026/Düsseldorf (+533) "/* Breakfast and Coffee */ add Sponsors section with venue" (view diff)
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Loqi Generated a new draft of the newsletter! https://indieweb.org/this-week/2026-02-27.html
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tantek.com edited /2026/Nuremberg (+735) "add Sponsors section with venue" (view diff)
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cayzle.com created /User:Cayzle.com (+567) "A new page for a new member. Hi, I'm Cayzle!" (view diff)
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Loqi Generated a new draft of the newsletter! https://indieweb.org/this-week/2026-02-27.html
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Loqi Generated a new draft of the newsletter! https://indieweb.org/this-week/2026-02-27.html
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www.morganwebdev.org edited /service_worker (+744) "Added a drawbacks section based on my experience" (view diff)
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Loqi Generated a new draft of the newsletter! https://indieweb.org/this-week/2026-02-27.html
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Loqi Generated a new draft of the newsletter! https://indieweb.org/this-week/2026-02-27.html
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Loqi Generated a new draft of the newsletter! https://indieweb.org/this-week/2026-02-27.html
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[tantek] What is about page
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Loqi "About" is a commonly occurring page or section on a site that describes who is behind the site and a summary or the purpose of the site https://indieweb.org/about_page
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[tantek] ^ [artlung] how would you feel about the dfn for /quotes being broadened to included "or section on a " like the /about dfn?
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[artlung] [tantek] no objection. It’s about what folks do. I’m just out of the ocean but I remember a blogger who started all their posts with quotes but can't remember which blog
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[artlung] And I have plenty quote of the day posts too
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[tantek] Those are good variants too
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gRegor what is quotes
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Loqi quotes is a page for listing quotes you like https://indieweb.org/quotes
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gregorlove.com edited /quotes (+18) "+"or section", merge sentences" (view diff)
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gRegor what is quotes
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Loqi quotes is a page for listing quotes you like https://indieweb.org/quotes
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gRegor patience++
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gRegor what is slash pages
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Loqi page is short for a web page on the IndieWeb, and is usually primarily known by its name (AKA named page), served at the top level of a site (AKA slash page), and kept updated in place in contrast to posts which are primarily datetime-based; a page that is browser-editable with viewable revisions is a wiki-page https://indieweb.org/slash_pages
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gregorlove.com edited /quotes (+25) "+cat Slashpages" (view diff)
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gRegor what is quotes
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Loqi quotes is a page or section for listing quotes you like and several community members have pages that list their favourite quotes on their websites https://indieweb.org/quotes
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gRegor nice
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gregorlove.com edited /quotes (+99) "subheadings, addyourself" (view diff)
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[morgan] I wanted to suggest/ask about providing some extra clarification and guidance about topics for the chat/expectation setting we do for people. Ive come from many groups where the norms were a bit different, many took a sort of "broom if you stay too long" approach where things kind of evolve and then if a topic drags on it gets ushered elsewhere but there was not an expectation that things would always be in the right channel. In some
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[morgan] self-introspective post, when I have specific reasons why I dont want to blog it yet or put it on my website, and my intent was that it was engage-able worthy post in the chat. I just think that there is some nuance here thats maybe not communicated as well as it could be, and leads to some grizzled feeling. Like to be clear, I got some feedback in #indieweb-cafe that I had posted many times about a topic (being without a phone, its alas
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[morgan] really affected my life), and I can recognize that it was getting tired and worn out-> but it wasnt actually helpful to suggest putting it on my website either.
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[morgan] concrete ways the indieweb approach seems more like, disciplined, and its longevity and stability is a testament to that. I actually had to re-read and remind myself of the http://indieweb.org description of the chat versus posting on your own website being preferred. The main thing that Ive encountered a few times is suggestions to put things on my website as a more productive way than anything framed as a self reflection or
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Loqi Generated a new draft of the newsletter! https://indieweb.org/this-week/2026-02-27.html
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[schmarty] hey morgan. sorry to hear about the grizzled feelings. one phrase that jumped out at me in your suggestion/question above was "engage-able worthy post in the chat". to me that sounds a little bit like posting in chat for the purpose of "getting engagement". i have a lot of thoughts on this that probably don't fit in a chat box here. but i guess i would say, even in more "catchall" channels like -cafe and -random, repeatedly bringing up a
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[schmarty] topic dominates discussion. ideally, i think, repeated discussions should "veer towards" "indieweb relevance" or they can become more a distraction than a contribution.
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Loqi Generated a new draft of the newsletter! https://indieweb.org/this-week/2026-02-27.html
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tantek.com edited /quotes (+205) "add self, section" (view diff)
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tantek.com edited /quotes (+17) "dfn, simplify, then expand to include homepage" (view diff)
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tantek.com edited /photo_grid (+20) "see also recent" (view diff)
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tantek.com edited /homepage (+182) "other sections and modules, add recent photos, quotes, payment/tip links" (view diff)
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gRegor I wonder if a discussion forum like the indieweb forum might be a better place for some of that. It sounds like you don't necessarily want it to be public, though, so that may not be a great option.
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gRegor what is indieweb forum
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Loqi IndieWebForum is an experimental place for people to ask questions and start discussions at a slower pace than in chat https://indieweb.org/indieweb_forum
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gRegor Obviously a forum could have non-public posts, though I don't think that one supports that? Have not tried it myself.
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Loqi Generated a new draft of the newsletter! https://indieweb.org/this-week/2026-02-27.html
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gRegor Look at all those new language pages! Awesome.
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gRegor lastencore++
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Loqi Just generated this week's newsletter! You still have a few minutes to make changes, and I'll re-generate it 10 minutes before it gets sent out at 3pm Pacific time. https://indieweb.org/this-week/2026-02-27.html
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tantek.com edited /2026/Düsseldorf (-9) "no longer a stub! got venue, dates, tickets, directions, and links" (view diff)
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tantek.com edited /2026/Düsseldorf (+93) "move directions further below after other things people should read before participating and such" (view diff)
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tantek.com edited /2026/Düsseldorf (+18) "/* Venue */ fix directions link" (view diff)
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tantek.com edited /2026/Düsseldorf (+154) "/* Breakfast and Coffee */ note near the venue, move previous cafe which was near last year's venue to previously" (view diff)
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tantek.com edited /2026/Düsseldorf (+46) "/* Breakfast and Coffee */ CTA make a suggestion" (view diff)
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tantek.com edited /Beyond_Tellerrand (+482) "stub 2018-2015" (view diff)
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tantek.com edited /Beyond_Tellerrand (+224) "stub 2015-2018 IndieWeb Community Attendees" (view diff)
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tantek.com edited /Beyond_Tellerrand (+315) "btconf links" (view diff)
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Loqi Generated the final version of the newsletter! This will be sent out at 3pm Pacific time. https://indieweb.org/this-week/2026-02-27.html
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tantek.com edited /Beyond_Tellerrand (+48) "/* 2016 */ add obv Community Attendees from photos" (view diff)
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tantek.com edited /Beyond_Tellerrand (+42) "/* 2017 DUS */ add a few Community Attendees from photo" (view diff)
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tantek.com edited /Beyond_Tellerrand (+59) "/* 2018 DUS */ add a few Community Attendees" (view diff)
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artlung.com edited /wish (+274) "/* Silo Examples */ adding note about Amazon wishlist privacy change starting March 2026 whereby home addresses may be revealed." (view diff)