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I joined the IndieWeb, here's what I learned

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Re: I joined the IndieWeb, here's what I learned

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Post by jryle70 »

inigyou wrote: post #20
andros wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, I knew that. I would have liked to obtain my personal top-level domain, but it seems complicated to me.

It's not possible. But there are more and less neutral ones.

What does "neutral" mean? Which ones are more neutral ones? Any examples of issues with Google, or with the more neutral ones?

Re: I joined the IndieWeb, here's what I learned

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Post by fragmede »

inigyou wrote: post #20
andros wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, I knew that. I would have liked to obtain my personal top-level domain, but it seems complicated to me.

It's not possible. But there are more and less neutral ones.

It's possible, if you have $600,000 to purchase one.

Re: I joined the IndieWeb, here's what I learned

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Post by j45 »

TheOtherHobbes wrote: post #26

If IndieWeb wants content, burying it under a ton of tech soup is the exact opposite of what they claim they want. How do the developers not realise that this set of protocols is completely unworkable for 90% of users? Please stop developing systems where the engineering is front and centre. If you want to put content UX first, you need to do exactly that, with a one-click solution that gets users up and running inst…

Indieweb is sometimes tied to self-hosting to give people configurabilty and flexibilty.

It does keep indieweb for the few and not the many.

Re: I joined the IndieWeb, here's what I learned

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Post by 4ndrewl »

andros wrote: post #30
TheOtherHobbes wrote: post #26

If IndieWeb wants content, burying it under a ton of tech soup is the exact opposite of what they claim they want. How do the developers not realise that this set of protocols is completely unworkable for 90% of users? Please stop developing systems where the engineering is front and centre. If you want to put content UX first, you need to do exactly that, with a one-click solution that gets users up and running inst…

Its initial 7 steps: having your domain, managing your site, creating your pages... are quite accessible. There is some unavoidable complexity, such as configuring DNS. However, with interest and AI, there are no real limitations.

Peak HN comment. Barely anyone knows what a "domain" is, no-one knows what DNS is. Very few people would even know what questions to ask AI.

Re: I joined the IndieWeb, here's what I learned

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Post by EGreg »

Today we've added support for IndieWeb to the Qbix Platform, so people can have a powerful way to publish and maintain sites on the IndieWeb: https://github.com/Qbix/IndieWeb

Qbix Platform is based on PHP, and everything else (MySQL, NginX, Apache etc.) is optional. PHP can be used by itself to host your site, including turning it into a static site, and even manage HTTPS certificates for you.

But even beyond that, it can also enable personal mesh networks without the Internet. It's completely free and open source, and designed to work out of the box. Here is the overview of how it all works:

https://qbix.com/server.html

Re: I joined the IndieWeb, here's what I learned

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Post by jdw64 »

I also have my own personal homepage [1]. The content isn't that great, but I do have some curated content on there. What kind of topics and people are usually involved in the IndieWeb community? I'm thinking about joining, but I'm still debating it.

[1] https://www.makonea.com/en-US

Re: I joined the IndieWeb, here's what I learned

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Post by exiguus »

IndieWeb is a form of social media. People have a certain image of themselves, and the internet helps them live up to it. Whether we're writing comments on HN, posting toots on Mastodon, uploading videos to TikTok, or writing a post on our own blog, there’s a lot of self-expression involved.

However, for a lot of people, platforms like TikTok are more appealing than IndieWeb, but for some, it's fun to set up an OpenBSD VPS, a static web server, and learn to write better in text files using their favorite editor.

A self-determined workflow can be more important than being seen. However, one doesn't rule out the other, and the Author and IndieWeb offers some good tips.

Thanks for the post.

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