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I'm not a coder, merely an artist with a blog and the interest of thumbing the nose at authority by knowing things. I don't see a place in the article or the c

• klez 7y ago
  As for the why, there's a good list of reasons here[0]. As for the how, first of all it depends on the what. The indieweb is a concept like "free software", not a technology like mastodon. You can't just "implement the indieweb". You implement parts of it. And especially you participate in it. A good rundown of fictitious "levels of compliance" can be found here[1]. [0] https://indieweb.org/why https://indieweb.org/why [1] https://indieweb.org/IndieMark https://indieweb.org/IndieMark
• mxuribe 7y ago
  For the "how" part, visiting https://indieweb.org/ https://indieweb.org/ is the best start...But, since you used the term "layperson" (as well as mastodon), I would also recommend using a platform that someone has already established (instead of managing your own in the beginning) - such as https://micro.blog/ https://micro.blog/ As to the "Why"...well if you find value in decentralized/federated platforms such as mastodon, you can assume the same value/benefits for a decentralized/federated (full) blogging platform like those used by the IndieWeb folks. Besides...What better way is there to thumb your nose at authority than hosting your own data and blog (a la IndieWeb concepts) where no one (like Facebook or Twitter, etc.) can control you??? ;-)