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I don’t understand what is IndieWeb Their website seems like a MediaWiki instance. Is it a software? A network of websites? A service? I cannot tell from the

I don’t understand what is IndieWeb Their website seems like a MediaWiki instance. Is it a software? A network of websites? A service? I cannot tell from the page and I am staring at it MediaWiki is nice I guess (but kind of crap to maintain) but that’s not really it right?

mxuribe 4y ago
I would define "indie web" very briefly as a few things: - The indie *WEB* is a bunch of websites that leverage techniques (and yes, maybe open source software) to empower their site owners to be, well, more independent to publish their content (no reliance or less reliance) from silos like Facebook, etc. This is not the same but akin to how there is the Fediverse for social media, etc. Not so different from "indie musician", these are just websites that are "indie" (i.e. "indie" from the corporate silos). - Then, there are techniques that are used to be independent. That wiki website you likely stumbled upon, details lots of techniques, references software that can be used for your website, as well as tons of links to other documentaion and general references that can help. One essential technique - or maybe *approach* is a better word - would be "POSSE - Publish (on your) Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere. See this page for its definition, and context: https://indieweb.org/POSSE https://indieweb.org/POSSE I have found that over the years, folks wishing to homestead their content on websites that they control, starting with the concept of POSSE helps to consumne the ideas behind the "indie web". I should add that the indie web and the fediverse (of which the mastodon software has recently seen some limelight due to the twitter migration) are not new efforts. The Fediverse has been around since like 2008, while the indie web - though, more recent - is still happyily being used by people on the web for many years.

mxuribe 4y ago

I would define "indie web" very briefly as a few things: - The indie *WEB* is a bunch of websites that leverage techniques (and yes, maybe open source software) to empower their site owners to be, well, more independent to publish their content (no reliance or less reliance) from silos like Facebook, etc. This is not the same but akin to how there is the Fediverse for social media, etc. Not so different from "indie musician", these are just websites that are "indie" (i.e. "indie" from the corporate silos). - Then, there are techniques that are used to be independent. That wiki website you likely stumbled upon, details lots of techniques, references software that can be used for your website, as well as tons of links to other documentaion and general references that can help. One essential technique - or maybe *approach* is a better word - would be "POSSE - Publish (on your) Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere. See this page for its definition, and context: https://indieweb.org/POSSE https://indieweb.org/POSSE I have found that over the years, folks wishing to homestead their content on websites that they control, starting with the concept of POSSE helps to consumne the ideas behind the "indie web". I should add that the indie web and the fediverse (of which the mastodon software has recently seen some limelight due to the twitter migration) are not new efforts. The Fediverse has been around since like 2008, while the indie web - though, more recent - is still happyily being used by people on the web for many years.