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Discover the IndieWeb, one blog post at a time
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- computerthings 2y agofor anyone who also wanted to know how that super neat list was made: https://www.tabulator.info/ https://www.tabulator.info/
- splitbrain 2y agoCreator here. Feel free to ask me anything.
- 101008 2y agoI started a blogging platforming recently, any chance you can include all its blog automatically?
- splitbrain 2y agoI wouldn't want to overwhelm the results with a single platform. also I do check each submission manually so I want to keep it manageable.
- rednafi 2y agoI’m curious about two things: - the stack - the source of your collection (seeing my write up there is flattering)
- splitbrain 2y agoboth are answered on the faq page in detail: https://indieblog.page/faq https://indieblog.page/faq quick answer: php+sqlite and a hackernews thread. nowadays mostly submissions.
- tjwds 2y agoNo question here, but I just wanted to add: I subscribed to the "daily random posts" feed in April 2022. Because of that feed, I've subscribed to some blogs, and even reached out and become "internet friends" with some of their authors. As well as, you know, just generally being informed/entertained by the work that you're collating. So thanks!
- ZachSaucier 2y agoIf you were to die, is there a way for someone to continue with the project?
- splitbrain 2y agosources are on github, blog URLs can be downloaded.
- susam 2y agoThank you for creating this project. I was delighted to find my blog in the list! However, my blog appears twice in your list: 1) https://susam.net/feed.xml https://susam.net/feed.xml 2) https://susam.net/blog/feed.xml https://susam.net/blog/feed.xml The second link is a duplicate that simply redirects to the first. If it is not too much trouble, would you be able to remove the second entry? Thanks for your time!
- splitbrain 2y agodone
- susam 2y agoThank you!
- cowboylowrez 2y agothe big list was cool, I saw something about "discipline" while scrolling it but then couldn't search for the page with that keyword. not a big deal, downloading the json sorted that out but thought I'd mention it. really cool page!
- righthand 2y agoStumbleupon is indeed missing in the modern algorithmic curation world.
- jhunter1016 2y agoSomeone built this which is similar but it grabs websites from blockchain pointers. https://orbz.fun https://orbz.fun
- KomoD 2y agoThat someone is you or? You also made "orbiter"
- jhunter1016 2y agoI made Orbiter. I did not make orbz.fun. That was done independently and I didn’t learn about it until the customer shared it.
- nosrepa 2y agoI sorely miss del.icio.us
- lovegrenoble 2y agoThe same concept, but for funny web gems (with a strong skew towards little WebGL art toys): https://sharkle.com https://sharkle.com
- LostMyLogin 2y agoThis is fun. The first page it brought me to: https://trashloop.com https://trashloop.com
- kgwxd 2y agoMine was http://typedrummer.com/ http://typedrummer.com/ super fun but, if the developer of that site sees this, I was sad that typing "something!" didn't produce a "ba-dum ching" :)
- rednafi 2y agoNeat. I maintain a blog myself[1] and prefer reading content written by actual human beings, not corporate shills or spammers masquerading on Medium and Dev.to. But I feel like the whole indie web thing hasn’t taken off because of discoverability issues. RSS and Atom are nice, but they aren’t mainstream enough. Also, adding support for them is difficult for non-technical or even semi-technical people. My blog does support RSS, and I use a reader to keep tabs on people I find interesting. But personally, I’m not a great fan of the protocol itself. It’s old, written in XML. There is JSON RSS, but that’s not widely supported and is fragmented as hell. Also, most RSS readers are just firehose feeds and don’t offer much in terms of organization. I’m yet to find a solution for this that I genuinely like. [1]: https://rednafi.com/ https://rednafi.com/
- RadiozRadioz 2y agoAre we really abandoning established, stable protocols because we don't like the serialisation format they use? The practical difference here between XML and JSON is negligible, the value here comes from the ecosystem (which is extensive on the RSS/atom side, and non-existent on the other). As a user, you'll never interact with the XML. As a developer, if you're interacting with the XML rather than using one of the many, MANY, libraries, you're doing something wrong.
- j45 2y agoThe comment read to me more about distribution that has some network effect. RSS/atom is fine.
- rednafi 2y agoNot sure I fully understand what you mean by distribution here. What I meant is that the ratio of personal blogs supporting RSS to the total number of blogs is too low, indicating a lack of adoption. I’ve emailed many technical writers whose work I liked, asking them to add feed support, and most didn’t bother. One possible reason could be the protocol itself and the fragmentation between RSS, Atom, JSON RSS, etc.—or it could be something else entirely.
- dSebastien 2y agoI'm still fond of old school blogs and RSS feeds Mine https://dsebastien.net https://dsebastien.net
- james_pm 2y agoIn a similar vein: https://kagi.com/smallweb https://kagi.com/smallweb
- Gormo 2y agoReminds me of the old days of StumbleUpon.
- sricks3 2y agoI've been using the "surprise me..." feature on https://wiby.org https://wiby.org as a sort of small-web/indie-web StumbleUpon lately.
- asicsp 2y agohttps://marginalia-search.com/explore/random https://marginalia-search.com/explore/random is another cool option - plus, you can get results similar to a site you like.
- arjie 2y agoI like your daily random feed concept! I am going to subscribe. Here’s my blog https://wiki.roshangeorge.dev/ https://wiki.roshangeorge.dev/
- k0tan32 2y agoPretty cool. I re-discovered RSS last year after getting tired of the usual mdoern "smart" feeds. For me, the only problem with independent small blogs is the discovery stage: you need to somehow to find out about an interesting blog, which is even harder if you want go out of your usual info-bubble.
- MortyWaves 2y agoNeat, my site is on the list but don’t remember if I submitted it before. I made some notes on implementing IndieWeb WebMentions here [1]. It’s like a decentralised/psuedo-fediverse commenting system that features replies and likes etc. [1]: https://www.lloydatkinson.net/notes/19/ https://www.lloydatkinson.net/notes/19/
- Sincere6066 2y agoAnd the very first blog I get is "written for generative AI." Great. Grand. Awesome.
- netfortius 2y agoHmmm....[1] [1] https://ibb.co/ZpCYDgN8 https://ibb.co/ZpCYDgN8
- dang 2y agoRelated: Show HN: Discover the IndieWeb, one blog post at a time - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31002171 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31002171 - April 2022 (68 comments)
- idlewords 2y agoGreat, now who is going to bring back web rings? Discoverability remains the one great problem of online self-publishing. A history of how solutions have changed over the years would make for a fun history of the web.
- ej1 2y agoThis is a great article!
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- susam 2y agoI feel that many of the comments here that are claiming the IndieWeb hasn't "taken off" are either stating the obvious or, if that's not the intention, completely missing the point. It's like saying that gardening hasn't taken off because most people buy their vegetables at the supermarket. It doesn't need to "take off" to be valuable to those who participate. Maintaining a personal website is about owning your digital presence, creative freedom, and self-expression! It's not about appealing to the masses! I remember in the early 2000s how I used to spend my leisure time learning HTML and writing my website, one HTML tag at a time. Writing a few lines of code in a text editor and then watching the browser render that code into a vibrant web page full of colours and images felt like an art form. It was doubly fun to find other netizens who shared that same joy of maintaining and publishing their websites. The IndieWeb is about preserving that hacker culture where websites are crafted and hosted not for mass appeal but for the sheer joy of creation and sharing with like-minded individuals. The IndieWeb doesn't need to go mainstream to be meaningful. It's a celebration of a more personal, decentralised, and creative world wide web. And for those of us who still care about these values, it is already meaningful.
- MK2k 2y agoThe first random blog post that I got served was this one: https://nutcroft.com/blog/goodbye/ https://nutcroft.com/blog/goodbye/ > [...] And now this blog goes too. So, goodbye! Oh well
- dmitshur 2y ago> JSON Feed is not supported. That is unfortunate. :(
- kevincox 2y agoI used to enjoy the weekly feed with 1 random post. I would use my feed reader's "full text" functionality to pull in the content. It was a good way to drip-feed new authors into my feed and I could subscribe to the ones I liked. Unfortunately they fixed the set of allowed parameters, the lowest-volume option is 5 per week. Probably good for some people but more than I was looking for.
- dailydetour123 2y agoI really like this! I created a month or so back - https://www.thedailydetour.co.uk/ https://www.thedailydetour.co.uk/, inspired by what seems like a similar ambition! I wanted a way to get interesting/fun/amusing things sent to me as a nice break from work and figured others would too so I built it. Thanks for making the internet a bit of a better place!