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The indieweb is both beautiful and frustrating to me. I have been writing online for 20 years in various forms, and my current site is 10 years old. I feel lik
by benoliver999 2y ago
The indieweb is both beautiful and frustrating to me. I have been writing online for 20 years in various forms, and my current site is 10 years old.
I feel like I should be part of it. And according to their website, I own a domain and a site, so I am a part of it!
But then you scroll down and the headaches begin.
https://indieweb.org/Getting_Started https://indieweb.org/Getting_Started
It feels like so much infra and setup to get stuff up and running that it scares me away every time.
- nanna 2y agoThis. The barrier of entry is too high. Feels like the Indieweb is stuck at the protocol layer and an abstraction above it is badly needed.
- flir 2y agoSounds like you just invented social media ;)
- prox 2y agoDid you read this line? It says after the domain and site: “That’s it. Everything else is optional awesomeness, you choose.”
- Propelloni 2y agoYeah, just get Level 1 Webhosting from Hetzner for 2 EUR/month, click the 1-click setup for WP and off you go. What's the big deal?
- benoliver999 2y agoYeah then simply follow the guide https://indieweb.org/Getting_Started_on_WordPress https://indieweb.org/Getting_Started_on_WordPress Which links to dozens of other guides but maybe it's this one you want https://indieweb.org/WordPress_IndieWeb_Plugin https://indieweb.org/WordPress_IndieWeb_Plugin Oh that's a stub better hit the linked github https://github.com/indieweb/wordpress-indieweb https://github.com/indieweb/wordpress-indieweb Unless it's indieauth you're after? Micropub? websub? webmentions? The world is your oyster!
- jjulius 2y agoWhy continue to make this argument when, an hour prior to you posting this, it was correctly pointed out that literally none of that is required? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43433626 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43433626