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> If this is about recapturing what the web was, culturally, circa 1995-2005... that's a different sort of judgement. Well the principles are there for everyon
by safety1st 2y ago
> If this is about recapturing what the web was, culturally, circa 1995-2005... that's a different sort of judgement.
Well the principles are there for everyone to see, and it sounds like you may have read them, so we don't need to guess about them.
https://indieweb.org/principles https://indieweb.org/principles
The ideas have always been very simple. Own your own data, scratch your own itch, build things and share them.
"Take off," "Get Big," "Stay Small," "Change the World," "Be Retro," "Be Art," none of this was ever the point, it's always just been, go build something on the web you have some ownership over and share it with whoever may be interested.
Over the years I've found it fascinating that so many people who weren't doing what the Indieweb is about, namely building, sharing, and scratching your own itch, have felt compelled to commentate and pontificate about whatever they believed it to be.
- itsfine2 2y ago> Over the years I've found it fascinating that so many people who weren't doing what the Indieweb is about, namely building, sharing, and scratching your own itch, have felt compelled to commentate and pontificate about whatever they believed it to be. Unfortunately, many people see doing things yourself as an amateur—like cooking a meal, fixing a car, or hosting a personal website—as a low-status activity. The modern way of life is to pay for everything; only losers spend their precious time on those boring tasks. And they always trying to find a way to justify it.