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Digital homesteading is the essence of the IndieWeb. Building things with one's own resources and know-how is part of it's DNA, whether or not that is acknowled
by notarobot123 3mo ago
Digital homesteading is the essence of the IndieWeb. Building things with one's own resources and know-how is part of it's DNA, whether or not that is acknowledged.
Because it's anti-platform and pro-ownership, content is secondary to the means of distribution. It's why it is bound to be a tech-heavy sub-culture and never a real alternative to big platforms.
- webdistortion 3mo agowhich is exactly why the web lost, and large platforms won.
- yoz-y 3mo agoMeh. “Won” who? For a long time I was sad about the lost web, but it turns out most people on social media that has replaced the web have nothing interesting to say. I am sad about local groups and forums, but that is not something that IndieWeb is trying to solve. The other problem is businesses that have retired to Instagram. which I find baffling.
- MichaelZuo 3mo agoSo then why are so many, so eager and committed, to overturn the big platforms if “most people”… “have nothing interesting to say.”?
- marysol5 3mo agoPeople love to go "bad thing bad", but without actually anything else.
- mghackerlady 3mo agobecause the ones who have interesting things to say and want to say it for themselves number many, despite being very small in the face of the unwashed masses
- MichaelZuo 3mo agoHuh? How does having their own place away from the “unwashed masses” relate to overturning the big platforms?
- mghackerlady 3mo agothe people who want to overturn big platforms seem a lot larger than they really are. Think of how many people genuinely like facebook. It seems impossible to us, but there are hundreds of millions who still actively post and interact who see no problem with facebook
- yoz-y 3mo agoThree different groups of people, with some overlap between the first two: - people with their own websites - privacy activists and /or anti-capitalists - almost everybody on the planet The second group is especially loud. Which is normal, silent activism doesn’t really make sense. I seriously doubt that people who clamor for the death of Facebook and the likes do it so that indie web is full of macha latte labubu car tastings and supplement and gambling shills.