#indieweb 2024-05-15
2024-05-15 UTC
# aaronpk people overindex on the cost. free services are not always better, just look at /site-deaths
# cophee Got it
# cophee I guess the guide will need to redirect + convince people to get their own domain
# cophee Ok! just asking since price seemed to be a big factor in why people don't adopt their own sites in the survey
# cophee It's so true
# cophee It's like 16/yr
# cophee Just need to find a way to convince people
# cophee pcarrier[d]: awesome!!!
# pcarrier almost too clean. https://gist.github.com/pcarrier/606545b6e8049ca04515fcb9f04f4be4
# pcarrier [edit] almost too clean. https://gist.github.com/pcarrier/606545b6e8049ca04515fcb9f04f4be4
# cophee Just talked to my professors about the premise of IndieWeb –– they seem very interested
# cophee (Social Media Cultures subject is focused on the issues surrounding social media)
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# cophee aaronpk: I think maybe the easiest would be micro.blog then
# cophee Yeah... Wordpress can get very complicated
# cophee Ohno, trying to sign up for micro.blog to see what the user setup flow is like and getting this error
# cophee Not sure if it's just on my side
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# cophee @[manton]
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# cophee Weaving in some of the readings from class here! But trying to explain things as simple as possible
# cophee And please feel free to leave comments + suggestions on this Figma!
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# cophee I want it to be as representative of the IndieWeb values as possible 😃
# pcarrier thinking about how to get people started fast and for free. step 1: enter your email address on found.as, get a login link; step 2a: pick a handle you've already registered, 2b: register a new handle, here `pcarrier`; step 3a: import a linktr.ee, 3b: enter a few named links, some with `rel="me"`, 3c: edit plain HTML, 3d: redirect to your own domain; step 4: enjoy simple HTML being served as https://found.as/pcarrier; step 5: set up pcarrier
# [KevinMarks] The other quickstart is omg.lol which has a different vibe to http://micro.blog but suits some people a lot
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# [KevinMarks] There's also https://github.com/indieweb/blank-gh-site which is free but more fiddly. That's the trade off.
# [KevinMarks] I suppose there's also http://blogger.com for the full retro blog experience, that has somehow lasted 25 years without being killed by Google
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# cophee Thanks @[KevinMarks]!!
# [Joel_Auterson] I use GH too but the issue with static site generators and Indieweb is the amount of work you have to do to get things like Micropub working
# [Joel_Auterson] I used lambdas for it but it’s got to the point where I slightly regret not just having a server 😅