identi.ca
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identi.ca is a hosted, social networking service that runs pump.io. Previously it was based on StatusNet.
History
2009
- https://indieweb.social/@classicweb/114631544425325817
"Special #FediForum edition of Classic Web: identi.ca on June 11, 2009 (shoutout @evan@cosocial.ca) https://web.archive.org/web/20090611123936/http://identi.ca/"
- https://w3c.social/@csarven/114632009078473026
"@classicweb @evan
I did the whole frontend (some backend for #identica). HTML, CSS, and no JavaScript.
I take pride in that work b/c it was technically the "state of the art".
Progressively enhanced; valid markup, alternate stylesheets, and a tonne of structured data directly from the webpages. Essentially enabling a read API.
Something for the #microformats fans:
https://microformats.org/discuss/mail/microformats-discuss/2009-February/012821.html
https://microformats.org/discuss/mail/microformats-discuss/2009-February/012822.html
>the best implementations of microformats in a social media site
#FediForum" @csarven June 5, 2025