testimonial

 testimonial  is a statement of support for the IndieWeb, perhaps building blocks, tools, services, and/or especially the IndieWeb community.

I find personal websites interesting. I came to the IndieWeb community because I saw many people who were chatting about the ins and outs of websites. I started off without much interest in building anything technical. I have never felt I had to do anything from scratch to participate. I already had a domain name and after joining the chat I was able to quickly start talking with some interesting people about websites.

Since joining over a year ago, the IndieWeb community has been an invaluable source of support. I ask questions about websites, share what I am working on, and try to help other people with their personal sites.

I'd encourage anyone who is interested in having their own website or who has a website to join IndieWeb or at least join our chat for a day or two and say hello. We're a friendly bunch and there's something for everyone, from engineers who want to take control over their data through coding, all the way to people who have never owned a site and are looking to take their first steps.

I'm capjamesg in the chat. Say hello!

And so I felt a whole lot more welcomed!

Notes and blog posts

 * https://twitter.com/megarush1024/status/1061730213887909889
 * "People are really friendly and helpful in the chat. I started this whole indieweb thing a couple of years ago knowing absolutely nothing about it." @megarush1024 November 11, 2018
 * https://twitter.com/ChangelingMx/status/1220703929438212097
 * "I just want to take a few bytes of your Internet to thank the people who interact with my stuff on social media and, by extension, my website. it’s been a year since I officially joined the #indieWeb, and each interaction makes the project worth my time." @ChangelingMx January 24, 2020
 * https://social.sdf.org/@mjgardner/109555913779124934
 * "@futurebird I can say it no better than the front page of that wiki: "The #IndieWeb is a community of independent & personal websites connected by simple standards, based on the principles of: owning your domain & using it as your primary identity, publishing on your own site (optionally syndicating elsewhere), and owning your data." More: https://indieweb.org/IndieWeb #ActivityPub is one protocol that can be used as part of an IndieWeb site." @mjgardner December 22, 2022
 * https://hachyderm.io/@liztai/109907766432901624
 * "@lukzmu All I have to say is #IndieWeb. I will always have a place I can call my own with my website. My social media channels are just a way to distribute and amplify my content." @liztai February 22, 2023