Free Our Feeds looks like a sincere effort but it’s a little vague. $30 million is a lot of money to raise via donations. I’d love to see this team communicate in more detail what they want to do.
People and blogs involved with and about the IndieWeb community, the fediverse, and/or the open web in general.
At the thee-ah-tor!
At the thee-ah-tor!
It couldn't hurt to have a better lifeboat
I posted this to both Bluesky and Mastodon just now.
I see people betting on the idea of federation in Bluesky.
At the same time, we should bet on simplifying Mastodon at scale.
Approach the problem from both directions.
We may need and not have federation in Bluesky at some point.
It couldn't hurt to have a better lifeboat.
This podcast goes into more depth of this idea.
There is a transcript.
It couldn't hurt to have a better lifeboat
I posted this to both Bluesky and Mastodon just now.
I see people betting on the idea of federation in bluesky.
At the same time, we should bet on simplifying Mastodon at scale.
Approach the problem from both directions.
We may need and not have federation in bluesky at some point.
It couldn't hurt to have a better lifeboat.
Funny how “billionaire” is now effectively a synonym for “anyone rich”. It’s almost a cheat — like a shortcut to describe venture capital or any profit. Won’t anyone think of the poor millionaires who are unfairly grouped together with the super-rich? 🤪
What I want and am not getting from AI technology
There’s a funny contradiction in the AI world.
News orgs, published authors, great artists, universities, want to retain ownership of their intellectual property and don’t trust the utility of AI chatbots. They think the only application of AI technology is to steal from th...
Automattic and .blog
With the increase in scrutiny around how Matt Mullenweg manages the WordPress project, some people have asked whether it’s a risk to invest in .blog, which is owned by Automattic, and in fact whether Micro.blog is online only at the whims of the mad king. I’m not worried. It...
Good morning, IndieWeb! We’ve got a meetup this Wednesday in Austin, at Radio Coffee & Beer. You can RSVP here or just show up. ☕️🍺
Ben Werdmuller
• Ben Werdmuller
Free Our Feeds
[Free Our Feeds]
The non-profit social media foundation space is really heating up. Which is not a bad thing!
Enter Free our Feeds:
"It will take independent funding and governance to turn Bluesky’s underlying tech—the AT Protocol—into something more powerf...
Ben Werdmuller
• Ben Werdmuller
The people should own the town square
[Mastodon]
Mastodon is growing up:
"Simply, we are going to transfer ownership of key Mastodon ecosystem and platform components (including name and copyrights, among other assets) to a new non-profit organization, affirming the intent that Mastodon should ...
IndieWeb Carnival: On the importance of friction
On the importance of friction
108Relics of the future
🎉 Eight years ago today, the #IndieWeb Webmention protocol was published as a W3C REC https://www.w3.org/TR/webmention/As a social web building block, #Webmention was designed to work with various other building blocks. Small pieces, loosely joined. Every year developers find...
Ben Werdmuller
• Ben Werdmuller
Content Policy on the Social Web
[Social Web Foundation]
The Social Web Foundation's statement about Meta's moderation changes is important:
"Ideas matter, and history shows that online misinformation and harassment can lead to violence in the real world.
[...] Meta is one of many Activity...
As more people follow Bluesky users in Micro.blog, there are more posts that are flowing into our platform, so you’ll start to see the occasional Bluesky post in Discover too. Discover can evolve to be a snapshot of interesting microblogs anywhere, Mastodon too, even if it’s mostly Micro.blog users.
Ben Werdmuller
• Ben Werdmuller
DoJ releases its Tulsa race massacre report over 100 years after initial review
[Adria R Walker at The Guardian]
A full century after the Bureau of Investigation blamed the Tulsa race massacre on Black men and claimed that the perpetrators didn't break the law, the DoJ has issued an update:
"“The Tulsa race massacre stands out as a civi...
Building an open web that protects us from harm
werd.io/2025/building-an-open-web-that-protects-us-from-harm
The indie web should be a universe of discovery
werd.io/2025/the-indie-web-should-be-a-universe-of-discovery
Thanks David Pierce for including my home screen in the latest Installer at The Verge! I mention some of the apps on my home screen and why they’re there. Lots of great CES coverage at The Verge this last week too.