Terence Eden’s Blog<p><strong>Self Hosting is an Unhelpful Term</strong></p><p>Mathew Duggan has a brilliant post called "<a href="https://matduggan.com/self-hosting-isnt-a-solution-its-a-patch/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Self-Hosting Isn't a Solution; It's A Patch</a>". In it, he (correctly and convincingly) argues that compelling people to run their own computer services is a complex and distracting crutch for the current problems we face.</p><p>It's expensive to self-host, there are moderation problems, and the difficulty level is too high for most people.</p><p>But, in my opinion, I think he misunderstands something about self-hosting because, as a term, it is both misleading and unhelpful. When people say "Defund The Police" what they mean is "<a href="https://www.brookings.edu/articles/7-myths-about-defunding-the-police-debunked/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Move funds away from miliary style policing and give it to trained mental health professionals</a>" - what people <em>hear</em> is "Abolish the police and let anarchy reign".</p><p>The ability to "Self Host" doesn't <em>just</em> mean "run this on a Raspberry Pi in your cupboard and be responsible for constant maintenance". Yes, you <em>can</em> do that if you're a masochist, but it isn't <em>restricted</em> to that.</p><p>To me, "Self-Hosting" means "I am in control of where I host something". I currently pay a company to host this blog. It has previously been hosted on Blogger, WordPress, my own VPS, and a variety of other services. Tomorrow I could decide to host it with a big company, or I could run it from my phone. I get to choose. That's what "Self-Hosting" is - a choice in where to host.</p><p>Similarly, Mastodon allows me self-host my account. I can have my content on one of the big servers and let them do moderation, storage, and maintenance for me - or I can move my account anywhere I choose. To a server in my cupboard and back again.</p><p>Email is similar. I know people who've gone from CompuServe, to HoTMaiL, to Gmail, to their own domain, then to OutLook. Their address-book moves with them. Forwarding rules ensure incoming email is routed correctly. They can choose to actively moderate spam, or outsource it. They can pay a company to host, keep backups in their basement, or watch adverts in return for services.</p><p>I agree with <a href="https://matduggan.com/self-hosting-isnt-a-solution-its-a-patch/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">nearly everything Mathew says in his post</a>. It is absurdly privileged to think that running your own services is something normal people want to do and are capable of doing. Strong regulation helps everyone, people want simplicity, and ecosystems can be fragile.</p><p>But witness all the people moving over from Twitter to new networks. Do they care where their data is hosted and how it is maintained? No! But they want to move their social graph with them. And when BlueSky and Mastodon collapse, people will want to move again.</p><p>In the UK, I have the ability to move my phone number between hundreds of providers. If I'm particularly techy, I can even run my own infrastructure and route the number there. People <em>love</em> the fact that they can leave crappy service providers and move somewhere cheaper or with with better customer service or whatever it is they value. I think that's a form of self-hosting; I get to choose who provides my services.</p><p>Similarly, I believe people have a desire for "self-hosting" which is difficult for them to articulate. They want to move their data around - be it old photos, a social graph, or a username. Most of them don't really care about the underlying technology (and why should they?) but they do care about continuity of service and being able to escape crappy service providers.</p><p>So, that's my reckons. Self-Hosting means you can choose where to host, and I think most people can find value in that.</p><p>What do you think?</p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://shkspr.mobi/blog/tag/fediverse/" target="_blank">#fediverse</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://shkspr.mobi/blog/tag/redecentralize/" target="_blank">#ReDeCentralize</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://shkspr.mobi/blog/tag/social-networks/" target="_blank">#SocialNetworks</a></p>
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Terence Eden<p>🆕 blog! “Self Hosting is an Unhelpful Term”</p><p>Mathew Duggan has a brilliant post called "Self-Hosting Isn't a Solution; It's A Patch". In it, he (correctly and convincingly) argues that compelling people to run their own computer services is a complex and distracting crutch for the current problems we face. It's expensive to self-host, there are moderation pro…</p><p>👀 Read more: <a href="https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/11/self-hosting-is-an-unhelpful-term/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/11/self-</span><span class="invisible">hosting-is-an-unhelpful-term/</span></a><br>⸻<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ReDeCentralize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReDeCentralize</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialNetworks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialNetworks</span></a></p>
me·ta·phil, der<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://dresden.network/@fasnix" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fasnix</span></a></span> 👍✊ </p><p>Finding and switching to alternatives Microsoft, Adobe and other <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enshittification</span></a> software products can seem hard.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedifreu.de/@switchingsoftware" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>switchingsoftware</span></a></span> <a href="https://switching.software/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">switching.software/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>and<br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@alternativeto" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>alternativeto</span></a></span> <a href="https://alternativeto.net" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">alternativeto.net</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>are two great resources to get started today!</p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/alternativeTo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alternativeTo</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/SwitchingSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SwitchingSoftware</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/floss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>floss</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/fuckMicrosoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fuckMicrosoft</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/fuckGoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fuckGoogle</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/SurveillanceCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceCapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/redecentralize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>redecentralize</span></a></p>
me·ta·phil, der<p>💡 <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TIL</span></a> about <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@european_alternatives" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>european_alternatives</span></a></span> – they collect <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/EuropeanAlternatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanAlternatives</span></a> to <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a>-based (commercial) <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/cloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cloud</span></a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/hosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hosting</span></a> and various other online services.</p><p>🇪🇺 <a href="https://european-alternatives.eu" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">european-alternatives.eu</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Degoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Degoogle</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/ungoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ungoogle</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/fuckGAFAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fuckGAFAM</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/GDPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GDPR</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/DSGVO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DSGVO</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/redecentralize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>redecentralize</span></a> <br><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/alternativeTo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alternativeTo</span></a><br><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/WebAnalytics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WebAnalytics</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/CloudComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CloudComputing</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/CDN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDN</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/email" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>email</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/VPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VPS</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/SearchEngine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SearchEngine</span></a><br><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/DNS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DNS</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/FileHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FileHosting</span></a> <br><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/VPN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VPN</span></a><br><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/captcha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>captcha</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/payment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>payment</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/IAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IAM</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/LiveChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LiveChat</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/VideoConferencing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VideoConferencing</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/collaboration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>collaboration</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Mailing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mailing</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/WebFont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WebFont</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/DDoS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DDoS</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/SSL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSL</span></a></p>
Nils Weisensee<p>Sometimes I feel like I am living in the Middle Ages where powerful technological inventions like <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/RSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RSS</span></a> and federated networks have long been forgotten, and people spend their days reinventing the wheel because those who still remembered how it works have long passed away. </p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/redecentralize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>redecentralize</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a></p>
Sebastian Lasse<p>Esteemed Fediverse,</p><p>the Public Spaces Conf announced their speakers.<br>It is awesome magic.<br>For <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://journa.host/@bjoernsta" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bjoernsta</span></a></span> and me the picture is still missing and as always we are working hard to fix it :)</p><p>I would be superhappy if you all can make it to <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Amsterdam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amsterdam</span></a> – United in diversity!</p><p>:digitalcourage: <a href="https://conference.publicspaces.net/en/speakers" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">conference.publicspaces.net/en</span><span class="invisible">/speakers</span></a><br>Taking Back the Internet!<br><a href="https://conference.publicspaces.net/en" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">conference.publicspaces.net/en</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://video.publicspaces.net/video-channels/pubconf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pubconf</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/PublicSpaces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicSpaces</span></a> <br><a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/ActivityPub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActivityPub</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/ReDecentralize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReDecentralize</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Sovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sovereignty</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Independence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Independence</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Freedom</span></a></p>
Sebastian Lasse<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Edent" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Edent</span></a></span> <br>1st)Thank You!<br>probably did mention it before: We created a huge huge ActivityPub Atlas from OSM mapped to wikidata and others.<br>But what is the goal?<br>Even more <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/OpenStreetMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenStreetMap</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/ReDeCentralize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReDeCentralize</span></a> !<br>For redaktor and taxiteam we do federated geocoding cause you can imagine that the local bike/delivery/cab cooperative got the best local insights.<br>[DE: just btw Deutsche Post switches to OSM but anyway] :</p><p>You can also edit the data right from the fediverse cause the instance got some service actors for the map part and to infer from LD what change goes to OSM, wd etc.</p>
Terence Eden’s Blog<p><strong>1,000 edits on OpenStreetMap</strong><br><a href="https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/05/1000-edits-on-openstreetmap/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/05/1000-edits-on-openstreetmap/</a></p><p>Today was quite the accidental milestone! I've edited OpenStreetMap over a thousand times!</p><p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Terence%20Eden" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"></a></p><p>For those who don't know, OSM (OpenStreetMap) is like the Wikipedia of maps. Anyone can go in and edit the map. This isn't a corporate-controlled space where your local knowledge is irrelevant compared to the desire for profit. You can literally go and correct any mistakes that you find, add recently built roads, remove abandoned buildings, and provide useful local information.</p><p>Editing the full map is... complicated. For simple edits like changing the times of a postal collection, there are simple forms you can fill in. There's also an aerial view so you can drag and drop misplaced locations. But for anything more complicated than that, you'll need to spend some time understanding the interface. There's a friendly community who are happy to check or correct your submissions.</p><p></p><p>I'll be honest, I don't use the web editor much. Instead, I use <a href="https://streetcomplete.app/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the Android app StreetComplete</a>. It's like an endless stream of sidequests. As you travel through the world, it will ask if a shop is still open, or if the highway is lit, or how many steps there are on a bridge, or whether a playground is suitable for all children, or if restaurants serve vegetarian food, or if a bus-stop has a bench, or... the list is almost endless!</p><p></p><p>I use it when I'm walking around somewhere new, or on holiday, or waiting for a bus. I used it so much that, for a short while, <a href="https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2023/01/how-i-became-the-1-mapper-in-new-zealand/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">I became the #1 mapper in New Zealand</a>!</p><p>So get stuck in! Make mapping more equitable and more accurate.</p><p><a href="https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/05/1000-edits-on-openstreetmap/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/05/1000-edits-on-openstreetmap/</a></p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://shkspr.mobi/blog/tag/openstreetmap/" target="_blank">#OpenStreetMap</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://shkspr.mobi/blog/tag/redecentralize/" target="_blank">#ReDeCentralize</a></p>
Terence Eden<p>🆕 blog! “1,000 edits on OpenStreetMap”</p><p>Today was quite the accidental milestone! I've edited OpenStreetMap over a thousand times! For those who don't know, OSM (OpenStreetMap) is like the Wikipedia of maps. Anyone can go in and edit the map. This isn't a corporate-controlled space where your local knowledge is irrelevant compared to the desire for profit. You can literally go…</p><p>👀 Read more: <a href="https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/05/1000-edits-on-openstreetmap/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/05/1000-</span><span class="invisible">edits-on-openstreetmap/</span></a><br>⸻<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenStreetMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenStreetMap</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ReDeCentralize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReDeCentralize</span></a></p>
BuZZ-dEE ☮️ 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🇩🇪<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toot.thoughtworks.com/@mfowler" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mfowler</span></a></span> I prefer <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DecentralisedNetworks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DecentralisedNetworks</span></a> so I follow you here. I think you should prioritise the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> if you like <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/decentralised_networks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decentralised_networks</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/decentralise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decentralise</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/redecentralize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>redecentralize</span></a></p>
Ted Curran M. Ed.<p>Situations like this are why I will always prefer <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/onlineshopping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>onlineshopping</span></a> from <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/eBay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eBay</span></a> instead of <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a>. It connects you with real folks, and the little things we buy and sell everyday are part of a pattern of being involved with other people's lives from a distance. So much better than constantly sending money to the world's richest man so he can fly around in his dick-shaped rocketship some more. We <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/redecentralize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>redecentralize</span></a> networks, but this is one way to <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/redecentralize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>redecentralize</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a>.</p>
Ted Curran M. Ed.<p>Fixed your headline <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://press.coop/@lifehacker" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lifehacker</span></a></span>: </p><p><a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> is still online, thankyouverymuch.</p><p><a href="https://lifehacker.com/tech/meta-is-down" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lifehacker.com/tech/meta-is-do</span><span class="invisible">wn</span></a></p><p><a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/redecentralize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>redecentralize</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/pixelfed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pixelfed</span></a></p>
Ted Curran M. Ed.<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.flockofnazguls.com/@flockofnazguls" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>flockofnazguls</span></a></span> this is cool and/but it's also worth mentioning that, if your <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/band" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>band</span></a> already has a <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/WordPress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WordPress</span></a> site, you can easily add a free audio player to your site and be your own <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/bandcamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bandcamp</span></a> / <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/faircamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>faircamp</span></a> / <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/soundcloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soundcloud</span></a>. No 3rd party platform necessary. </p><p>Now that I have a band with a site, I'm (slowly) disinvesting in <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/streaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>streaming</span></a> platforms and making my own site central to our distribution strategy. </p><p>FWIW your <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/WordPress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WordPress</span></a> site can also be your <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> server!</p><p><a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/posse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>posse</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/indieweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/redecentralize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>redecentralize</span></a></p>
Terence Eden<p>🆕 blog! “Should your phone be a webserver?”</p><p>I really like this article from Rohan D "Every Phone Should Be Able to Run Personal Website". In it, they make the convincing case that phones are perfectly capable of hosting websites and - if we want more people to escape the walled-gardens - this could be a good way to get people back into […]</p><p>👀 Read more: <a href="https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2023/08/should-your-phone-be-a-webserver/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">shkspr.mobi/blog/2023/08/shoul</span><span class="invisible">d-your-phone-be-a-webserver/</span></a><br>⸻<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>android</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/phone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phone</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ReDeCentralize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReDeCentralize</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/websites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>websites</span></a></p>
Terence Eden<p>🆕 blog! “How do you decentralise emergency alerts?”</p><p>Twitter's decision to hobble its API has meant that a number of useful alerting bots might no longer function. Your local subway might not be able to Tweet each morning about delays on the line, nor will a tornado warning be displayed as you scroll through photos of brunch, and forget about …</p><p>👀 Read more: <a href="https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2023/04/how-do-you-decentralise-emergency-alerts/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">shkspr.mobi/blog/2023/04/how-d</span><span class="invisible">o-you-decentralise-emergency-alerts/</span></a><br>⸻<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ActivityPub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActivityPub</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MastodonAPI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonAPI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ReDeCentralize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReDeCentralize</span></a></p>
BuZZ-dEE ☮️ 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🇩🇪<p>What I really can't understand, is that open source projects often use <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/proprietary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>proprietary</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Discord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Discord</span></a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://m.webtoo.ls/@elk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>elk</span></a></span> you build an open source client for the open source <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/decentral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decentral</span></a> network <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> . Why do you not offering a decentral chat room like <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.matrix.org/@matrix" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>matrix</span></a></span> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Matrix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Matrix</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/redecentralize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>redecentralize</span></a></p>
Terence Eden<p>🆕 blog! “What would a decentralised Uber look like?”</p><p>Uber are undoubtedly a company engaged in extremely dodgy activity. But, on the other had, they're ridiculously convenient. A few months ago, we landed in a foreign country, opened the same Uber app as we used back home, and booked a cab. It just worked. I didn't need to register for a different version. I […]</p><p>👀 Read more: <a href="https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2022/12/what-would-a-decentralised-uber-look-like/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">shkspr.mobi/blog/2022/12/what-</span><span class="invisible">would-a-decentralised-uber-look-like/</span></a><br>⸻<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ReDeCentralize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReDeCentralize</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uber</span></a></p>
Tim Chambers<p>The hashtag <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/ReDecentralize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReDecentralize</span></a> is a good one to follow.</p>
Terence Eden<p>🆕 blog! “How much decentralisation is too much?”</p><p>Twitter's over, my dudes! And now everyone is on Mastodon! But Mastodon isn't a site, it is a federated network running an interoperable protocol! Yay for ActivityPub1! Anyway, that means there isn't one Mastodon website. There are many. There is only one Twitter. There is only one Facebook. There is only one In…</p><p>👀 Read more: <a href="https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2022/12/how-much-decentralisation-is-too-much/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">shkspr.mobi/blog/2022/12/how-m</span><span class="invisible">uch-decentralisation-is-too-much/</span></a><br>⸻<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ReDeCentralize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReDeCentralize</span></a></p>
Ted Curran M. Ed.<p>Nodding my head in agreement to<br>"Some Notes on Mastodon after Two Weeks" by <span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.ds106.us/@jimgroom" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jimgroom</span></a></span>.</p><p>I'm a happy longtime customer of Reclaim Hosting and would love to put up a Mastodon instance there to help <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/redecentralize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>redecentralize</span></a> the web and create a friendly space for fellow open web learning geeks.<br><a href="https://bavatuesdays.com/some-notes-on-mastodon-after-two-weeks/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bavatuesdays.com/some-notes-on</span><span class="invisible">-mastodon-after-two-weeks/</span></a></p>
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