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been wondering about this lately and wanted to ask if others have been thinking about this too (take two).

what does the indie web need the most right now? if that’s kinda hard to answer, to phrase it in another way: if you could snap your fingers and add one of these to the #indieweb, which do you think would have the biggest positive impact?

#writers, #blog aficionados, #web enjoyers, #website browsers: lend me your ears! i need help with a big push to get the word out about #writing for GOOD INTERNET magazine's autumn issue! a digital AND physical magazine that ships all over the world, run & contributed to by volunteers! (‼️)

in case you're unaware, GOOD INTERNET covers a lot of different aspects of the #SmallWeb: unplugging from the corporate web, fighting #enshittification, migrating from data-harvesting corpo social media, creating your own personal website, using code and website-building as an art form, federation, and creating websites for fun. the aim is to be approachable for beginners and enjoyable for seasoned #indieweb travelers!

you don't have to be a professional #webdev or a #coding smartypants to write about all the good things happening on "this side" of the web. the idea here is to spread the word about and share thoughts, independent web projects, services, methods, sites, meet-ups, and celebrate the non-corporate web together while making it easier for us to partake and unplug from #bigtech.

📏 looking for 1,000- to 4,000-word articles aimed at website owners and hobbyists, digital (and traditional) #artists, #internet culture enthusiasts, #technology nerds, #socialmedia expatriates, & anyone who wants to unplug from the corporate-owned #web.

⏲️ the deadline is AUGUST 22, 2025 ⏲️

ℹ️ more info here: goodinternetmagazine.com/conta

Good Internet · Contact UsPitching stories Unfortunately, at this time, we cannot pay for article submissions or art. Appropriate topics Articles can either be sourced and journalistic or first-hand accounts and personal stories. Since our magazine is geared towards hobbyists, articles should not be aimed at those who do not already own personal websites

YouTube is now recommending me a bunch of videos of people making their own cute little HTML websites, usually on Neocities or what they are calling The Indie Web and its giving me hope.

I knew this was a thing, and I knew people are still making websites like this, but it's really fun to see people encouraging people to do the same or making tutorials on YouTube.

@marighoul.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

youtu.be/Tv223kX0SRg

Wordpress' editor is just total garbage, I've decided. Fiddly, obtuse and annoying.

I'm now looking at building a blog in
11ty and throwing it up on Neocities. 11ty's built around the fabulous Markdown, meaning it's the perfect use-case for my beloved Obsidian.

Neocities, eh? Maybe for kicks I'll search on
Lycos for some cool Myspace pages and fire up Winamp for that authentic llama-whipping late-90's-internet feel.

🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙
#11ty #Neocities #Markdown #Obsidian #Myspace #Winamp #Lycos #90sInternet
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Apparently parts of the commercial side of the internet were down last night...or Google

Which is complete news to me - oh that's right, that is because I don't use Google or the shite that was down!

However, I am still looking for a new platform for my blog which I haven't posted to for ages...i was thinking Neocities?
Main reason I have not posted new stuff is blogger is owned by google, so they'll simply scrape anything new for their piece of shit LLM!