Privacy is about confidentiality. Independence is about whether I can still operate when the platform I've been renting from decides I can't. Different question. Once asked, it reframes nearly every technology decision a founder or owner-operator makes.

https://gabrielmarkley.com/writing/2026/what-survives-if-the-platform-decides-you-dont/

#digitalindependence #digitalsovereignty #owneroperator #aiaugmented #POSSE

What Survives If the Platform Decides You Don’t?

If the platform you depend on decided tomorrow that you didn’t exist, what part of your digital life would still be yours? The answer is your Independent Sovereign Stack. Everything else is rented.

Gabriel Markley
Hi @babetteknauer @Bibliothecaris
the https://IndieWeb.org/POSSE publishing strategy may help resolve the dilemma. #POSSE
POSSE

POSSE is an abbreviation for Publish (on your) Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere, the practice of posting content on your own site first, then publishing copies or sharing links to third parties (like social media silos) with original post links to provide viewers a path to directly interacting with your content.

IndieWeb

@Bibliothecaris

It is wonderful you are active on the #fediverse and are pondering these questions. Going #POSSE is already a huge step in the right direction.

https://indieweb.org/POSSE

PS. The share buttons under the article to either Facebook or LinkedIn stood out to me, given the subject matter :)

POSSE

POSSE is an abbreviation for Publish (on your) Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere, the practice of posting content on your own site first, then publishing copies or sharing links to third parties (like social media silos) with original post links to provide viewers a path to directly interacting with your content.

IndieWeb

@wlaatje @MishaVelthuis

En nog steeds maken NPO programma's anno 2026 actief reclame voor hun Bigtech concurrenten. "Volg ons op Facebook" , 'Laat ons weten via Instagram", etc. etc.

En niet eens een https://nietzonder.nl variant. Het blijft ongelofelijk.

#npo #posse #digitalsovereignty

Niet Zonder! - Geen giftige socials zonder alternatief!

Geen Instagram zonder Mastodon, geen WhatsApp zonder Signal, geen Youtube zonder Peertube

NietZonder.nl
Do you keep a personal website? Your own digital garden? Do you micropub? Webmention? #POSSE? If yes, #IndieWeb camps & zooms may interest you. 6pm Pacific Daylight Time Wednesday. (Tho you don't have to be in that time zone). I hope to see you there. https://events.indieweb.org/2026/05/homebrew-website-club-pacific-I6R42orabeg1
Homebrew Website Club - Pacific

I suppose next step would be to implement #POSSE (Publish on your Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere) for these micro shout-into-the-voids with a seasoning of #lisp and #emacs to keep things spicy
#indieweb #smallweb

I don't like holding my phone around my kids, so I carry a Fuji XE5 and a DJI Osmo Nano instead. Here's the Mac automation that grades Osmo footage in the background while I'm back outside with them (862 words)
#osmonano #colorgrading #portra #kodakportra #macautomation #videoworkflow #dji #dadlife #posse

🔗 https://behindtheviewfinder.com/osmo-nano-workflow/

POSSE

POSSE is an abbreviation for Publish (on your) Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere, the practice of posting content on your own site first, then publishing copies or sharing links to third parties (like social media silos) with original post links to provide viewers a path to directly interacting with your content.

IndieWeb
@j12t "The IndieWeb is known for defining the term POSSE (Publish on Your Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere) which advocates for using a personal website as the primary place to publish on the web, and syndicating to other services where desired" #POSSE, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IndieWeb
IndieWeb - Wikipedia