"…The World Wide Web didn’t leave us

The World Wide Web is still here, we’re just not using it like we were.. It doesn’t need to be complicated to allow us a free and open expression of creativity."

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Long live the indie web, indeed

So, here’s something of a little manifesto or rallying cry:

• If you only spend your time on Facebook/Twitter/Medium then stream in, stream out – you’re going to get what you ask for. A fleeting set of stories loosely bound.
• So, spend time in the corners of the web. Subscribe to some newsletters. Bookmark some forums and blogs in your browser and show up regularly. It’s hard, there’s no stream. But you’ll start to find the mom & pop internet not the shopping mall internet.
• Dabble with your own space. Dabble with your own voice. Own your own platform.
• But don’t stop there – own your own distribution too! Build a newsletter. Build a messenger bot to alert people to new posts. Build your own stream. Create a shared delusion of showing up regularly.

Long live the indie web.

~ Tom Critchlow, from Indie Blogging & Distribution

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I was a frequent user of the Internet before the web. Today is vastly better than then. The web straight up kicks ass, and the web is not just alive and well, it’s flourishing. If you aren’t seeing great content, you simply haven’t yet figured out where to look for it. Go look. (Right after you go read the above, of course.)

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