David Imel
Start your own website. Run your own blog. Use decentralized and open-sourced platforms

@ghost is a great open-sourced blogging platform and website builder
Pixelfed is doing great work for images and runs on the social web

Support open social projects so your homes on the web don't fall apart
Jan 20, 2025 at 4:28pmWeb
Show threadDavid ImelJan 20, 2025
I'm sad that Twitter is gone. I'm sad that Instagram doesn't care about photography anymore. It sucks to start your social graph over.

But if you're gonna do this again you might as well future-proof it.
Show threadbfaliszekJan 20, 2025
@davidimel so your own instances of Pixelfed and Mastodon?
Show threadIan TingenJan 20, 2025
OK, I’ll bite.

What are we going to future proof by doing it this way?

I’m asking out of genuine curiosity, not out of snark.
Show threadDavid ImelJan 20, 2025
With Open Source like Ghost, even if Ghost the Company goes out of business, you can still use Ghost the product to run your website if you self-host. Can even do that now.

With decentralized services your can access and post your content from everywhere so you're not reliant on a single platform/owner.

So you're future-proofing yourself against enshittification.
Show threadDavid ImelJan 20, 2025
At this point it's not just about interoperability, it's about keeping your spaces in your control and safe from billionaires enshitifying your experience for more capital extraction.

The internet isn't as fun as it used to be and it's pretty obvious why.
Show threadCoach Pāṇini ®Jan 20, 2025

@davidimel

Ironic statement posted from Threads - granted opted into the Fediverse 😂

Show threadBastianJan 20, 2025

@paninid @davidimel indeed. Just on more step. Leave the Zuck behind on his pathetic clone of an even more pathetic platform.

… owned by an even more disgusting person.

Show threadCoach Pāṇini ®Jan 20, 2025

@hiiaminfi @davidimel

https://www.superversive.co/essays/rewilding-digital-castles-amp-kingdoms

Rewilding Digital Gardens — Superversive

Reflection Point Last year, I refactored a personal New Years Resolution into a months-long customer discovery exercise. After only a few conversations, friends and colleagues started to ask questions about my intent: “What are you going to do with all this material? Are you gonna do a TedTalk

Superversive
Show thread🌺 𝒱𝒶𝓁𝑒𝓇𝒾𝑒 🐢Jan 20, 2025
Makes me glad that I kept my website all these years. It boggled my mind a bit that folks who care about their online presence didn't or don't have their own websites.
Show threadAndrew TecJan 20, 2025
do you self host Ghost or use their managed service?
Show threadDavid ImelJan 20, 2025
Currently use the managed service but I've been looking into self hosting
Show threadsᴛᴇʀʟɪɴɢJan 20, 2025
Consigned.
Show threadJustinJan 21, 2025
I love federation but I just find this so unlikely. People don't have the time for that. They just want some respite from the horrors of everyday life and centralised platforms are just the easiest way to do it
Show threadadrian vilaJan 22, 2025
So I've been looking into Ghost as a replacement for Squarespace and I like the content management part of it, but not so sure about the marketing / store side. Do you have any experience with this?