Mastodawn

May 25

I can't decide if they are really coming back, or if they never really went away - just that veneer was over it - the big platforms were getting our attention and we collectively forgot how to surf the web.

It's totally fine that platforms exist for those who aren't interested in building their own places on the web.

Maybe it is coming back some, because the current social media mess is helping a new generation to see beyond the feeds, and try their own hand at building the web.

@sarajw I hope so!

@sarajw @tg what a lovely essay and presentation!

Bjarne Oldrup May 25

@sarajw @tg You know what The Boring Internet does well too? Work in Reader Mode, or being sent to you e-reader with a click of a button.

I like "boring"

Khleedril May 25

@oldrup @sarajw @tg Good and well but I take the view that if you need to switch to Reader mode then there must be something wrong with the website. Failed to just keep it simple.

Jake in the desert May 25

@sarajw @tg totally. Yeah, I love this post- been gathering up stuff for this to make a post of my own.. so much amazing stuff resurfacing lately. Most of which has been around for a while, too. Awesome.

May 25

@jake4480 @tg ooh yes dooo eeeet

Jake in the desert May 25

@sarajw @tg there's so much amazing stuff to go through, and I don't want to miss any - my bookmarks are full of cool stuff. When I have time and motivation.. haha - but I did start writing some, it's tough to resist making a whole site for a reference, but so many of those exist - I think it's mostly about organizing what I have and trying to not make the blog post too long, but also avoiding perfection and eventually to just pump it OUT! 😂

May 25

@jake4480 @tg also a blog post, or a page on a website, doesn't have to be perfect or even finished on first posting. Make it a living document!

Jake in the desert May 25

@sarajw @tg that's true. I've actually been thinking about changing around the links of https://oldtimeywebportal.neocities.org some to reflect it, too.

Mr Beamer's Old Timey Web Portal

Mr Beamer's Old Timey Web Portal harkens back to the days of olde on the internette.

@jake4480 nice!!

@jake4480 @sarajw @tg Get that sorted with a Beer and Bread category, and you're all set, brother! Surely you've shown this to me before, but I forgot to bookmark it... ;>)

Alex Head May 25

@sarajw @tg that was perfect

</𐒴ⴹⲦЕᏟᎻ>May 25

@sarajw @tg I feel, as we reclaim the net with "our" sites, strong firewalls that block them and their tools are essential. There is no reason for google to be poking around my site, so it and all their ilk are summarily blocked. Humans are welcome, broligarchs and their enshitifications are not.

Flash Mob Of One May 25

@sarajw @tg Yes, there's even a new iteration of GeoCities called 'NeoCities'.

🍁voilà-DCKIM🍁May 26

@sarajw @tg hi. I did a single-file vanilla JS program for drawing websites/front end stuff.

It might be worth having a look. It's fairly easy to use, and I have completed the documentation up to the current stage of development.

Every time I look at it, it seems amazing again, it even rolls the images up into a single image atlas in the outgoing file(s).

It can even be a good starting point for making the interface for your own single-file programs.

dckim . com(program) . org(docs)

Xdej May 26

Thanks @sarajw for sharing!
I read it throughfully and as it ends with "If you got this far, I'd love to hear from you", I nottify @tg (I do not use RSS).
Edit: At first read I missed that Mastodon was discussed as a "quirky, SMTP-shaped thing".

@xdej @tg he does mention Mastodon as a quirky, "SMTP-shaped thing" :)

Annette C. Boehm May 26

@sarajw what a cool read, thanks for sharing this!

Hollie May 26

@ferngirl @sarajw I love this :)

#ThePersistentInternet #TheResilientInternet #OurWeb #ProtocolsNotCorporarions #TerryGodier

the roamer May 26

@sarajw

"Every property that made these protocols feel old and uncool in 2014 is part of what's keeping them alive in 2026."

Excellent essay on the resilence of the core internet, by Terry Godier. It lifts up the spirit of the battle-weary follower of #JoanMastodon.

Thank you for the link Sara. (It makes such good sense in your post profile.)

Hat tip to @tg for his great essay.

@the_roamer ha, my post profile! Yes it slots right in :D

llanciawn May 26

@sarajw @tg People said letting business in would ruin it.

@llanciawn They weren't wrong.

@tg

Ben Curthoys May 26

@sarajw @tg In trying to find a balance between "the addictive psychic poison of smartphone social media" and "the need to learn about and prepare for participation in online culture", my 11yo has a nokia and an email address like it's 2003.

I should set her up a proper oldschool blog too.

@bencurthoys it's hard! Our kids have access to tablets but the time they use them is very limited.

I sort of plan that as they get older, we have some family pool smartphones, that they can use when leaving the house for the things these phones do well - maps, location sharing (with their consent once they are older ofc) - and on those I think whatsapp etc will be there, but on the understanding that anyone in the family might see it.

Teenagerhood does need privacy too, so will have to see...