That was an amazing write up and it's awesome that you could do most of that with just HMTL and CSS!
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Super agree! There was a transition to get here and we have to transition away from it. We can't expect everybody to jump on board, especially when jumping on board means becoming an advocate for your whole team to have to relearn everything they know. We have to get real learning material out there (beyond just basic tutorials, like you say) and help these devs learn the patterns they need to transition their teams toward progressive enhancement.
Is the design of other users' webmention displays the only part that confuses you or is there something else? If that's the only thing, it seems like webmentions solve the problem of community building for you. Since it's your site, you get to decide if you display them and how. You could choose not to display likes/reposts but to display replies like a comment thread.
The silos have conditioned everyone to want maximum reach, which is always going to be harder with decentralized services. Interoperability between decentralized services is always piecemeal; see Mastodon's reliance on ActivityPub + WebFinger + other subtle heuristics. That slows any attempt to build a cohesive decentralized platform that works for everyone/every media type.
This is Mastodon’s moment, and it has a very serious chance of succeeding. The thing that will help it (and the internet, and the concept of actual decent, social social networks) is more, smaller instances.
This is the fediverse's moment. I think the fediverse and the Web would be better served if more people learned about the wider fediverse instead of just mastodon. Just like with web browsers, we need a plurality of software. Chrome being the largest, most dominant browser isn't good for the Web and mastodon being the largest, most dominant fediverse software isn't good for the fediverse.
A simple subscribeable h-card website service
This is something I've always wanted; a more indieweb version of OPML or an upgraded blogroll. This would really help with discovery!
I've learned that most of the things that English speakers are taught about grammar are pure opinion and have no effect on the language. Starting a sentence with a conjunction, ending a sentence with a preposition, splitting an infinitive, or using a double negative are things that early British writers decided didn't meet their tastes at the time when the language was just beginning to be accepted as a literary language. They don't have any basis in linguistics or comprehension; they're based on morals and classism. For example, they thought double negatives are illogical because, mathematically, the words would cancel out, so people who used double negatives must be less logical. But there are plenty of languages where these features are used or even required, e.g. Spanish makes use of double negation a lot.
This sounds awesome! I use Alpine on a few personal tools, so I'll definitely check this out.
100%! I couldn't agree more
This is really cool. I always like neat SVG decorations
Nice! If you're looking for more IndieWeb places to syndicate, there's also IndieWeb.xzy, which is a reddit-like aggregator minus any handling of comments, and IndieForums, which is a forum that handles comments but everything is a syndicated post.
Wow, this little experiment became important enough to put the entire mission on hold. Sad that this is the beginning of its end, but if this impressive performance was the bare minimum, I imagine NASA will look into sending more advanced designs on future missions. I can't wait to see the next version.