Amen. β€œMy strongest belief about the social web is that if we want it to succeed, we have to keep lowering the barrier to entry.” #Ghost
John O'Nolan
Reflections on the social web
My biggest point of uncertainty about Ghost 6.0 was whether people were going to "get" the social web integration. The technology is wonderful, bu...
Updated #podcast numbers and #YouTube is dominating - worrisome as they do not use open podcast formats….
Sherwood News
In the world of podcasts, YouTube is now the elephant in the room β€” just like in TV
Podcasts are increasingly YouTube ft. everyone else β€” even tech giants like Amazon are restructuring to favor video-first podcasts led by hosts...
This is a big, big deal for the #OpenSocialWeb today - congrats to the #Ghost team!
Ghost
Ghost 6.0
Welcome to the social web. Networked publishing, native analytics, and $100M earned by indie publishers.
The fediverse and the larger open social web is such a better place because of the choices that @Flipboard has made. We are lucky to have them.
Flipboard
15 Years of Flipboard: Celebrating a Platform Built for Journalism, Curiosity and Community | Flipboard
flipboard.com - When Flipboard launched in 2010, we set out to reimagine how people discover and engage with content online. Instead of cluttered s...
@npub1dadl...y568 has proven to be an incredible and responsible steward of the #IndiewebSocial community here.
Indieweb.Social
Admin (@indiewebadmin@indieweb.social)
Attached: 1 image 🚨 We've updated the indieweb.social Community Guidelines 🚨 Following consultation with the indeweb.social community we h...
This tracks. #grok
TechCrunch
Grok 4 seems to consult Elon Musk to answer controversial questions | TechCrunch
Elon Musk's newly launched AI chatbot, Grok 4, seemed to reference Musk's posts on social media before answering controversial questions.
Something I have been meaning to do since the hand off of the #admin of #IndiewebSocial to @npub142g8...kmy5 who have been excellent stewards of this community - is to join as a reoccurring giver myself! β˜‘οΈ Done! And if you are among the (almost) 12,000 who have made this server your social home, you should too! cc: @npub1p6sw...9358 https://patreon.com/indiewebsocial?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_fan&utm_content=join_link image
Pretty much. #grok image
Created this @npub1ekk7...vy6m feed about the upcoming #fedicon Who else should be on? cc: @npub1t208...l7dl @npub16d5j...u6mu #surffeeds
Fedicon Chatter by Tim Chambers on Surf
Surf - Feed including official #Fedicon event accounts - and chatter about the open social web event occurring in Vancouver.
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It is our best hope. Build on that hope. β€œAnd while the decentralized aspects of Bluesky are mostly notional at this point, and Mastodon and its ilk are only being used by a tiny fraction of the population, they still exist β€” and the potential for federation of posts and other content is one of the few rays of hope in the current fractured landscape. Will it continue to grow, or will it always remain a good idea that never reaches fruition? I wish I knew the answer.”
The Torment Nexus
Reports of Bluesky's death have been greatly exaggerated
A little over six months ago, I (and pretty much everyone else with a pulse) was writing about Bluesky's meteoric growth, which seemed to be driven...