11 years ago today, Ryan Barrett (https://snarfed.org/ @schnarfed) launched Bridgy (https://brid.gy/) to copy #socialmedia replies as comments on original blog posts.
This meant those of us building #IndieWeb sites could use a service for that functionality, instead of having to write code ourselves, for each proprietary API.
When a few of us originally started syndicating to silos (https://indieweb.org/POSSE), and sometimes reverse-syndicating replies (https://indieweb.org/backfeed), we had to write custom code to do so, calling each social media API (like Twitter) both ways.
Bridgy alleviated some of that burden, and over time added support for more silos, sometimes dropping support when they were shutdown (Google+, Buzz) or scuttled their APIs (Facebook).
While Bridgy started only with backfeed as a service, it eventually added publishing support, POSSE as a service.
Even though I already had code working to POSSE text notes to Twitter, when I added photo posting support to my site, rather than write more code to call Twitter’s API, I started conditionally using Bridgy Publish to POSSE my photo (and video) posts.
In 2017, Ryan launched Bridgy Fed (https://fed.brid.gy) which he has substantially improved in the past few months.
I and many others now use Bridgy Fed to broadcast to & interact with Mastodon (and other ActivityPub) servers, without having to write any ActivityPub, Webfinger etc. code ourselves.
https://tantek.com/2022/301/t1/twittermigration-bridgyfed-mastodon-indieweb
Every user of Bridgy Fed gets a nice dashboard for notifications and activity. Here’s mine: https://fed.brid.gy/user/tantek.com
Bridgy is a great example of a project that was started to fulfill a personal need (https://indieweb.org/make_what_you_need), growing to support broader community needs.
Read more about Bridgy & Bridgy Fed:
* https://indieweb.org/Bridgy (including Publish)
* https://indieweb.org/Bridgy_Fed
* Launch post: https://snarfed.org/2012-01-08_bridgy_launched
It’s this hybrid of encouraging personally relevant work and community contributions that makes the #IndieWeb community special.
Yes there is a focus on greater independence with your personal website. However we can all do more by working together.
We achieve more independence, more quickly, by collaborating in community.
This is day 8 of #100DaysOfIndieWeb #100Days.
← Day 7: https://tantek.com/2023/007/t2/more-100daysofindieweb-projects
→ Day 9: https://tantek.com/2023/009/t2/edit-reply-comment-update
@aaronpk @denicmarko It’s worse than that static snapshot (curious how you found it).
See: https://tantek.com/2011/238/b1/many-ways-slice-url-name-pieces#ud
And there’s ~12 years of research & updates pending since.
@jlgatewood@mastodon.cloud my notepad++ equivalent is BBEdit http://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/index.html (@bbedit@mastodon.social), which as they say “doesn’t suck”, on the contrary, it’s been a fast, solid, & reliable text editor for decades. It’s even faster & more dependable than Apple’s built-in “Notes” app which has become quirkier and *worse* in recent OS updates (e.g. weirdly linking #hashtags when I wish it would leave them alone, without a preference for turning that off).
However yes, when I post a new #100DaysofIndieWeb post, I’m “copypasta”-ing as you say the new permalink into the previous day’s post, and vice versa, using BBEdit of course.
https://nataliekraneiss.com/ (@natalie@hcommons.social) I agree with your concerns about not being “able to edit or delete the syndicated posts afterwards”.
In short, my personal site tantek.com is its own “instance” but without running Mastodon.
I use https://fed.brid.gy/ to connect my site directly to #fediverse sites like Mastodon servers, without any need for syndication, cross-posting, or publishing copies of my posts. More details here: https://tantek.com/2022/301/t1/twittermigration-bridgyfed-mastodon-indieweb
Because I use my site directly, I can edit/update/delete posts, and send a Webmention to #BridgyFed to propagate those changes to any #fediverse servers caching my post, all of which update themselves accordingly.
I’m not that familiar with the WordPress ActivityPub plugin, however, there’s a great community of folks who can help with any questions about it here: https://chat.indieweb.org/wordpress
Hope that helps and good luck!
@daviddelven@pkm.social that post is day 4 of my #100DaysOfIndieWeb project which I started on January 1st:
Day 1: https://tantek.com/2023/001/t1/own-your-notes
That and subsequent days should help provide context.
For example, I noticed you have your own personal domain daviddelgado.cat, yet it seems to redirect to a Linktree. One way to make your web presence more #IndieWeb would be to use a static page served directly on your domain for that, instead of redirecting to a 3rd party service.
If you feel comfortable with HTML+CSS, you could follow the instructions at https://indieweb.org/GitHub_Pages to setup a free static GitHub page to serve at your domain, and add all the same links you have on your Linktree.
@nomdeb@mstdn.social that’s good to know. Yes, I’ve seen these “follower collectors” as well. Hard to believe that such a high percentage of Twitter followers are dormant, or perhaps just bots or brands. I think you’re right that Twitter algorithms are pushing down our real person/connection posts, “in favor of engagement types of tweets”.
Since a month ago, the differences have grown on my recent posts:
Now ~6.3x (up from 2x) more #fediverse responses per post than Twitter, ~900:1 (up from ~500:1) difference per follower (having ~142x more Twitter followers).
https://crowdersoup.com/ (@CrowderSoup@hachyderm.io) glad to hear it and congrats on starting your #100DaysOfIndieWeb project!
I added you to the list on the #IndieWeb wiki:
* https://indieweb.org/100_days#2023
Keep up the good work!
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