Personal sites are wonderful. But they can be a lot of work to set up & maintain. Also: personal solutions don't solve the problem of building networks & public digital spaces.
— Mia (not her best work) (@TerribleMia) April 27, 2022
If we want 'personal sites' to be an answer to social platforms, we have a lot of work to do.Yes. I wonder how much RSS can fill the “networks” space and what else is missing? How can it be better?
— Zach Leatherman (@zachleat) April 27, 2022
Not asking you for answers, but I’m definitely thinking about thisI think RSS could be part of it. I keep circling back to: a browser could helps provide interface around RSS, webmentions, whatever - and even help you start your own simple site from a template?
— Mia (not her best work) (@TerribleMia) April 27, 2022
I always circle back to the Lost Infrastructure chart here https://indieweb.org/lost_infrastructure and wonder:
- in which boxes can the technology requirements be simplified for publishers and maintainers of individual websites but still allow for the broadest inter-operation?
- which axes are missing?
- which boxes need to be expanded with technology for better plurality?