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Table of Contents
Introduction
How the web used to be, and how it should be again.
- What is microblogging?
- Uses for a microblog
- Leaving Twitter
- Mission to movement
- The way forward
Part 1: Foundation
All the basics. Setting up WordPress and other blogging platforms.
- Domain names
- Syndication
- RSS for microblogs
- JSON Feed
- Introducing Micro.blog
- Starting with WordPress
- Alternative platforms
- Micro.blog and feeds
- Migration
- Blogging workflow
- Why indie microblogging
- Interview with Brent Simmons
Part 2: IndieWeb
History of the IndieWeb. Microformats, Micropub, and posting tools.
- Permanence
- Silos
- Decentralization
- Microformats
- Blog archive format
- Owning your content
- IndieAuth
- Micropub
- Posting tools
- Interview with Tantek Çelik and Aaron Parecki
Part 3: Photography
How social networks embraced smartphone photos.
- Influence
- Reposts
- UI impacts behavior
- Square photos
- Using HTML
- Starting a new photo blog
- Posting photos
- Sunlit
- Photo feeds
- Interview
Part 4: Notifications
Improving the blogging user experience. The rise of Mastodon. Real-time notifications with WebSub.
- Mastodon
- ActivityPub
- Cross-posting
- WebSub
- Indie readers
- Interview
Part 5: Community
Conversations across blogs. Curation and discovery.
- Replies
- Webmention
- Harassment
- Unattended algorithms
- Open gardens
- Discovery
- Misinformation
- Popularity contests
- Banning users
- Micro Monday
- Interview with Jean MacDonald
Part 6: Microcasting
Easier podcasting and the threat against the podcast ecosystem.
- Penn Station
- Starting a podcast
- Netflix for podcasts
- Spotify acquires Gimlet
- Video
- Hope
- Interview
Conclusion
What's next.
- Breaking up Facebook
- Regulation
- The way out
- Sticking to the mission statement
- Special thanks