Fediverse predictions

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    "author": {
        "name": "Manton Reece",
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    "name": "Fediverse predictions",
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        "html": "<p>Tim Chambers has <a href=\"https://www.timothychambers.net/2025/12/23/my-open-social-web-predictions.html\">his yearly predictions post for the open web</a>. I enjoy these posts and I agree with most of his predictions for 2026.</p>\n<p>But there is one prediction that I think is too optimistic:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The ActivityPub Fediverse (excluding Threads) will cross 15 million registered users, monthly active users [\u2026] will plateau around 2-3 million. Another good year in terms of stable base, but no big waves of new users. Both Bluesky and Fediverse growth won\u2019t come from big waves of migration this year.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>To put this in context, according to <a href=\"https://fedidb.com/\">FediDB</a> the current count of registered users is just short of 12 million. It has grown about 1 million users in each of the last couple of years. I know from Micro.blog\u2019s contribution to these numbers that there are also spam accounts and other junk that has yet to be cleaned out, but still I think these numbers are mostly correct.</p>\n<p>You can see this steady, slow growth in total users from this FediDB graph:</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/10/2025/paste-b15fb63f.png\" alt=\"A graph displays user and server growth over time, showing stable user numbers and a slight increase in servers, with a 30-day user decline of 60.4K and server growth of 4.3K.\" style=\"max-width:500px;\" /><p>The problem is active users. There, we see occasional spikes as users migrate from Twitter / X, but generally the fediverse in terms of active users is shrinking, not growing. Absent some major event or new fediverse platform, I don\u2019t expect active users to get much over 1 million again, let alone 2-3 million. Here\u2019s the graph of the last couple of years:</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/10/2025/paste-bd5390df.png\" alt=\"A line graph depicts a fluctuating trend of active growth, peaking in February 2025 and showing an overall decline, with a negative growth rate of -11.8K.\" style=\"max-width:500px;\" /><p>January through April 2025 was the influx of users from Twitter / X, as Trump took office and Elon Musk went all-in on politics and culture wars. But a few months later that fediverse growth had evaporated, and active users today is apparently less than it was two years ago.</p>\n<p>One way to view this is that the fediverse rises and falls naturally based on current events and popular software. Another way to view it is that the fediverse is in trouble, boxed in on one side by massive Bluesky growth and on the other side held back by the dominance of Mastodon.</p>\n<p>Mastodon is an incredible success story, yet it still feels unapproachable for new users and it has changed very little in the last several years. I think Mastodon recreates some problems from Twitter in likes and boosts, fixes a few things such as an open protocol and more hands-on curation with small communities, while also adding new wrinkles in the form of local timelines leading to filter bubbles and pile-ons.</p>\n<p>There is nothing wrong with Mastodon remaining a small platform in the context of Threads and Bluesky. If people are finding value in it, contributing to the open web, that\u2019s great. But if I\u2019m right that the fediverse has already plateaued, and we care about expanding indie blogging and open social networks, we must continue to adopt a plurality approach, not tied only to the ActivityPub-based fediverse. More platforms should have strong support for RSS and multiple social protocols, rooted in blogs and the broader open web.</p>",
        "text": "Tim Chambers has his yearly predictions post for the open web. I enjoy these posts and I agree with most of his predictions for 2026.\nBut there is one prediction that I think is too optimistic:\n\nThe ActivityPub Fediverse (excluding Threads) will cross 15 million registered users, monthly active users [\u2026] will plateau around 2-3 million. Another good year in terms of stable base, but no big waves of new users. Both Bluesky and Fediverse growth won\u2019t come from big waves of migration this year.\n\nTo put this in context, according to FediDB the current count of registered users is just short of 12 million. It has grown about 1 million users in each of the last couple of years. I know from Micro.blog\u2019s contribution to these numbers that there are also spam accounts and other junk that has yet to be cleaned out, but still I think these numbers are mostly correct.\nYou can see this steady, slow growth in total users from this FediDB graph:\nThe problem is active users. There, we see occasional spikes as users migrate from Twitter / X, but generally the fediverse in terms of active users is shrinking, not growing. Absent some major event or new fediverse platform, I don\u2019t expect active users to get much over 1 million again, let alone 2-3 million. Here\u2019s the graph of the last couple of years:\nJanuary through April 2025 was the influx of users from Twitter / X, as Trump took office and Elon Musk went all-in on politics and culture wars. But a few months later that fediverse growth had evaporated, and active users today is apparently less than it was two years ago.\nOne way to view this is that the fediverse rises and falls naturally based on current events and popular software. Another way to view it is that the fediverse is in trouble, boxed in on one side by massive Bluesky growth and on the other side held back by the dominance of Mastodon.\nMastodon is an incredible success story, yet it still feels unapproachable for new users and it has changed very little in the last several years. I think Mastodon recreates some problems from Twitter in likes and boosts, fixes a few things such as an open protocol and more hands-on curation with small communities, while also adding new wrinkles in the form of local timelines leading to filter bubbles and pile-ons.\nThere is nothing wrong with Mastodon remaining a small platform in the context of Threads and Bluesky. If people are finding value in it, contributing to the open web, that\u2019s great. But if I\u2019m right that the fediverse has already plateaued, and we care about expanding indie blogging and open social networks, we must continue to adopt a plurality approach, not tied only to the ActivityPub-based fediverse. More platforms should have strong support for RSS and multiple social protocols, rooted in blogs and the broader open web."
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    "summary": "Some thoughts on fediverse predictions for 2026, especially whether the fediverse is likely to grow significantly next year.",
    "published": "2025-12-27T14:47:46-06:00",
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        "html": "<p>a late gift to kiki homepage construction set instance operators to close out 2025: some very necessary bug fixes! :D </p><p>I noticed that pages were accidentally being reverse-sorted based on their publication date. </p><p>also caught some weirdness with Bug (kiki's teeny tiny not-markdown markup language) when it came to opening/closing paragraphs - that is now fixed.</p><p>and finally, the $$time$$ dynamic content variable now auto-generates the page time based on the file's last-modified time on your server.</p><p>enjoy kiki ops! and thank you for a wonderful year responding to your ideas, feature requests and bug traps. \ud83d\ude4f it warms my heart knowing that there are a bunch of people out there running their own little instances on the worldwideweb.</p><p><a href=\"https://tomotama.itch.io/kiki\"><span>https://</span><span>tomotama.itch.io/kiki</span><span></span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.tomodori.net/tags/kiki\">#<span>kiki</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.tomodori.net/tags/smolWeb\">#<span>smolWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.tomodori.net/tags/indieWeb\">#<span>indieWeb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "a late gift to kiki homepage construction set instance operators to close out 2025: some very necessary bug fixes! :D \n\nI noticed that pages were accidentally being reverse-sorted based on their publication date. \n\nalso caught some weirdness with Bug (kiki's teeny tiny not-markdown markup language) when it came to opening/closing paragraphs - that is now fixed.\n\nand finally, the $$time$$ dynamic content variable now auto-generates the page time based on the file's last-modified time on your server.\n\nenjoy kiki ops! and thank you for a wonderful year responding to your ideas, feature requests and bug traps. \ud83d\ude4f it warms my heart knowing that there are a bunch of people out there running their own little instances on the worldwideweb.\n\nhttps://tomotama.itch.io/kiki\n\n#kiki #smolWeb #indieWeb"
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    "url": "https://mastodon.social/@HisVirusness/115793497162913081",
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        "html": "<p>hVmark, the custom markup language behind HisVirusness.com, is officially FOSS.</p><p><a href=\"https://hisvirusness.com/now#hvmark-is-officially-foss\"><span>https://</span><span>hisvirusness.com/now#hvmark-is</span><span>-officially-foss</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/markup\">#<span>markup</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/markdown\">#<span>markdown</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/marksideways\">#<span>marksideways</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/github\">#<span>github</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/foss\">#<span>foss</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/webdev\">#<span>webdev</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/smallweb\">#<span>smallweb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "hVmark, the custom markup language behind HisVirusness.com, is officially FOSS.\n\nhttps://hisvirusness.com/now#hvmark-is-officially-foss\n\n#markup #markdown #marksideways #github #foss #webdev #indieweb #smallweb"
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    "published": "2025-12-27T20:49:08+00:00",
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    "url": "https://social.lol/@t04d8b/115792767590981426",
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        "html": "<p>Anyone partaking in a 100 day project in 2026?</p><p>Thinking about doing another round of short-form poetry, primarily haiku and tanka augmented with surreal humor doodles and illustrations.</p><p>Sort of like this \ud83d\ude42</p><p>* waiting, wasting days<br />* taunting, green avocado <br />* unripened temptress</p><p><a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a><br /><a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/100DayProject\">#<span>100DayProject</span></a><br /><a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/haiku\">#<span>haiku</span></a><br /><a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/doodles\">#<span>doodles</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Anyone partaking in a 100 day project in 2026?\n\nThinking about doing another round of short-form poetry, primarily haiku and tanka augmented with surreal humor doodles and illustrations.\n\nSort of like this \ud83d\ude42\n\n* waiting, wasting days\n* taunting, green avocado \n* unripened temptress\n\n#IndieWeb\n#100DayProject\n#haiku\n#doodles"
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    "url": "https://islandinthenet.com/cornerstone-1-1-0/",
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        "html": "<p><strong>Cornerstone 1.1.0: Fediverse Avatars Now Display Properly</strong></p><br /><br />\nThe Fediverse Interactions section now shows actual profile pictures from Mastodon and other ActivityPub platforms.<br /><br /><p><a href=\"https://islandinthenet.com/cornerstone-1-1-0/\"><span>https://</span><span>islandinthenet.com/cornerstone</span><span>-1-1-0/</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Cornerstone 1.1.0: Fediverse Avatars Now Display Properly\n\n\nThe Fediverse Interactions section now shows actual profile pictures from Mastodon and other ActivityPub platforms.\n\nhttps://islandinthenet.com/cornerstone-1-1-0/"
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    "url": "https://indieweb.social/@khurtwilliams/115792206184682494",
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        "html": "<p><a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/activitypub\">#<span>activitypub</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://islandinthenet.com/cornerstone-1-1-0/\"><span>https://</span><span>islandinthenet.com/cornerstone</span><span>-1-1-0/</span></a></p>",
        "text": "#indieweb #activitypub\n\nhttps://islandinthenet.com/cornerstone-1-1-0/"
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    "url": "https://social.lol/@brennan/115792101149775891",
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        "html": "<p>Thoughts on Digital Third Spaces | \ud83d\udd17 <a href=\"https://brennan.day/thoughts-on-digital-third-spaces/\"><span>https://</span><span>brennan.day/thoughts-on-digita</span><span>l-third-spaces/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/community\">#<span>community</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/third\">#<span>third</span></a>-spaces <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/philosophy\">#<span>philosophy</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Thoughts on Digital Third Spaces | \ud83d\udd17 https://brennan.day/thoughts-on-digital-third-spaces/\n\n#community #indieweb #third-spaces #philosophy"
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    "url": "https://mastodon.social/@susam/115791638638982163",
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        "html": "<p>I have a slightly odd hobby. I collect related words of equal length.</p><p><a href=\"https://susam.net/eql.html\"><span>https://</span><span>susam.net/eql.html</span><span></span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/blog\">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/post\">#<span>post</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/english\">#<span>english</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/language\">#<span>language</span></a></p>",
        "text": "I have a slightly odd hobby. I collect related words of equal length.\n\nhttps://susam.net/eql.html\n\n#blog #post #indieweb #english #language"
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        "html": "<p>I have a slightly odd hobby. I collect related words of equal length.</p><p><a href=\"https://susam.net/eql.html\"><span>https://</span><span>susam.net/eql.html</span><span></span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/blog\">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/english\">#<span>english</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/language\">#<span>language</span></a></p>",
        "text": "I have a slightly odd hobby. I collect related words of equal length.\n\nhttps://susam.net/eql.html\n\n#blog #indieweb #english #language"
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    "url": "https://fosstodon.org/@eclecticpassions/115790258132148409",
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        "html": "<p>My gift for myself this holiday is diving into uncharted territory\u2014figuring how to setup a <a href=\"https://fosstodon.org/tags/Micropub\">#<span>Micropub</span></a> server for my <a href=\"https://fosstodon.org/tags/Hugo\">#<span>Hugo</span></a> site. Think I'm ready to enter the next step of <a href=\"https://fosstodon.org/tags/Indieweb\">#<span>Indieweb</span></a> integration!</p><p>All the new stuff I came across: <a href=\"https://fosstodon.org/tags/NodeJS\">#<span>NodeJS</span></a>, Vercel/Render, Micropub, <a href=\"https://fosstodon.org/tags/MongoDB\">#<span>MongoDB</span></a>, npm (I did use npx before).</p><p>I successfully got the <a href=\"https://fosstodon.org/tags/Indiekit\">#<span>Indiekit</span></a> endpoints working\u2014didn't think I could do it...\ud83e\udd29 Now upgrading my Hugo templates to accept the new Micropub content. Definitely gonna write this up!</p><p>Sneak peek \ud83d\udc40</p>",
        "text": "My gift for myself this holiday is diving into uncharted territory\u2014figuring how to setup a #Micropub server for my #Hugo site. Think I'm ready to enter the next step of #Indieweb integration!\n\nAll the new stuff I came across: #NodeJS, Vercel/Render, Micropub, #MongoDB, npm (I did use npx before).\n\nI successfully got the #Indiekit endpoints working\u2014didn't think I could do it...\ud83e\udd29 Now upgrading my Hugo templates to accept the new Micropub content. Definitely gonna write this up!\n\nSneak peek \ud83d\udc40"
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    "url": "https://mastodon.online/@andrewmelder/115789904413895413",
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        "html": "<p>In the next year, I'd like to train a Text To Speech (TTS) model on my own voice. </p><p>Then I want to develop a process to push my blog posts on andrewmelder.com through it and have a \"listen to this article\" web player. That way, anyone who wants to listen to it can do so in \"my voice\" instead of a generic TTS model.</p><p>Very achievable, just need to do it. But if there's any examples of this on someone's blog already, I'd love to try it.</p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.online/tags/Blog\">#<span>Blog</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.online/tags/Blogging\">#<span>Blogging</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.online/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "In the next year, I'd like to train a Text To Speech (TTS) model on my own voice. \n\nThen I want to develop a process to push my blog posts on andrewmelder.com through it and have a \"listen to this article\" web player. That way, anyone who wants to listen to it can do so in \"my voice\" instead of a generic TTS model.\n\nVery achievable, just need to do it. But if there's any examples of this on someone's blog already, I'd love to try it.\n\n#Blog #Blogging #IndieWeb"
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    "url": "https://gamedev.lgbt/@illuminesce/115789183119105613",
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        "html": "<p>New <a href=\"https://gamedev.lgbt/tags/blog\">#<span>blog</span></a> post on a solo art walk I did in November.</p><p><a href=\"https://illuminesce.net/blog/posts/2025-12-26-A-Solo-Art-Walk/\"><span>https://</span><span>illuminesce.net/blog/posts/202</span><span>5-12-26-A-Solo-Art-Walk/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://gamedev.lgbt/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "New #blog post on a solo art walk I did in November.\n\nhttps://illuminesce.net/blog/posts/2025-12-26-A-Solo-Art-Walk/\n\n#indieweb"
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    "url": "https://ecoevo.social/@linudz/115788710669450427",
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        "html": "<p>Sto iniziando a mettermi sotto con <a href=\"https://ecoevo.social/tags/substack\">#<span>substack</span></a>, uno in inglese (di cui parler\u00f2 tra qualche giorno) e uno in <a href=\"https://ecoevo.social/tags/italiano\">#<span>italiano</span></a>. In questo numero, parliamo di <a href=\"https://ecoevo.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> e <a href=\"https://ecoevo.social/tags/digitalgarden\">#<span>digitalgarden</span></a>. </p><p>La resistenza contro l'internet morto \u00e8 pi\u00f9 viva che mai. Iscriversi \u00e8 gratis e lo sar\u00e0 sempre.</p><p>Benvenute e benvenuti su linudz.</p><p><a href=\"https://linudz.substack.com/p/episodio-2-per-un-natale-fuori-dai\"><span>https://</span><span>linudz.substack.com/p/episodio</span><span>-2-per-un-natale-fuori-dai</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Sto iniziando a mettermi sotto con #substack, uno in inglese (di cui parler\u00f2 tra qualche giorno) e uno in #italiano. In questo numero, parliamo di #indieweb e #digitalgarden. \n\nLa resistenza contro l'internet morto \u00e8 pi\u00f9 viva che mai. Iscriversi \u00e8 gratis e lo sar\u00e0 sempre.\n\nBenvenute e benvenuti su linudz.\n\nhttps://linudz.substack.com/p/episodio-2-per-un-natale-fuori-dai"
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    "published": "2025-12-27T00:31:51+00:00",
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    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://indieweb.social/@tchambers/115788035765917312",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Well put: \u201cTo conclude this wrapup of my <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> experience in 2025: more than ever, I still regard the open web as my online home. There are communities I feel like I belong to within it \u2014 like the 'open social' community, the Mastodon community, the Eleventy community, etc. Maybe there will eventually be a Cybercultural community! (1/2)</p>",
        "text": "Well put: \u201cTo conclude this wrapup of my #indieweb experience in 2025: more than ever, I still regard the open web as my online home. There are communities I feel like I belong to within it \u2014 like the 'open social' community, the Mastodon community, the Eleventy community, etc. Maybe there will eventually be a Cybercultural community! (1/2)"
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    "published": "2025-12-26T21:40:13+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "46885058",
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://toot.wales/@rhyswynne/115787823931832906",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Not saying it's the boring part of Boxing Day but I've made a \"Now\" page on my personal blog this evening <a href=\"https://www.rhyswynne.co.uk/now\"><span>https://www.</span><span>rhyswynne.co.uk/now</span><span></span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://toot.wales/tags/blogging\">#<span>blogging</span></a> <a href=\"https://toot.wales/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Not saying it's the boring part of Boxing Day but I've made a \"Now\" page on my personal blog this evening https://www.rhyswynne.co.uk/now\n\n#blogging #indieweb"
    },
    "published": "2025-12-26T20:46:21+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "46884898",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://app.wafrn.net/fediverse/post/5b348e0b-b052-47ce-85fd-202acc613c6a",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>One of our Waf neighborhood admins made a forum for creative community: <a href=\"https://forums.vaguely.art/\">https://forums.vaguely.art/</a></p><br /><p>It has spots for all kinds of creative works, including digital, traditional, music, food, and more. I'm on there (wolfwalks), you should join me!</p><br /><a href=\"https://app.wafrn.net/dashboard/search/OldWeb\">#OldWeb</a> <a href=\"https://app.wafrn.net/dashboard/search/IndieWeb\">#IndieWeb</a>",
        "text": "One of our Waf neighborhood admins made a forum for creative community: https://forums.vaguely.art/\nIt has spots for all kinds of creative works, including digital, traditional, music, food, and more. I'm on there (wolfwalks), you should join me!\n#OldWeb #IndieWeb"
    },
    "published": "2025-12-26T20:01:58+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "46884572",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://mastodon.social/@st3phvee/115787148621220710",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Goal for 2026: find an inexpensive solution for remote blogging when I\u2019m visiting family and far away from my desktop computer. I love Jekyll so much, but the fact that I can\u2019t use it on my tablet is definitely an annoyance!</p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/blogging\">#<span>blogging</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/ssg\">#<span>ssg</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Goal for 2026: find an inexpensive solution for remote blogging when I\u2019m visiting family and far away from my desktop computer. I love Jekyll so much, but the fact that I can\u2019t use it on my tablet is definitely an annoyance!\n\n#blogging #ssg #indieweb"
    },
    "published": "2025-12-26T17:54:36+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "46883767",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://fantastic.earth/@abnv/115786307865298534",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>I wrote a new note about working on my website this year: <a href=\"https://abhinavsarkar.net/notes/2025-website-work/\"><span>https://</span><span>abhinavsarkar.net/notes/2025-w</span><span>ebsite-work/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://fantastic.earth/tags/Blogging\">#<span>Blogging</span></a> <a href=\"https://fantastic.earth/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "I wrote a new note about working on my website this year: https://abhinavsarkar.net/notes/2025-website-work/\n\n#Blogging #indieweb"
    },
    "published": "2025-12-26T14:20:48+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "46882263",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://social.lol/@thej/115785936131962561",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Weekly Notes 52/2025 \u2013 Thejesh GN</p><p><a href=\"https://thejeshgn.com/2025/12/26/weekly-notes-52-2025/\"><span>https://</span><span>thejeshgn.com/2025/12/26/weekl</span><span>y-notes-52-2025/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/weeknotes\">#<span>weeknotes</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/weeklynotes\">#<span>weeklynotes</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/blog\">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Weekly Notes 52/2025 \u2013 Thejesh GN\n\nhttps://thejeshgn.com/2025/12/26/weekly-notes-52-2025/\n\n#weeknotes #weeklynotes #blog #indieweb"
    },
    "published": "2025-12-26T12:46:15+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "46881869",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://gamedev.lgbt/@renkotsuban/115785067705848323",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>New <a href=\"https://gamedev.lgbt/tags/blog\">#<span>blog</span></a> post! New Year's Resolutions and other musings. Happy almost-2026 everyone!! Just a little more!!</p><p><a href=\"https://renkotsuban.com/posts/2025-12-26-The-Weekly-Measure-2025-W52.html\"><span>https://</span><span>renkotsuban.com/posts/2025-12-</span><span>26-The-Weekly-Measure-2025-W52.html</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://gamedev.lgbt/tags/Blogging\">#<span>Blogging</span></a> <a href=\"https://gamedev.lgbt/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "New #blog post! New Year's Resolutions and other musings. Happy almost-2026 everyone!! Just a little more!!\n\nhttps://renkotsuban.com/posts/2025-12-26-The-Weekly-Measure-2025-W52.html\n\n#Blogging #IndieWeb"
    },
    "published": "2025-12-26T09:05:24+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "46880688",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
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