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>What is the IndieWeb?

>We should all own the content we're creating, rather than just posting to third-party content silos. Publish on your own domain, and syndicate out to silos. This is the basis of the "Indie Web" movement. ~IndieWebCamp

So... what is "the IndieWeb"? This didn't answer the question.

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The indieweb is a social web where everyone runs their own profile, on their own (sub)domain, potentially on their own servers - while being able to talk to their friends as easily as they could on Facebook or Twitter.

All based on open technologies, rough consensus, user-centered design and running code, rather than endless mailing lists and technical debate.

That sounds like (GNU Social) + (Diaspora) - (Distributed Content)

Sounds great until your (sub)domain(s) gets censored or targeted.

If a profile gets censored / targeted, it's one profile, vs an entire social network. But, eg, content being replied to is typically duplicated across profiles, so there actually is distribution of content.

http://markmhendrickson.com/post/16 is a much better explanation what the IndieWeb is about.

This webpage that doesn't load any text with NoScript. This makes me sad.

I guess that's what indieweb is all about. /s

Perhaps the link should point to the one in the last word of your quote: IndieWebCamp: http://indiewebcamp.com/

Right. They answered a "what?" with a "why". :\

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