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“Tell me, what are words for?” They are for blogging!

Earlier today during an informal espresso live stream in the #indieweb cafe, Spotify was playing an auto-generated daylist, something like “romantic 80s tuesday morning”, and the 1982 song “Words”¹ by the band Missing Persons came on.

When we heard this lyric:

🎶 What are words for when no one listens? 🎶

I remarked half-jokingly in response:

Words are for blogging, whether anyone is listening, reading, or not.

Another participant noted that blogging sometimes feels like screaming into the void.

I noted it doesn’t matter if anyone is reading (or listening), it’s fine to blog for an audience of one, yourself, even just to have something to refer to or reference in the future.

When I write a post it’s often directed at only a small number of people, who may be part of a larger conversation. The point of publishing it publicly is to assert a level of confidence and credibility by the act of “putting it on the permanent record” (since nearly everything blogged is promptly indexed and archived.) with a permalink.

The lyrics have some quite prescient bits, like this:

“No one notices, I think I'll dye my hair blue
 Media overload bombarding you with action
 It’s getting near impossible to cause distraction”

Written and sung more than forty years ago. Long before the web (or #socialWeb) was a thing.

Rewriting the lyrics as a parody could be a fun project, e.g.:

🎶 What are blogs for when no one reads them? 🎶

some existing lyrics barely need any edits, like:

“It’s like the feeling at the end of the page
 When you realize you don't know what you just read”

perhaps an exercise for the reader for now.

Previously: “Inbox Zero” (parody of The Fixx “Saved by Zero”²)
* https://tantek.com/w/InboxZero (2009-01-29 https://tantek.com/twttr/status/1160324190)


This is post 10 of #100PostsOfIndieWeb. #100Posts

https://tantek.com/2025/055/t1/three-steps-indieweb-cybersecurity
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Glossary

blog
  https://indieweb.org/blog
blogging
  https://indieweb.org/blogging
permalink
  https://indieweb.org/permalink
why blog
  https://indieweb.org/why_post


References

¹ https://libre.fm/artist/Missing+Persons/track/Words (YouTube link inside)
² https://libre.fm/artist/The+Fixx/track/Saved+by+Zero (YouTube link inside)

Mastodon hosted on indieweb.socialIndieweb.SocialINDIEWEB.SOCIAL is an instance focused on the evolution of #Openweb, #Indieweb, #Fediverse, #Mastodon, #Humanetech and #Calm technologies.

As a result of the online safety bill, Libre.fm now has some terms and conditions and a privacy policy explicitly stated for the first time.

Have a read and let me know what you think. Trying to keep it as simple as possible as we don’t do all that much and I like that.

github.com/foocorp/hacienda/is

Big thanks to @neil whose excellent website onlinesafetyact.co.uk is worth a read.

A new law comes into effect in the UK today, where Libre.fm is hosted. It’s called the Online Safety Act. Neil Brown has done an excellent job with pointing out what this means on https://onlinesaf...
GitHubTerms and Conditions and Privacy Policy · Issue #72 · foocorp/haciendaBy mattl

ok maybe i should give yall a proper intro on me #introduction

i'm alex, i'm a kitty
:neocat: who moved from poland to netherlands (living in Utrecht as of now) in september 2024 kind of by force

i speak polish and english, as well as trying to learn dutch (with little to no results though)

at the time of writing this i am no longer a neet woohoo
:jamming: i got a job

i usually draw things in my free time or endlessly scroll the internet for no reason. i collect plushies and keep them on my desk, as well as collect pokemon TCG cards.

i also gamed a lot, but nowadays i am trying to find motivation to boot up something else than osu from time to time

if i get the inspiration i work on static websites, most notably my personal site, dokokashira.nl (that needs to be updated asap because of how many outdated things there are

still morphing and trying to discover myself now that i have a proper environment to do so

i'm a trans gay guy and started my HRT on february 8 2025
:neocat_floof:

i'm proudly disabled (HoH, AuDHD, C-PTSD, BPD et al) and i wish for a better world

where else to find me on fedi:
@kaaskop - art account
@alexander - private account for friends
@kaviaar - AD account, only for people i know that are 18+

also
@nugget from time to time when i test something on wafrn

as always, tag spam for reach and topics:
#furry #artistsOnFedi #pokemon #ActuallyAutistic #vocaloid #AuDHD #indieWeb #disability #hardOfHearing #LGBTQ #transmasc #ftm #queer #videoGames #digitalArt #netherlands #utrecht

"I once shared extensively on social media, but the platforms have evolved. They now discourage sharing links that direct users to external sites. In response, I’ve returned to a more traditional approach." #Indieweb werd.io/2025/my-new-daily-blog

Werd I/OMy (New) Daily Bloghttps://om.co/2025/03/16/my-new-daily-blog/ [Om Malik]This is an ongoing trend. Om Malik has now moved to sharing on his blog first rather than posting directly to social media: "The

help #indieweb people, I'm fiddling with adding different bits to my site and I am clearly missing something with the h-feed thing. If you're bored later I would appreciate it if you took a look.

Just renewed the Libre.fm domain name for another year.

Thank you to everyone who donated in the last year and a big thank you to the people who have a recurring donation.

libre.fm/donate.php if anyone wants to chip in.

The main costs right now are a domain name and offsite backups for the data.

Right now our hosting costs are basically $0 but I am looking at getting a pair of dedicated servers to improve performance and that’s going to cost $100 a month or so.

Speaking of blogs, you probably don't need me to tell you but if you don't have The Virtual Moose in your RSS reader then you are missing OUT. I have no idea how @MichaelKlamerus has the time and energy to do all these round-up posts but they are EXCELLENT. Please check their blog out (and consider making your own blog and sending me the link so I can add you to my RSS reader too 👀)

virtualmoose.org/

virtualmoose.orgThe Virtual Moose

This is a good reminder for me to add some more comments into my website's HTML

“Let’s build websites that are source-readable by humans and let’s help people learn how to build websites. I believe it will also help us build websites that are using the correct semantic HTML elements, are more accessible and are not just div soup.”

hamatti.org/posts/view-source-

Juha-Matti Santala - Community Builder. Dreamer. Adventurer. · view-source explorers welcome
More from Juhis

I’d love to get a list of old school bloggers who are still at it. How would you go about that?

Building a list of old school bloggers

@davew After all these years, I think « webrings » and « blogrolls » is still the right answer to that question. Bloggers manually curating lists of other bloggers still feels like the most trustworthy source of inspiration for me.

Just like jumping from one Wikipedia article to another to learn new things can be fun, jumping from one site to another in a webring can be just as fun I think!

As an alternative, Kagi also recently created a « Small Web » list of active bloggers and content creators. I’ve been pretty happy with it. You can browse it here, and access the full list via RSS or an OPML file here.

Scripting NewsScripting News: Saturday, March 15, 2025Dave Winer, OG blogger, podcaster, developed first apps in many categories. Old enough to know better. It's even worse than it appears.

Volume SEVEN of my #IndieWeb, #Fediverse and #Cybersecurity / #Infosec newsletter, "Scrolls" has landed! You can read and get scrollin' here https://shellsharks.com/scrolls/scroll/2025-03-14.

It features the usual awesomeness and also has a vastly improved logo, created by my good friend and super talented artist angryrolypoly (https://www.instagram.com/angryrolypoly/). He's also the genius behind a lot of the other art on my site including my Fedi profile pic!

Also, special shoutout as well to @humdrum for making some other art for the Scrolls cause 🤗.

The art and images of Scrolls, as much as the links themselves are what make it such a pleasure to read - one more big THANK YOU to @shaferbrown & @skeddles for being such talented artists. I enjoy seeing everything you post!

Finally, my mass-shouting-out of everyone else who contributed to this weeks edition! Sharing the cool stuff you find, build and create is what makes the Internet great, and this newsletter so fun to put together.

@Viss @_elena @cR0w @CryogenicNighthawk @Daojoan @DM_Ronin @mubix @gavcloud @fyr @hyde @artlung @eddiedale @jgilbert @MastodonEngineering @yatil @daj @dave @theresmiling @tomusher @coffeenow @bjhess @nash @Nickiquote @axxuy @vonExplaino @joel @jmock @xandra @DavidMadeThis @32x33 @strypey @jskherman @nhoizey @rolle @renkotsuban @emanuelduss @lrhodes @splitbrain @shannonkay @ricmac @timb_machine @Flipboard @sylvesterady

shellsharks · Scroll septem
More from shellsharks

Hi everyone! 👋

I’m Sylvester, a student from Malaysia. While I’m studying business by day, I’ve fallen deep into the #indieweb rabbit hole and spend my nights coding as a hobby. 💻✨

Things I’m into: #blogging, #minimalism, small side projects that spark my curiosity.

👉 sylvesterady.com

Cheers! 🥂

Sylvester AdySylvester AdyJoin me a 20-something Malaysian university student navigating life, business tech studies, and minimalism. Explore cozy evenings, street photography, and intentional living in this personal corner of the internet. Let's connect!

@marginalia Small feedback on the new design since I use Marginalia as my main search engine: on mobile, the options in the sidebar are now unlabelled icons, and I'm not sure what exactly they do without rotating the screen to see the label.
In the old design, they were text-only and I knew exactly what I was switching on or off: vintage, tildes, no JS and such.

I use those filter options extensively and it'd be nice if that was changed somehow.

Some great points here about email newsletters — including that email open stats are starting to become unreliable due to AI and big tech like Apple screwing around with the inbox (no, email is not immune to enshittification!). All this is part of why I moved away from calling my site Cybercultural a "newsletter". I'm not exactly sure how to define Cybercultural currently, but it will involve fediverse as a community-driver going forward. #IndieWeb #WebLife2025

ref: therebooting.com/the-newslette

The Rebooting · The newsletter bubbleA conversation with Workweek's Adam Ryan

this is it, folks! we are in the final week before submissions are due for GOOD INTERNET, a new print periodical magazine about all the things that make the #web fun: things like the #smallweb, the fediverse, the #indieweb, and efforts to actively fight #enshittification. submissions are open until MARCH 15.

check the submission guidelines or sign up for email alerts to be notified when we publish in may!

goodinternetmagazine.com

if this is your first time hearing about this, you still have enough time to come up with and write an article or complete a digital #art piece, if you're passionate about the #internet and want to write about it! :) bloggers, it's your time to shine!~

i can't wait to show y'all the incredible stories that have been submitted from all over the 'net, and some of the coolest art i've seen about the web!

thank you to everyone who's been so supportive of this project already. this is why this side of the internet is amazing. ❤️ please boost, if you can; i want to make sure i did everything i could to include as many diverse voices as i can.

thank you! 🤟

original post: tilde.zone/@xandra/11391327776

goodinternetmagazine.comgood internet magazine | for the small webA print and digital magazine coming soon.