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Dries Buytaert<p>The Open Web was built on a fair exchange: content in return for visitors. AI broke that deal. We need new systems to support creators, not leave them behind. My thoughts on the forward: <a href="https://dri.es/the-webs-broken-deal-with-ai-companies" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dri.es/the-webs-broken-deal-wi</span><span class="invisible">th-ai-companies</span></a> /cc <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://noc.social/@cloudflare" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>cloudflare</span></a></span> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/openweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openweb</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a></p>
Laura Hargreaves 👩‍💻<p>✨ New blog post: “Back to the Old Internet: A Personal Reboot”<br>Switching to Linux. Self-hosting. Fossifying my phone.<br>I thought the old internet was gone — turns out, it just needed a reboot.<br><a href="https://laurahargreaves.com/the-old-internet/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=autopost" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">laurahargreaves.com/the-old-in</span><span class="invisible">ternet/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=autopost</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.laurahargreaves.com/tags/OldInternet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OldInternet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.laurahargreaves.com/tags/OpenWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenWeb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.laurahargreaves.com/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.laurahargreaves.com/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.laurahargreaves.com/tags/DigitalReboot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalReboot</span></a></p>
Laura Hargreaves 👩‍💻<p>✨ New blog post: “Back to the Old Internet: A Personal Reboot”<br>Switching to Linux. Self-hosting. Fossifying my phone.<br>I thought the old internet was gone — turns out, it just needed a reboot.<br><a href="https://laurahargreaves.com/the-old-internet/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=autopost" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">laurahargreaves.com/the-old-in</span><span class="invisible">ternet/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=autopost</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.laurahargreaves.com/tags/OldInternet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OldInternet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.laurahargreaves.com/tags/OpenWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenWeb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.laurahargreaves.com/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.laurahargreaves.com/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.laurahargreaves.com/tags/DigitalReboot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalReboot</span></a></p>
Mia Quagliarello<p><a href="https://flipboard.com/tag/dotsocial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dotsocial</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.com/tag/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>podcast</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.com/tag/socialweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialweb</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.com/tag/openweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openweb</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.com/tag/ghost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ghost</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.com/tag/wordpress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wordpress</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.com/tag/longform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>longform</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.com/tag/newsletters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>newsletters</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.com/tag/blogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blogging</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.com/tag/blogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blogs</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.com/tag/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a></p><p><a href="https://about.flipboard.com/fediverse/john-onolan-and-matthias-pfefferle/?utm_source=flipboard&amp;utm_medium=activitypub" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">about.flipboard.com/fediverse/</span><span class="invisible">john-onolan-and-matthias-pfefferle/?utm_source=flipboard&amp;utm_medium=activitypub </span></a></p><p>Posted into Dot Social <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@tech/dot-social-2pr3r4flz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dot-social-tech</span></a></span></p>
Thomas Barrio<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@vruz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>vruz</span></a></span> JavaScript : un monopole radical sur le web ? Relire Illich à l’ère du&nbsp;numérique</p><p>Saviez-vous que <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JavaScript" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JavaScript</span></a> détient un quasi-<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/monopole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monopole</span></a> sur l’<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/interactivit%C3%A9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>interactivité</span></a> du <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/web" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>web</span></a> ? Relu à la lumière d’Ivan <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Illich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Illich</span></a>, ce <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/monopoleRadical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monopoleRadical</span></a> limite la <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/diversit%C3%A9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diversité</span></a> et l’<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>innovation</span></a>. Que se passerait-il si tous les langages pouvaient accéder directement au web ? <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WebOuvert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WebOuvert</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Innovation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openWeb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DOM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/informatique" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>informatique</span></a> Aujourd’hui, tout site web interactif repose sur JavaScript : c’est le seul…</p><p><a href="https://homohortus31.wordpress.com/2025/06/27/javascript-un-monopole-radical-sur-le-web-relire-illich-a-lere-du-numerique/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">homohortus31.wordpress.com/202</span><span class="invisible">5/06/27/javascript-un-monopole-radical-sur-le-web-relire-illich-a-lere-du-numerique/</span></a></p>
fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻<p>It's facisnating to see how the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenWeb</span></a> ideology was formed in the late aughts. Technologists and early Internet tech personalities have long believed in open and free information. </p><p>That's great for academia, and the accumulation of humanity's knowledge. But when we extend that ideology to personal data we end up with what we have now. </p><p>Open Web evangelists criticizing early Facebook for being *too private* is an incredible heap of irony.</p>
Glyn Moody<p>Fighting fire with fire: how to tackle the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bots</span></a> that threaten the open Web - <a href="https://walledculture.org/fighting-fire-with-fire-how-to-tackle-the-ai-bots-that-threaten-the-open-web/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">walledculture.org/fighting-fir</span><span class="invisible">e-with-fire-how-to-tackle-the-ai-bots-that-threaten-the-open-web/</span></a> my latest, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fwiw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fwiw</span></a>... <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wikimedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wikimedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openweb</span></a></p>
Break3 Studios<p>In this post, I talked about progress toward Version 2.5 of the site. Mainly podcast features, future plans for dynamic layouts, and learning to use frameworks like React for better scalability.</p><p>Reply via your timeline 🌀<br><a href="https://new.vex.blue/articles/2024/09/16/future-vex" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">new.vex.blue/articles/2024/09/</span><span class="invisible">16/future-vex</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/WebDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WebDev</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Podcasts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Podcasts</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/IndieDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndieDev</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ReactJS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReactJS</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DynamicSites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DynamicSites</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/OpenWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenWeb</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DevJourney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DevJourney</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AutisticTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AutisticTech</span></a></p>
Laura Hargreaves 👩‍💻<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://eupolicy.social/@1br0wn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>1br0wn</span></a></span> Love this! 💜 I'm on a similar path — slowly de-Windowsifying everything here too 😅</p><p>I’ve got <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@protonprivacy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>protonprivacy</span></a></span> Unlimited and honestly? Worth every penny.<br>🛡️ Privacy-first E2EE email &amp; calendar<br>☁️ Generous encrypted Drive<br>🔐 Excellent password manager<br>🌍 Best VPN I’ve used — all for just over £10/month.</p><p>Also self-hosting <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.xyz/@nextcloud" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>nextcloud</span></a></span> now for ultimate <a href="https://mastodon.laurahargreaves.com/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> flexibility 😆 <br>If you haven’t already... might I tempt you to try <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@linuxmint" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>linuxmint</span></a></span>? 👀💻</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.laurahargreaves.com/tags/DeAppleification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeAppleification</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.laurahargreaves.com/tags/DeWindowsification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeWindowsification</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.laurahargreaves.com/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.laurahargreaves.com/tags/OpenWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenWeb</span></a></p>
Laura Hargreaves 👩‍💻<p>🚀 New blog post: “🐘 Finding My People (Again) on Mastodon”<br>I was a longtime Twitter fan, but the algorithmic mess pushed me away. Mastodon was a joy — and self-hosting my own instance? Even better. 💜<br>Curious about reclaiming your social space?</p><p><a href="https://laurahargreaves.com/mastodon/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=autopost" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">laurahargreaves.com/mastodon/?</span><span class="invisible">utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=autopost</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.laurahargreaves.com/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.laurahargreaves.com/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.laurahargreaves.com/tags/OpenWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenWeb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.laurahargreaves.com/tags/SocialMediaReboot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMediaReboot</span></a></p>
Break3 Studios<p>The 1 Year post is now live on the BETA Site.</p><p>I looked back on how it all began, what’s changed since, what might be next (👀 hosted Mastodon instances?), and why I was still building it, one line of code at a time.</p><p>Reply via your timeline 🌀<br><a href="https://new.vex.blue/articles/2024/09/07/one-year" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">new.vex.blue/articles/2024/09/</span><span class="invisible">07/one-year</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/VEXblue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VEXblue</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/OneYear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OneYear</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/IndieDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndieDev</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SmallBusiness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SmallBusiness</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/OpenWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenWeb</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Southampton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Southampton</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/WebDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WebDev</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a></p>
Break3 Studios<p>Just dropped a new article on the VEX.blue BETA site: Connect your Bluesky account to the Fediverse</p><p>Want your Bsky posts to show up on Mastodon? Or your Mastodon account to be visible on Bsky?</p><p>This guide walks you through using bsky.brid.gy and ap.brid.gy so your posts &amp; profile can talk to others across platforms.</p><p>Reply via your timeline 🌀<br><a href="https://new.vex.blue/articles/2024/09/06/bsky-fedi" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">new.vex.blue/articles/2024/09/</span><span class="invisible">06/bsky-fedi</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bluesky</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/OpenWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenWeb</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ATProtocol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ATProtocol</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ActivityPub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ActivityPub</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Interoperability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Interoperability</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/TechTutorial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechTutorial</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/VEXblue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VEXblue</span></a></p>
Break3 Studios<p>✨ Just added my article “Decentralised Social Media” to the VEX.blue BETA site - Now with Fediverse comments!</p><p>It’s a full write-up on Mastodon, Threads, and why decentralisation matters.</p><p>Reply via your timeline 🌀<br><a href="https://new.vex.blue/articles/2024/09/03/decentralised-social-media" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">new.vex.blue/articles/2024/09/</span><span class="invisible">03/decentralised-social-media</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DecentralizedWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DecentralizedWeb</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ActivityPub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ActivityPub</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/OpenWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenWeb</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bluesky</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Threads</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/VEXblue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VEXblue</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/IndieWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a></p>
Jeremy Herve<p>Earlier today, <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="u-url mention" href="https://mastodon.social/@davew" target="_blank">@davew</a> published a blog post titled <a href="https://shownotes.scripting.com/scripting/2025/06/23/wordpressAndMe.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">WordPress and me</a>. He talked about <a href="https://wordland.social/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">WordLand</a>, his focused and fast editor for writers and bloggers. Through developing the editor, he’s discovered WordPress again.</p><p><strong>WordPress as the OS of the open social web</strong></p><blockquote><p>I think WordPress has all that’s needed to be <strong>the OS of the open social web</strong>. <strong>We needed it and it’s always been there</strong>, and I saw something that I want to show everyone else, that the web can grow from here, we should build on everything that the WordPress community has created. <strong>It’s a lot stronger foundation that the other candidates for the basic needs of the open social web</strong>, imho.</p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="u-url mention" href="https://mastodon.social/@davew" target="_blank">@davew</a></p></blockquote><p>I’ve been following Dave’s work with WordLand for the past few months, and it’s been really nice and encouraging to see him work on a product that aligns with my values. And now, Dave will get to present his tool and his ideas to others in the WordPress community! <a href="https://canada.wordcamp.org/2025/wceh-keynote-dave-winer/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">He will be talking at WordCamp Canada in October</a>.</p><p>It should come as no surprise that someone so involved with some of the key concepts of the Open Web, like RSS, values ideals of openness and giving writers control over their content. WordLand’s approach to «&nbsp;what you see is what you get&nbsp;» is something that aligns so well with WordPress’ own ideals. It clashes with walled gardens like Twitter or Bluesky where you’re limited in length, format, content, and where you ultimately do not own your writing. It’s super motivating and empowering when someone newer to the WordPress ecosystem recognizes those shared values and the power of the platform.</p><p><strong>Rediscovering WordPress</strong></p><p>In his post, Dave talked about his journey of rediscovering WordPress through a new lens. The WordPress.com REST API, its endpoints and its authentication layer, gave him the tools to build the editor he needed, while still benefiting from everything the WordPress community has created in the past 22 years.</p><p>This is also what we had in mind when Automattic released Calypso 10 years ago:</p><blockquote><p>Calypso is…</p><ul><li>Incredibly fast. It’ll charm you.</li><li>Written purely in JavaScript, leveraging libraries like Node and React.</li><li>100% API-powered. Those APIs <a href="https://developer.wordpress.com/docs/api/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">are open</a>, and now available to every developer in the world.</li></ul><p><a href="https://ma.tt/2015/11/dance-to-calypso/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Matt — Dance to Calypso</a></p></blockquote><p>Calypso and its underlying API paved the way for <a href="https://wordpress.org/news/2016/12/vaughan/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">the first REST API endpoints that made it to WordPress itself a year later</a>. That API then became a cornerstone of the Gutenberg project:</p><blockquote><p>WordPress has always been about the user experience, and that needs to continue to evolve under newer demands. Gutenberg is an attempt at fundamentally addressing those needs, based on the idea of content blocks. It’s an attempt to <strong>improve how users interact with their content</strong> in a fundamentally visual way, while at the same time <strong>giving developers the tools to create more fulfilling experiences for the people they are helping</strong>.</p><p><a href="https://matiasventura.com/post/gutenberg-or-the-ship-of-theseus/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Matías Ventura — Gutenberg, or the Ship of Theseus<br></a></p></blockquote><p><strong>WordPress.com REST API vs. WordPress REST API</strong></p><p>On a more technical note, the folks more familiar with WordPress will wonder why WordLand uses <a href="https://developer.wordpress.com/docs/api/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">the WordPress.com REST API</a>, and not <a href="https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">the core WordPress REST API</a>. </p><p>Dave chose to use the WordPress.com API for WordLand — and that makes perfect sense for the goals of the project. It provides built-in authentication and opinionated endpoints that would otherwise need to be built on top of the core REST API, and would need to be shipped to every site that wants to use the WordLand editor. That’s simply not what WordLand was designed to do.</p><p>Perhaps more importantly, the WordPress.com REST API is just one of the many ways to interact with WordPress. That’s the beauty of WordPress: it’s open and flexible, allowing different tools and solutions to thrive. In this case, it’s nice to see how WordLand, WordPress, and WordPress.com came together to empower writers, each bringing their own strengths to the table. It’s a great example of how open tools and platforms can work hand-in-hand to create something truly special.</p><p>It’s always exciting to see new tools emerge from old foundations — and even more so when they help bring us closer to the open web we want to build. Funny enough, the WordPress.com REST API still relies on XML-RPC — a technology built by Dave 27 years ago 🙂</p><p><strong>Go write something!</strong></p><p>If you haven’t tried WordLand yet, <a href="https://wordland.social/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">go give it a try</a>! All you need is a WordPress site, either hosted on WordPress.com or <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/jetpack/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">running the Jetpack plugin</a>.</p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://herve.bzh/t/automattic/" target="_blank">#Automattic</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://herve.bzh/t/en/" target="_blank">#EN</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://herve.bzh/t/open-web/" target="_blank">#OpenWeb</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://herve.bzh/t/wceh/" target="_blank">#WCEH</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://herve.bzh/t/wordland/" target="_blank">#WordLand</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://herve.bzh/t/wordpress/" target="_blank">#WordPress</a></p>
witchescauldron<p>The Fediverse path could be the most important <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/openweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openweb</span></a> reboot of the commons of this decade. This is a story of power, plain and simple <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/this-is-a-story-of-power-plain-and-simple/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hamishcampbell.com/this-is-a-s</span><span class="invisible">tory-of-power-plain-and-simple/</span></a></p>
David B. Himself<p><span>Friends don't let friends use Substack.<br><br></span><a href="https://notes.ghed.in/posts/2024/substack-follow-button/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://notes.ghed.in/posts/2024/substack-follow-button/</a><span><br><br></span><a href="https://firefish.city/tags/Substack" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Substack</a><span> </span><a href="https://firefish.city/tags/Newsletters" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Newsletters</a><span> </span><a href="https://firefish.city/tags/OpenWeb" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenWeb</a></p>
Daniel Detlaf<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toot.cafe/@baldur" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>baldur</span></a></span> </p><p>All the topical sites (businesses too) that make up the communities of the internet need to connect directly again.</p><p>Google trained us to avoid "irrelevant" links because they dilute SEO value and drop you in the rankings. Turned everything into a hub-and-spoke topology with them at the center instead of a true network.</p><p>I believe one of the simplest things we can do is bring back Links pages on sites everywhere. Webrings. Etc. Re-weave the net of the '90s. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenWeb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SmallWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SmallWeb</span></a></p>
Inautilo<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Business</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Analyses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Analyses</span></a><br>The internet of consent · “Nobody asks for anything, they just take it.“ <a href="https://ilo.im/1647ak" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ilo.im/1647ak</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>_____<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Consent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Consent</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TOS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Content" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Content</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenWeb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IndieWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SmallWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SmallWeb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Website" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Website</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blog</span></a></p>
Sam's Stickers Shop✨ Not released yet, but testing a new sticker design:<br> “Find me on the Fediverse” with a custom <a class="u-url" href="https://gram.social/@username@domain" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@username@domain</a>.<br> It's made for IRL visibility - laptops, tables at events, or just vibing in a café.<br> Thoughts? Boost if you’d want one when they drop!<br> <a href="https://gram.social/discover/tags/Fediverse?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fediverse</a> <a href="https://gram.social/discover/tags/CustomStickers?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CustomStickers</a> <a href="https://gram.social/discover/tags/OpenWeb?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenWeb</a> <a href="https://gram.social/discover/tags/QueerMaker?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#QueerMaker</a> <a href="https://gram.social/discover/tags/PixelFed?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PixelFed</a> <a href="https://gram.social/discover/tags/DecentralisedSocial?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DecentralisedSocial</a>
International Trombone Associa<p>Big news! The International Trombone Association is now on Mastodon!<br>We're excited to join the fediverse and connect directly with our global community - no algorithms, no ads, no Big Tech.</p><p>Follow us for updates, performances, and all things trombone.<br>Let’s make some noise - together, freely. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trombone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trombone</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Music</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenWeb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ByeBigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ByeBigTech</span></a></p>
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