We’re excited to announce that, from Monday, we’re going to be the new admins of IndieWeb.social!
We’ve always loved how @tchambers has run IndieWeb.social. His direction has made it one of the best instances on the Fediverse!
Thanks to Tim for his trust in us to provide a safe and secure home for the server into the future.
Tim’s Blog Post 
https://www.timothychambers.net/2025/03/27/the-next-stage-for-indiewebsocial.html
we should be able to talk about anything mostly without getting blocked unless you tag people with stuff they probably don't want to see or clearly don't want to interact with you anymore. the emotional stuff is usually what we most need to discuss and share content with alternative views/info. #SocialWeb
these are sadly not the norms of the fedi today.
This week, it was all about dialing in the details, like improved comment threads and search results.
Surfers, we’d love to hear your thoughts about how it's going for you. 
Don't hesitate to drop us a line at feedback@surf.social.
we're the only option for journalists to run their own social media server and never have anyone between them and the public. the people fully in control of deciding if their work should go viral. (bluesky will always have relays etc)
our only weakness is the lack of audience, but they could instantly change that if they embraced us in a collective public action. I see it as inevitable but I can't keep waiting... #SocialWeb
We're helping people join the open social web.
By showing them that they can:
- Own their community
- Escape the billionaires
- Rediscover what makes social good
What else should we tell them about the open social web? Why do you love it?
Social media is more turbulent than ever, reflecting society.
Now is our chance to help people move to democratic, open, social technology like the open social web.
We know that open social alternatives give control back to the user, now it is our job to bring more users to this social space.
If you want to help, share word of the open social web with the people around you.
Video: flash warning.
Spring has reached the open social web 
With a wave of momentum and publicity hitting the open social web, now is the time for us to really put our eggs in one basket (pun intended) and get serious about working together to grow better social media.
See my thoughts on my latest blog post here: https://forbetter.ghost.io/spring-on-the-social-web/
Thanks to the brains at Ghost, you can now follow my blog directly from the Fediverse 
@index
Previews in ActivityPub / ActivityStreams is what should bind the disparate software and user-experiences on the Fediverse.
Not the ActivityStreams 'Note'.
...
Previews using 'icon', 'image', 'name', 'summary', etc.
While reading the social web documentation of @index, I discovered that Tumblr is on their way to integrate with the social web after migrating their backend to WordPress.
Does anyone know of any good quality blogs from Tumblr? Just wondering if it will be a win for the Fediverse, or if the vast majority of those millions of blogs are just low to average content.
thanks for bridging to the fedi. #SocialWeb
The network effect is a term used to describe a service that gains value to others as more people use it.
It's often cited as a cause for slow uptake on Big Tech alternatives as less users make platforms less appealing.
How do you think the open social web should focus on overcoming the network effect?
If you have other suggestions, let us know below 
AFAICT #Section230 defaults the internet to small, independent websites letting people post dumb shit. And that's great cause sometimes that stuff isn't actually dumb, it was just unlikely to be thought of or said, especially by the wealthy/powerful. It was low-key genius.
Without it, everybody would need to be a lot more careful. Kinda like what we see with overly cautious moderation here on this social network of small, independent websites. IMHO
thanks for being on the fedi. getting everybody here and integrating it with all media could eliminate the power of money over attention. that would help fix things, right? #ManufacturingConsent #SocialWeb
I feel like Musk served his purposes well by buying Twitter and destroying what passed for a decent public square. We're now much more so in separate silos, huffing our own exhaust. There are lots of other reasons people aren't on fedi, but the culture of refusing to allow bad ideas/info in our "spaces" isn't helping. Without algos but with aggressive moderation of harassment, we could be the place where all perspectives live but nobody is forced to ingest bullshit. Like the open web. #SocialWeb
what about fedi/mastodon? it could be where all these people can talk to each other while mostly staying on their own platforms and inevitably normalize a bit and we get a useful public square. #SocialWeb
A few chuckles for today provided by @surf. I’ve made my important selection #surffeeds #Flipboard #socialweb #fediverse
please give us an update re full federation. #SocialWeb
Our Foundation was founded to protect knowledge sharing across social media.
We aim to defend and grow peer to peer learning, first-hand accounts, and credible voices across open social networks.
That's why we care so much about the open social web. It's an open social network which puts community first, letting you learn from the people around you in the digital space.
We're proud to be here.
“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
→ 
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)
Listening to this, I can't help but think about the fedi and our struggle to build and grow (and thereby fix social media, and maybe then our politics) because we don't want to upset anybody. #HOAs #SocialWeb
https://pca.st/episode/075677ff-e5f0-4880-a275-4038d1eb3f42
