microdotblog / indie-microblogging

For drafts of the Indie Microblogging book.

Table of Contents

Introduction

• What is microblogging?
• Uses for a microblog
• Mission to movement
• The way forward

Part 1: Rewind

• Penn Station
• Pulled away from blogs
• Leaving Twitter
• App.net
• WordPress and Tumblr
• Interview with Leah Culver
• Toward decentralization

Part 2: Foundation

• Domain names
• Syndication
• RSS for microblogs
• JSON Feed
• Introducing Micro.blog
• External blogs with WordPress
• Alternative platforms
• Micro.blog and feeds
• Part of the web
• Migration
• Blogging workflow
• Why indie microblogging
• Interview with Brent Simmons

Part 3: IndieWeb

• Permanence
• Silos
• Cross-posting
• Owning your content
• Microformats
• Building blocks
• IndieAuth
• Micropub
• Webmention
• Bridgy
• Blog archive format
• Interview with Tantek Çelik and Aaron Parecki

Part 4: Hypertext

• Photography
• Influence and reposts
• UI impacts behavior
• Using HTML
• Starting a new photo blog
• Sunlit and photo feeds

Part 5: Decentralization

• Notifications
• Mastodon
• Pixelfed
• ActivityPub
• Your blog
• WebSub
• Indie readers

Part 6: Community

• Replies
• Harassment
• Misinformation
• Section 230
• Unattended algorithms
• Open gardens
• Discovery
• Popularity contests
• Banning users
• Interview with Jean MacDonald

Conclusion

• Breaking up Facebook
• The way out
• Sticking to the mission statement
• Special thanks