Yesterday’s sessions were were really interesting. I especially liked talking books – recording of that chat is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhueeBMEFa4
Seems like a lot of new faces, and some of the homepage demos highlighted the political (and emotional) stakes of carving out one’s own space on the Internet. I’ll be tuning in all day and chatting at https://chat.indieweb.org/
Thanks to @schnarfed for talking with me about Bridgy’s development
Bridgy is an IndieWeb tool for syndicating content between a personal website and platforms such as Twitter, GitHub, Flickr, and Instagram. Until last year, it supported Facebook, but this feature was removed when Facebook tightened their API in light of the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
I’ll be talking about how Bridgy navigated challenges working with Facebook’s API from 2014-2018. I’m interested in how Bridgy uses Facebook’s API in ways that Facebook’s operators may not expect. I see IndieWeb’s syndication strategy (see POSSE on IndieWeb.org) as simultaneously antagonistic and dependent upon corporate platforms. By delving into this relationship, I’m trying to understand positive ways forward for building Internet tools that reflect their creator’s values. (In my case, I identify strongly with IndieWeb’s principles)
Event info:
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2025753487721764/
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I also just joined the IndieWeb Webring at 🕸💍.ws. You can check out my Webring neighbours in my website’s sidebar, or right here: