Post #2850531
2026-05-25 19:49 UTC
Replies (13)
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@sarajw@front-end.social 2026-05-25 19:55
I can't decide if they are really coming back, or if they never really went away - just that veneer was over it - the big platforms were getting our attention and we collectively forgot how to surf the web. It's totally fine that platforms exist for those who aren't interested in building their own places on the web. Maybe it is coming back some, because the current social media mess is helping a new generation to see beyond the feeds, and try their own hand at building the web.
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@dbat@mastodon.gamedev.place 2026-05-25 20:04
@sarajw@front-end.social @tg@indieweb.social what a lovely essay and presentation!
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@oldrup@mastodon.green 2026-05-25 20:22
@sarajw@front-end.social @tg@indieweb.social You know what The Boring Internet does well too? Work in Reader Mode, or being sent to you e-reader with a click of a button. I like "boring"
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@jake4480@c.im 2026-05-25 20:51
@sarajw@front-end.social @tg@indieweb.social totally. Yeah, I love this post- been gathering up stuff for this to make a post of my own.. so much amazing stuff resurfacing lately. Most of which has been around for a while, too. Awesome.
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@kult_epigenetic@kolektiva.social 2026-05-25 21:24
@sarajw@front-end.social @tg@indieweb.social that was perfect
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@FlashMobOfOne@mstdn.social 2026-05-25 23:41
@sarajw@front-end.social @tg@indieweb.social Yes, there's even a new iteration of GeoCities called 'NeoCities'.
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@dckim@mastodon.social 2026-05-26 02:11
@sarajw@front-end.social @tg@indieweb.social hi. I did a single-file vanilla JS program for drawing websites/front end stuff. It might be worth having a look. It's fairly easy to use, and I have completed the documentation up to the current stage of development. Every time I look at it, it seems amazing again, it even rolls the images up into a single image atlas in the outgoing file(s). It can even be a good starting point for making the interface for your own single-file programs. dckim . com(program) . org(docs)
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@xdej@mamot.fr 2026-05-26 06:07
Thanks @sarajw@front-end.social for sharing! I read it throughfully and as it ends with "If you got this far, I'd love to hear from you", I nottify @tg@indieweb.social (I do not use RSS). Edit: At first read I missed that Mastodon was discussed as a "quirky, SMTP-shaped thing".
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@ferngirl@det.social 2026-05-26 06:49
@sarajw@front-end.social what a cool read, thanks for sharing this!
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@the_roamer@mastodonapp.uk 2026-05-26 08:40
@sarajw@front-end.social "Every property that made these protocols feel old and uncool in 2014 is part of what's keeping them alive in 2026." Excellent essay on the resilence of the core internet, by Terry Godier. It lifts up the spirit of the battle-weary follower of #JoanMastodon. Thank you for the link Sara. (It makes such good sense in your post profile.) Hat tip to @tg@indieweb.social for his great essay. #ThePersistentInternet #TheResilientInternet #OurWeb #ProtocolsNotCorporarions #TerryGodier
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@llanciawn@mastodon.social 2026-05-26 08:43
@sarajw@front-end.social @tg@indieweb.social People said letting business in would ruin it.
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@bencurthoys@mastodon.social 2026-05-26 09:14
@sarajw@front-end.social @tg@indieweb.social In trying to find a balance between "the addictive psychic poison of smartphone social media" and "the need to learn about and prepare for participation in online culture", my 11yo has a nokia and an email address like it's 2003. I should set her up a proper oldschool blog too.
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@robchapman@ohai.social 2026-05-26 09:42
@sarajw@front-end.social @tg@indieweb.social This is an excellent read. Even used finger, then went down a little rabbit hole and discovered there is also the 'pinky' command :) The other day I said something that rings even truer now I have read your excellent essay, and that is the current top layer of the internet was not created for those who remember the internet in all its original messy confusion - it is really for those that know no different