🎉🎉🎉 it's the 34th birthday of the world wide #web so it's a great day to share the upcoming deadline for #writing submissions to GOOD INTERNET! two and a half weeks away!!!

📖 in case you're unaware, GOOD INTERNET is an #indie print AND digital magazine that is run & contributed to by volunteers!

#goodinternet covers a lot of different aspects of the #SmallWeb: unplugging from the corporate web, fighting #enshittification, migrating from data-harvesting corpo social media, creating your own personal website, using code and website-building as an #art form, federation, and creating websites for fun. the aim is to be approachable for beginners and enjoyable for seasoned #indieweb travelers!

🙅 you don't have to be a pro #webdev or a #coding whiz to write about all the good things happening on "this side" of the web.

📣 we want to spread the word about and share thoughts, independent web projects, services, methods, sites, meet-ups, and celebrate the non-corporate web together while making it easier for us to partake and unplug from #bigtech and unhealthy #socialmedia habits.

🔍 we're looking for 1,000- to 4,000-word articles aimed at website owners and hobbyists, any digital (and traditional) artists, #internet culture enthusiasts, #technology nerds, social media expatriates, & anyone who wants to unplug from the corporate-owned web.

⌛ the deadline is August 22, 2025 ⌛

🙏 please boost and help get the word out!

https://goodinternetmagazine.com/contact/

#tech #html #css #opensource #foss #artist #artists #mastodon #fediverse #socialweb #cozyweb #slowweb#humanweb#noAI #writer #writers #neocities #nekoweb #openweb

"At FediCon, as much happened in the cafes, bars and lobbies around the conference hall as during the talks. Lots of servers in the Fediverse are patches, or Third Spaces. They’re communities."

Energised by FediCon, @michael has put his pen to paper to explore how we can grow the Fediverse by thinking outside of the current space.

Check out the latest Paths & Patches blog here 👉 https://www.blog-pat.ch/patches-paths-the-matrix-fedicon-thoughts-part-i/

#FediCon#Fediverse#SocialWeb#Mastodon#SocialMedia#Tech#Community#Blog

"At FediCon, as much happened in the cafes, bars and lobbies around the conference hall as during the talks. Lots of servers in the Fediverse are patches, or Third Spaces. They’re communities."

Energised by FediCon, @michael has put his pen to paper to explore how we can grow the Fediverse by thinking outside of the current space.

Check out the latest Paths & Patches blog here 👉 https://www.blog-pat.ch/patches-paths-the-matrix-fedicon-thoughts-part-i/

#FediCon#Fediverse#SocialWeb#Mastodon#SocialMedia#Tech#Community#Blog

Earlier this week Ghost announced a major update. With it, every Ghost publication is now on the Open Social Web.

This is a huge step forward for the Open Social Web and a real testament to how work across the Social Web is benefitting creators and organisations away from Big Tech.

If you want to learn more, check out the changelog: https://ghost.org/changelog/6/

#Ghost#SocialWeb#Fediverse#Publishing#OpenNetwork#Community#Blog#Newsletter#Mastodon

Earlier this week Ghost announced a major update. With it, every Ghost publication is now on the Open Social Web.

This is a huge step forward for the Open Social Web and a real testament to how work across the Social Web is benefitting creators and organisations away from Big Tech.

If you want to learn more, check out the changelog: https://ghost.org/changelog/6/

#Ghost#SocialWeb#Fediverse#Publishing#OpenNetwork#Community#Blog#Newsletter#Mastodon

🎉🎉🎉 it's the 34th birthday of the world wide #web so it's a great day to share the upcoming deadline for #writing submissions to GOOD INTERNET! two and a half weeks away!!!

📖 in case you're unaware, GOOD INTERNET is an #indie print AND digital magazine that is run & contributed to by volunteers!

#goodinternet covers a lot of different aspects of the #SmallWeb: unplugging from the corporate web, fighting #enshittification, migrating from data-harvesting corpo social media, creating your own personal website, using code and website-building as an #art form, federation, and creating websites for fun. the aim is to be approachable for beginners and enjoyable for seasoned #indieweb travelers!

🙅 you don't have to be a pro #webdev or a #coding whiz to write about all the good things happening on "this side" of the web.

📣 we want to spread the word about and share thoughts, independent web projects, services, methods, sites, meet-ups, and celebrate the non-corporate web together while making it easier for us to partake and unplug from #bigtech and unhealthy #socialmedia habits.

🔍 we're looking for 1,000- to 4,000-word articles aimed at website owners and hobbyists, any digital (and traditional) artists, #internet culture enthusiasts, #technology nerds, social media expatriates, & anyone who wants to unplug from the corporate-owned web.

⌛ the deadline is August 22, 2025 ⌛

🙏 please boost and help get the word out!

https://goodinternetmagazine.com/contact/

#tech #html #css #opensource #foss #artist #artists #mastodon #fediverse #socialweb #cozyweb #slowweb#humanweb#noAI #writer #writers #neocities #nekoweb #openweb

🗳️ Voting is open for #SXSW

Cast your vote to bring @mike and Blacksky founder Rudy Fraser to SXSW! They’ll discuss what it takes to build inclusive, sustainable social platforms — and what the open social web means for creators, communities and the future of connection.

https://participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sxsw26/community-voting-sxsw/page/community-voting/session/1753398895508001R33R

#SXSW2026#SouthBySouthWest#Communities#Blacksky#SocialWeb#OpenSocial#BlackMastodon#Creator#Community#OnlineCommunities @blackmastodon

🗳️ Voting is open for #SXSW

Cast your vote to bring @mike and Blacksky founder Rudy Fraser to SXSW! They’ll discuss what it takes to build inclusive, sustainable social platforms — and what the open social web means for creators, communities and the future of connection.

https://participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sxsw26/community-voting-sxsw/page/community-voting/session/1753398895508001R33R

#SXSW2026#SouthBySouthWest#Communities#Blacksky#SocialWeb#OpenSocial#BlackMastodon#Creator#Community#OnlineCommunities @blackmastodon

🗳️ Voting is open for #SXSW

Cast your vote to bring @mike and Blacksky founder Rudy Fraser to SXSW! They’ll discuss what it takes to build inclusive, sustainable social platforms — and what the open social web means for creators, communities and the future of connection.

https://participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sxsw26/community-voting-sxsw/page/community-voting/session/1753398895508001R33R

#SXSW2026#SouthBySouthWest#Communities#Blacksky#SocialWeb#OpenSocial#BlackMastodon#Creator#Community#OnlineCommunities @blackmastodon

Is one big flaw in how we generally think about #SocialWeb and #Fediverse development in how we embrace this vibrant feeling and energy that existed at the time the early web was emerging? At that time time the expectation was that the #Web would liberate us.

A decade later we have #BigTech, the Corporate Web and #SurveillanceCapitalism, while #Technofeudalism and #Dystopia are knocking on the door.

Nowadays when we excitedly publish our innovations as we did then, is that still responsible?

Congratulations to @john and the rest of the @index Ghost team for launching their 6.0 version!

"The social web turns your Ghost publication into a networked social profile that people can find, follow, like, reply, repost and interact with from anywhere —bringing network effects directly to decentralized publishing. Popular posts can be shared, re-posted, and discussed by millions of social web users."

https://ghost.org/changelog/6/

#ghost #fediverse#SocialWeb#OpenWeb #blogs #blogging

Congratulations to @john and the rest of the @index Ghost team for launching their 6.0 version!

"The social web turns your Ghost publication into a networked social profile that people can find, follow, like, reply, repost and interact with from anywhere —bringing network effects directly to decentralized publishing. Popular posts can be shared, re-posted, and discussed by millions of social web users."

https://ghost.org/changelog/6/

#ghost #fediverse#SocialWeb#OpenWeb #blogs #blogging

We're proud to support A New Social, a non-profit helmed by @quillmatiq and @snarfed.org. Learn more here about its mission to liberate people's networks from their platforms, and level the playing field across the open social web.

https://www.anew.social/hello-social-web/

#OpenSocialWeb#SocialNetworks#SocialWeb#Bluesky#BridgyFed#PeopleNotPlatforms