From 3e5396c385e6b43c0a7f601ce055921734ff4a52 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rohan Kumar Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2022 16:42:21 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] New note: making POSSE work --- content/notes/making-posse-work.md | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/notes/making-posse-work.md diff --git a/content/notes/making-posse-work.md b/content/notes/making-posse-work.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a6973dd --- /dev/null +++ b/content/notes/making-posse-work.md @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +--- +title: "Making POSSE work" +date: 2022-11-11T16:42:21-08:00 +replyURI: "https://front-end.social/@hdv/109327126168122994" +replyTitle: "strange to talk to my social network [without] a dedicated client" +replyType: "SocialMediaPosting" +replyAuthor: "Hidde de Vries" +replyAuthorURI: "https://hidde.blog/" +--- + +I just learned that dedicated IndieWeb clients do exist! Sharing for those less familiar: + +[Social readers](https://indieweb.org/social_reader) fetch your feeds (RSS, Atom, h-feed, WebSub) from a MicroSub server and post replies to your site with MicroPub. Your site sends Webmentions. The result resembles the pre-ActivityPub, OStatus-based Fediverse but with single-user instances. RSS/Atom feeds for Fediverse accounts and [POSSE](https://indieweb.org/POSSE) connect the IndieWeb and Fediverse; alternatively, your site can implement both. POSSE's advantage over [PESOS](https://indieweb.org/PESOS) is directing people towards your site, where they can see Webmentions from places besides their silo. It allows interoperability. + +[I prefer the classic static site approach]({{}}). I only need a static file server and a Webmention receiver; a post-push git hook sends Webmentions and semi-automatically POSSEs to the Fediverse. When I finally set up WebSub, it'll ping my publisher. My approach slows me down enough to think through what I say. I want my site to feature my _best_ content; my non-POSSE silo content _should_ be more disposable or context-specific. + +> I don't have the context of everyone else's tweets + +[Reply-contexts](https://indieweb.org/reply-context) help, but I prefer combining one-sentence titles with interleaved quoting.