Indie Microblogging

by Manton Reece

ebook

First published January 1, 2022

Reviews

[Nathan Cashion]

Far more technical than I expected.

Fun look back at the history of the early web—blogs, social, open platforms. I wasn't heavily into blogging early on, but still experimented with Blogger, Posterous, Tumblr, as well as Twitter alternatives like Jaiku and Pownce.

It took me a while to get through, mostly because I'm not a web developer and some of the concepts were over my head. But they also piqued my curiosity and I found myself putting the book down to search various concepts.

I'd been meaning to move my blog to a new platform for the past few years. I'm not sure Micro.blog will be the main replacement, but I can definitely see myself using it as a central repository for various feeds.

[Albert Davies]

The history of various early social networks was good. Micro.blog architecture and design is interspersed with other content. Would have preferred if micro.blog related content is consolidated in a separate document or chapter.

[Jatan]

Loved the book. The author Manton drives home the point that blogs contribute to the Web by being independent, openly connected without any giant centralized third party platform in between. If you want to understand why having a personal website or blog on your own domain—your own digital house address—is linked to saving the Web itself, read this book. Full review: https://journal.jatan.space/indie-mic... 💻