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@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ TL;DR: Self-hosting is not only about controlling your data, it also influences
how you consume Internet for the best.
- I /POSSE[fn:posse]/; Publish Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere:
+ I own my data I self host my blog, notes, my repositories, my bookmarks, etc...
+ I own my data, I self host my blog, notes, my repositories, my bookmarks, etc...
+ I use espial[fn:espial] for self-hosted bookmarks and notes
+ I use note-red[fn:node-red] to publish my blogs, bookmarks and notes to
twitter, sync bookmarks with pinboard[fn:pinboard]
@ -34,22 +34,22 @@ The book Digital Minimalism[fn:dm] is really insightful on the subject.
In particular the apparition of grabbing features that target our "social
brain".
One solution to protect ourselve from the problem generated by those
plateform would be to get rid of those them.
But those platform are useful.
One solution to protect ourselves from the problem generated by these
platforms would be to get rid of them.
But those platforms are useful.
My current[fn:1] personal solution is to still keep the useful feature of those platform while
My current[fn:1] personal solution is to keep the useful features of these platforms while
minimizing my exposition to most /anti-features/.
Everything start by how I produce content.
It then affect how I consume Internet.
Everything starts by how I produce content.
It then affects how I consume Internet.
[fn:posse] https://indieweb.org/POSSE
[fn:dm] http://www.calnewport.com/books/digital-minimalism/
[fn:espial] https://github.com/jonschoning/espial
[fn:node-red] https://nodered.org
[fn:pinboard] https://pinboard.in
[fn:1] While I wrote this article I already improved a lot my workflow, but
it plan to continue to make my Internet usage evolve for a long time.
[fn:1] Writing this article helped me to improve a lot my workflow, and
I will continue to make my Internet usage evolve for a long time.
* Producing
:PROPERTIES:
@ -160,9 +160,9 @@ post, a new note, I tweet it.
:END:
Since I generate my content using my own, self-made environment, it also
influenced a for the best the way I consume and interact on Internet.
influenced me for the best the way I consume and interact on Internet.
Before I read a lot of /news/ directly from my smartphone.
Before I used to read a lot of /news/ directly from my smartphone.
Most of the time using many apps dedicated to some social networks.
The natural presentation is an infinite scroll of content, with buttons to
@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ digression:
#+begin_quote
By writing this article I realized that, I mostly consume Internet content
via *news*.
More than that, that now, Internet is almost synonymous to news on the web.
More than that, now, Internet is almost synonymous to news on the Web.
Which is only a very small part of the Internet.
Consuming news via a social networks makes you a lot more passive.
@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ I can remember being a lot more active on the Internet just a few years
ago.
This is something to keep in mind I think.
I'll certainly write an article about that in the future.
I will certainly write an article about that in the future.
#+end_quote
Here is how I consume Internet content now.
@ -262,15 +262,15 @@ provide those feature to most people.
- ability to blog/micro-blog and syndicate
- ability to publish securely private info to a small group of friends and family
- generate RSS for different group of peoples
- generate RSS feeds for different groups of people
** Federation
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: federation
:END:
I think I can say a few word about federated networks like Mastodon, but
somehow, mastodon replicate the anti-features promoted by twitter or
I think I can say a few words about federated networks like Mastodon, but
somehow, Mastodon replicates the anti-features promoted by Twitter or
Facebook.
Also there are some details I don't really like about the federation
@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ Also, for example, I wrote a commenting system that I could easily
self-host.
I intended to use it for my blog.
But after a second though, I'm not sure comments are that positive.
I prefer to edit my article with comment people send me via other
I prefer to edit my article with comments that people would send me via other
communication channel, typically, my mail.
** Anti-features
@ -289,10 +289,10 @@ communication channel, typically, my mail.
:END:
A last note about anti-features.
I call /anti-feature/ a feature that provide very few or no benefit for the
user but provide a lot more benefits to the platform.
I call /anti-feature/ a feature that provides very few or no benefit for the
user but provides a lot more benefits to the platform.
Generally it is a feature just here to make you stay on the platform and
many quite talented specialist work on optimizing those.
many quite talented specialists work on optimizing those.
Most anti-features share the same pattern; they use /spaced random reward/:
@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ another reward by staying a bit longer in the system.
and make our production oriented to short content, memes, etc...
- *infinite scrolling* ; make you brain want to look a bit more, because it
creates a fear to miss something.
- *comments* ; Unlike likes or retweets, comment are a lot more useful,
- *comments* ; Unlike likes or retweets, comments are a lot more useful,
they can start a discussion. They still have two problems:
1. Public comment are subject to spam, troll, attacks, etc...
2. Generally comments are associated to real-time notifications, and thus