cleverdevil
cleverdevil

Sifting through the notes and videos from #IndieWebCamp Austin, and really wishing I could have attended! Lots of awesome information and details. I'm especially interested in @manton's progress on Micro.blog. – https://indieweb.org/2017/Austin

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manton
manton

@cleverdevil Hope you can make it next time! It was a really valuable weekend for me... Got some code written, but also a lot of good stuff to think about.

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cleverdevil
cleverdevil

@manton watched a few sessions/demos. Enabling behaviors people are accustomed to (liking, sharing, commenting, etc.) is critical for IndieWeb success, but I like the thoughtful and patient approach. How can we enable these behaviors without creating the cess-pool of silos?

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manton
manton

@cleverdevil It's a good discussion to have. Recreating exactly what other networks have done will inevitable recreate the problems, too. The way I think about it: it's easy to add new features later, but nearly impossible to take them away after people are using them.

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cleverdevil
cleverdevil

@manton indeed. My current thinking is that the standard “timeline” should be reserved for updates, photos, and replies. Bookmarks and likes should be used to power something like the MB “Discover” tab, in a personalized way. Everything else? Not sure yet.

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eli
eli

@manton do you think there is value in implementing these features by having them be opt-in, not on by default? It would increase cognitive load during onboarding, but may be a good balance? Sort of how you can choose to enable or disable comments in a lot of blogging platforms?

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manton
manton

@eli Showing replies on your own site like traditional blog comments is a good example of something that should probably be a setting. Favorites/bookmarks and related features are so core to the platform, though, they should probably work the same for all users.

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eli
eli

@manton what I was thinking was that users could opt in to whether or not other folks can like/fav their content, no whether other folks likes and favs appear on the timeline. Not certain if that makes sense now that I've typed it out, though 🤔

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SimonWoods
SimonWoods

@eli Agreed! It does make sense; this is massive boost to personal security and privacy, the neglect of which are surely two of the biggest signs of bad networks. Even message board software has this level of customisation and I've always found the lack of it in social media to be jarring; it's simplicity gone too far.

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