“Blinkies” + My Genuine desire for online community outside of the metaverse
In 2024, I was having a tumultuous year to say the least that i have elaborated on further in a previous post. Throwing spaghetti at the wall and seeing what sticks kind of year, However, through this experimentation i stumbled across an online community that now occupies a small corner of my mind that i am now sharing with you all in hopes that i can find a people willing to participate.
The community in question is the Indie Web. I would define the Indie Web as cohort of individuals who are skilled in HTML, CSS and other coding languages who have taken the initiative to preserve the best parts of the early 2000’s pre-my space era of online blogging and websites. Its a really fun rabbit hole to dive down once you enter the space its truly interactive, digital art, that inspires community. The websites people are capable of creating with code is impeccable. I tried learning HTML and CSS but when the time to actually build the website arrived i got cold sweaty palms. It was a project i kept postponing. Fast forward to the present, I found a website host that i enjoy working with and posting on and the rest is history.
The beautiful part about the indie web is not only its mystery but the way the bonds are woven between the websites. Blinkies, are vibrant stickers that have an embedded with a link to your website. They are flashy displays, almost personal advertisements for people to come look at your website. Every website will have a block of blinkies connecting web surfers to there community. Giving visibility to artists and website architects. It generates genuine traffic and its a fun and positive way to promote your community members.
The Indie Web is a creative bastion in a AI sea of slop. What I am proposing is to bring some of that energy into my own online community. I want to promote my friends work on my domain. Outside of the Zuckerburg’s Metaverse and i do not think that it is crazy to want that. Especially in times where AI CEO’S are considered war threats due to the amount of data they are abusing. Im over it, I want out, this is my out but i need people who equally want to participate for the sake of online community. Imagine people get an immersive, interactive experience with your work alone without being drowned out by the sheer noise of the algorithm. We are more powerful when we lift each other up. Connect and give exposure to like creative minds. If your still skeptical. Check out the r/indieweb reddit or start here https://heliocentric.zone/.
The Indie Web rabbit hole awaits you… Please return for my official Blinkies Pitch and Step by Step!
YouTube video about the indie web and Neocities:
