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         2. jamiedixon 29 days later

            @zachleat thanks for the heads-up on the io domain. As a startup co-founder with a primarily io domain, this is really useful to know and a serious topic for discussion.

            1. Zach Leatherman 29 days later

               @jamiedixon yeah, I’m glad to have migrated a few years back!

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2. Sam Henri Gold 12 min later

   @zachleat I’m still unreasonably proud of getting samhenri.gold. hands down my proudest achievement

   1. Zach Leatherman 33 min later

      @samhenrigold it is an accomplishment! Well done!

3. Jed Schmidt 20 min later

   @zachleat am i dreaming or did you make a twitter archive to eleventy thing recently?

   1. Zach Leatherman 31 min later

      @jed I have made this!

      https://www.zachleat.com/twitter/

      Deep link to instructions for a bare bones version of it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3SrZuH00GQ&t=1092s

      And a blog post 😅 https://www.zachleat.com/web/own-my-tweets/

      I also pledged to open source it with the help of @nhoizey (and co) to https://github.com/tweetback (still pending, sorry Nicolas!)

      1. Nicolas Hoizey 35 min later

         @zachleat no problem!

      2. Jens Oliver Meiert 43 min later

         @zachleat, @jed, @nhoizey, I ❤️ and share the sentiment to “fully expect my personal website to outlive Twitter” 🤝

4. Jon G Stødle 52 min later

   @zachleat https://mystaticpage.com/ gives you a kickstart

5. Andy Valencia 56 min later

   @zachleat Great advice, but what's the Reader-level disruption on the horizon?

   1. Zach Leatherman 2 hr later

      @vandys the twitter migration 👀

6. Wayne Liang, MD MS FAMIA 57 min later

   @zachleat oh #GoogleReader how I miss thee

7. Golda 58 min later

   @zachleat back in 2005 i couldn't understand why people were giving away so much valuable content to ad-run platforms. The key was the social interaction, I think, as well as the ease of it

   I guess now is a good time to work on /look for good ActivityPub plugins to everything 🙂

   1. Zach Leatherman 1 hr later

      @gvelez17 yesssssss

8. Xenofact (he/him) 1 hr later

   @zachleat As I've told people you can:
   1) Get a domain name. Be sure to auto-renew.
   2) Point it at existing social media to start.
   3) Get a Linktree. Direct to that.
   4) Then set up a blog or cheap web page.
   5) Customize that.

9. saltajose 1 hr later

   @zachleat it's so time consuming for the average dude, unfortunately...

   1. Zach Leatherman 1 hr later

      @saltajose I cannot resist plugging this lovely workflow from my employer 😅 https://app.netlify.com/drop

10. Zein 1 hr later

    @zachleat I'm in the process of doing all of this right now. It's almost like the early years before Big Social homogenized everything... for the worse.

11. nicole 3 hr later

    @zachleat i really love my domain name. it sounds so cute.

    1. Zach Leatherman 3 hr later

       @catgirl makes me wonder if tabversus.space is available 😇

       1. nicole 3 hr later

          @zachleat it is!! u should get it maybe

12. Birgitta Jonsdottir 🎇 4 hr later

    @zachleat old school surfing back on :) I remember those first connections I had with fellow web creators back in the day. We didn’t have Facebook but guestbooks. Still have friends from those days.

    1. Zach Leatherman 5 hr later

       @Birgitta Awesome! Yeah, same! The web community is special

       1. Birgitta Jonsdottir 🎇 8 hr later

          @zachleat maybe I should invest some energy in my website:) i used to make those for a living a long time ago. I did feel more in control over it when it was coding via notepad and the aim was clean code :) maybe back to simpler has its value?

          1. Zach Leatherman 11 hr later

             @Birgitta yeah!! Start simple!

13. Allan Chow 29 days later

    @zachleat wait is this web1 or is this web2.

    1. Zach Leatherman 29 days later

       @grumpasaurus yes

14. aoikurayami@mk.absturztau.be 29 days later

    @zachleat@fediverse.zachleat.com
    
    sob
    
    GR rip

15. huxley(fur) 29 days later

    @zachleat And a linktree is not enough! 100% agree that everyone should own a domain. 10$/year is within reach for the people who care about these things.

    1. Zach Leatherman 29 days later

       @huxley I wouldn’t want to make any assumptions about what is within reach for everyone but $10 does feel worth it to me!

       1. huxley(fur) 29 days later

          @zachleat yeah I tried to add the caveat at the end but it's probably not comprehensive enough :)

16. Lainey Feingold 29 days later

    @zachleat make it better, make it yours, AND make it accessible so you don’t exclude visitors who are disabled. #a11y.

    1. Lainey Feingold 29 days later

       @zachleat and I should have added— accessibility makes your site better for everyone. Story of why I have short summaries on the top of my articles is here. Accessibility is essential for some, useful for all https://www.lflegal.com/2020/09/refresh-2020/#Summaries-at-the-top-of-every-article

17. Lainey Feingold 29 days later

    @zachleat I love my domain name too — LFLegal because in 2008 a blind friend rejected my idea of LaineyFeingold dot com. No one would know how to spell my first or last name he wisely said, plus your email address won’t fit on your business card (remember those?) in one line of Braille. The url became my Twitter handle and now my Mastodon name. My brand. Motto? Accessibility matters and listen to disabled people! #a11y

    1. Zach Leatherman 29 days later

       @LFLegal oh wow, how many letters fit on one line of Braille?

       1. Lainey Feingold 29 days later

          @zachleat I'm going to find out! I just trusted my friend!

18. Peter Adams 29 days later

    @zachleat Having your own website is a good backup. A place you can call your own. I use mine to consolidate my presences elsewhere. If any of them go tits up, I can replace the feeds.

19. Sophie 29 days later

    @zachleat there are ways to have ownership of your site without paying for a domain name - not everyone can afford one! Sites like Neocities.org offer free static hosting, and as long as you have the code stored somewhere, you can reupload it anywhere else.

    1. Zach Leatherman 29 days later

       @sophie yeah that’s a good call out (and with a plug to my employer too netlify.com 😅)

       I do think it’s important to try to encourage folks to own their URLs though

    2. fluffy 💜 December 17, 2022

       @sophie @zachleat There are also free domain providers, such as https://freenom.com (if you're fine with domains like .tk or .ga)

20. alcinnz 29 days later

    @zachleat I love this approach! I can put whatever I want on my own server rarely worrying about what service I'll use!

    I only worry about which service I'd use if I want non-trivial interactivity, otherwise nginx maybe with webforms who's submissions get forwarded to me for curation.

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21. Ian McKellar 29 days later

    @zachleat Reader enabled a decentralized ecosystem and it's demise pushed us into more centralised publishing and identity (Twitter, FB, IG, etc). I feel like this is almost an opposite moment. It's showing many people who were resistant before why the convenience of centralization brings costs that may be too great.

22. Elly Loel 29 days later

    @zachleat yes 👏🏻 yes 👏🏻 yes
    So important but oof don't remind me of how much my recent domain renewals cost 🥲 I'd be completely fine if I just had https://ellyloel.com
    But of course I had to go and buy:
    🔗 https://elly.to for my own personal URL shortener and
    🔗 https://elly.lol painfully close to my actual name but not quite close enough 🤏🏻

    1. Zach Leatherman 29 days later

       @elly oh dang you got a whole spread of domains

       1. Elly Loel 29 days later

          @zachleat it's so stupid, I really don't need them all 😂