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There are one-click-setup IndieWeb entry points. The most prominent is micro.blog which gives you a personal blog/site with all the latest IndieWeb goodness and costs $5/m", "context": "IndieWeb community member", "use_case": "one-click IndieWeb blog", "switched_from": "", "story": "I joined the IndieWeb, here's what I learned"}, {"id": 759845184, "item_id": 47490324, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47490324", "by": "joeross", "date": "2026-03-23", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use micro.blog which can cross-post to as many or few socials as you want.", "excerpt": "Disagree that it\u2019s hard to automate. There are services and tools that make it easy. I use micro.blog which can cross-post to as many or few socials as you want. (I\u2019m not affiliated, just a happy user.) And I\u2019m not sure it\u2019s about traffic rather than about, well, being active in multiple different communities. You cross-post where you don\u2019t mind participating, and ignore the rest.", "context": "", "use_case": "Cross-posting to social networks", "switched_from": "", "story": "POSSE \u2013 Publish on your Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere"}, {"id": 743566864, "item_id": 46472929, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46472929", "by": "mands", "date": "2026-01-02", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I recently found out about https://micro.blog/ which I think is in a similar vein", "excerpt": "I recently found out about https://micro.blog/ which I think is in a similar vein (https://micro.blog/about/indieweb), but as a hosted service.", "context": "", "use_case": "hosted IndieWeb blogging", "switched_from": "", "story": "Publish (On Your) Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere"}, {"id": 734422048, "item_id": 45901378, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45901378", "by": "kstrauser", "date": "2025-11-12", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Just wanted to say that I love Micro.blog.", "excerpt": "Just wanted to say that I love Micro.blog. It finally got me off my own Hugo plus voodoo setup because it\u2019s so freaking ergonomic, and decently priced. I had fun playing with SSGs for years. I\u2019m having more fun just writing posts and letting them get broadcast to Mastodon on wherever else I\u2019ve configured them at the same time. It wasn\u2019t clear to me until I read Manton\u2019s book, but its goal is to be a social media serv", "context": "", "use_case": "blogging", "switched_from": "Hugo", "story": "Micro.blog launches new 'Studio' tier with video hosting"}]}], "caveats": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 734511248, "item_id": 45906953, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45906953", "by": "mnemonet", "date": "2025-11-12", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "the pricing is still a far cry from non-decentralized solutions", "excerpt": "That's a fair point, especially considering everything else you get with the plan. However, the pricing is still a far cry from non-decentralized solutions (for example, MUX's free plan offers 100K minutes per month [1]) and so the only other selling point is joining the fediverse\u2014which is a good thing, but hard to get people to convert on (in Bluesky's case the turmoil that is now X was required). - [1]: https://mux", "context": "", "use_case": "Blogging platform", "switched_from": "", "story": "Micro.blog launches new 'Studio' tier with video hosting"}, {"id": 734427456, "item_id": 45901716, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45901716", "by": "mnemonet", "date": "2025-11-12", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "still far too expensive for most people to use", "excerpt": "It's a great idea and challenging YouTube's monopoly is noble, but I don't see how the economics work out. The current pricing [1] charges $20/month for videos up to 20 minutes of video, which is reasonable but still far too expensive for most people to use. 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You cross-post where you don\u2019t mind participating, and ignore the rest.", "context": "", "use_case": "Cross-posting to social networks", "switched_from": "", "story": "POSSE \u2013 Publish on your Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere"}, {"id": 743566864, "item_id": 46472929, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46472929", "by": "mands", "date": "2026-01-02", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I recently found out about https://micro.blog/ which I think is in a similar vein", "excerpt": "I recently found out about https://micro.blog/ which I think is in a similar vein (https://micro.blog/about/indieweb), but as a hosted service.", "context": "", "use_case": "hosted IndieWeb blogging", "switched_from": "", "story": "Publish (On Your) Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere"}, {"id": 734511248, "item_id": 45906953, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45906953", "by": "mnemonet", "date": "2025-11-12", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "the pricing is still a far cry from non-decentralized solutions", "excerpt": "That's a fair point, especially considering everything else you get with the plan. However, the pricing is still a far cry from non-decentralized solutions (for example, MUX's free plan offers 100K minutes per month [1]) and so the only other selling point is joining the fediverse\u2014which is a good thing, but hard to get people to convert on (in Bluesky's case the turmoil that is now X was required). - [1]: https://mux", "context": "", "use_case": "Blogging platform", "switched_from": "", "story": "Micro.blog launches new 'Studio' tier with video hosting"}, {"id": 734427456, "item_id": 45901716, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45901716", "by": "mnemonet", "date": "2025-11-12", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "still far too expensive for most people to use", "excerpt": "It's a great idea and challenging YouTube's monopoly is noble, but I don't see how the economics work out. The current pricing [1] charges $20/month for videos up to 20 minutes of video, which is reasonable but still far too expensive for most people to use. It's a great first step, but I struggle to see who this would be used by. So far Bluesky seems to be the only decentralized platform that's broken into the mains", "context": "", "use_case": "Blogging and video hosting", "switched_from": "", "story": "Micro.blog launches new 'Studio' tier with video hosting"}, {"id": 734422048, "item_id": 45901378, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45901378", "by": "kstrauser", "date": "2025-11-12", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Just wanted to say that I love Micro.blog.", "excerpt": "Just wanted to say that I love Micro.blog. It finally got me off my own Hugo plus voodoo setup because it\u2019s so freaking ergonomic, and decently priced. I had fun playing with SSGs for years. I\u2019m having more fun just writing posts and letting them get broadcast to Mastodon on wherever else I\u2019ve configured them at the same time. It wasn\u2019t clear to me until I read Manton\u2019s book, but its goal is to be a social media serv", "context": "", "use_case": "blogging", "switched_from": "Hugo", "story": "Micro.blog launches new 'Studio' tier with video hosting"}]}