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this post was submitted on 29 May 2025
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Microblog Memes
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A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.
Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.
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I still use email and RSS.
If you want to read blogs and minor websites, maybe check out kagis "small web" index (this is free access I believe): https://kagi.com/smallweb
The real web is still there, and probably has as many users as it did 25 years ago, but the average person doesn't use it. Remember the average person didn't use the internet much at all 25 years ago.
One thing I want to do is try to create a space for family to hang out. Self-hosted. No concerns about data mining or trolls, just a personal space for us.
They don't have to use it but starting from the right group, I think they will, many of them perhaps only because it will become the only place to see photos of our kids. Just need the right platform.
Save my UN, if it's old internet, somewhat accessible, I'll do my best to multiply.
My plan is to have a self hosted, private site for the family. In the old days, people made their own sites and others could visit. I see this as a replacement for social media - instead of using facebook to catch up on family, this would be a self-hosted alternative. People could still use facebook for other things if they wanted, but this would be somewhere you would know you'd see all the posts people were making, with no ads or manipulative algorithms.
Despite all the options, it's actually a hard thing to find a good solution. There there is promise in some so I haven't given up hope yet.
In terms of public sharing, I see Lemmy as one form of that. Anyone can host their own instance but we all share with each other. No ads, algorithms are known and published. For things more like a personal site, it's never been easier to self-host things.
Send me an invite and I'll chat with folks seldomly.
Also, I do see Lemmy as exactly that, I just hope it becomes more wide spread.