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import{d as r}from"./chunks/git.data.BUKN53Ta.js";import{u as l,c as s,j as e,a as i,k as a,a5 as o,o as n}from"./chunks/framework.BIC8H_hJ.js";const h=e("h1",{class:"p-name"},"The Small Web",-1),d=["innerHTML"],b=o('<hr><blockquote><p>Referenced by: <a href="/now/index">/now</a>, <a href="/garden/this-knowledge-hub/">This Knowledge Hub</a></p></blockquote><p>Small personal websites created by individuals</p><ul><li><a href="/garden/my-personal-website/">My Personal Website</a></li><li>A callback to how the web was before social media, which homogenized content</li><li>These pages are diverse and typically won&#39;t have ads or marketers <ul><li>Comparable to <a href="/garden/the-cozy-web/">The Cozy Web</a> in that way</li></ul></li></ul><p>The small web as a whole is <a href="/garden/freeform/">Freeform</a></p><ul><li>Individual sites may be <a href="/garden/chronological/">Chronological</a> still</li><li>Individual sites link between each other in ways similar to wikis <ul><li>These can form <a href="/garden/webrings/">Webrings</a></li></ul></li></ul><h2 id="browsing-the-small-web" tabindex="-1">Browsing the small web <a class="header-anchor" href="#browsing-the-small-web" aria-label="Permalink to &quot;Browsing the small web&quot;">​</a></h2><p>Follow <a href="/garden/webrings/">Webrings</a> or other links from known small websites</p><p><a href="https://search.marginalia.nu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Marginalia</a> is a search engine for non-commercial content with a &quot;random&quot; button and filters for the small web explicitly (amongst other useful filters!)</p><h2 id="building-personal-websites" tabindex="-1">Building personal websites <a class="header-anchor" href="#building-personal-websites" aria-label="Permalink to &quot;Building personal websites&quot;">​</a></h2><p><a href="https://indieweb.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">IndieWeb</a> contains various resources</p><ul><li>Their <a href="https://indieweb.org/Category:building-blocks" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">building blocks</a> are standards people can use to help the small web connect with each other consistently</li><li>They discourage the use of site builders or templates that end up making sites look too homogenized</li></ul><p><span id="665b6ac0-d3ca-41d8-9534-929ac2907c2e">Free hosting for static websites:</span></p><ul><li><a href="https://neocities.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Neocities</a></li><li><a href="https://codeberg.page" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Codeberg pages</a> (and any other <a href="https://codeberg.org/Codeberg/pages-server" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">pages-server</a> instance) <ul><li>Like on <a href="https://incremental.social/pages" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Incremental Social</a>!</li></ul></li><li><a href="https://pages.github.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Github pages</a></li><li><a href="/garden/weird/">Weird</a> (in development)</li></ul><h3 id="streams" tabindex="-1"><a href="https://indieweb.org/stream" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Streams</a> <a class="header-anchor" href="#streams" aria-label="Permalink to &quot;[Streams](https://indieweb.org/stream)&quot;">​</a></h3><p><a href="https://indieweb.org/Microsub" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Microsub</a> is a proposed protocol to support this</p><ul><li>That way, people could use microsub clients to subscribe to multiple streams and get them in one feed</li><li>Effectively a <a href="/garden/fediverse/">Federated Social Media</a> that works through personal websites</li><li>Announce new posts using <a href="https://indieweb.org/WebSub" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">WebSub</a></li></ul><p>This also allows your personal website to be the one source of truth for your posted content</p><ul><li>Effectively solves the problems described in <a href="https://jonbell.medium.com/hey-creators-please-make-firehoses-8d0c48c075e4" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Hey Creators, Please Make Firehoses!</a></li></ul><p>Multiple streams can be hosted by one site/person so people can subscribe to the kind of content t