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-====== Harm Reduction — Practical Steps ======+====== Harm Reduction: Practical Steps ======
  
-Moving toward [[indieweb:good_web|the Good Web]] doesn't require burning everything down first. Start somewhere. In increasing order of effort:+Moving toward [[indieweb:good_web|the Good Web]] doesn't require quitting every platform at once. Start somewhere. In increasing order of effort:
  
 ===== Easiest ===== ===== Easiest =====
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 **Leave a comment**\\ **Leave a comment**\\
-If you read a personal blog post that meant something to you, say so. This is how community forms on the Good Web — through the specific act of one person telling another: //I was here and this mattered.//+If you read a personal blog post that meant something to you, say so. This is how community forms on the Good Web: through the specific act of one person telling another: //I was here and this mattered.//
  
 **Export your data**\\ **Export your data**\\
-Every major corporate platform (Instagram, Twitter/X, Facebook) has a data export feature buried in settings. Use it. Your own memories and connections should not be exclusively in someone else's hands.+Every major corporate platform (Instagram, Twitter/X, Facebook) has a data export feature deep in the settings. Use it. Your own memories and connections should not be exclusively in someone else's hands.
  
 ===== Medium ===== ===== Medium =====
  
 **Get on Mastodon**\\ **Get on Mastodon**\\
-[[https://joinmastodon.org/servers|joinmastodon.org/servers]] has a good instance picker. [[https://fedi.tips/|Fedi.tips]] is an excellent non-technical orientation guide. You don't have to leave corporate platforms first — exist in both for a while and see where you feel better.+[[https://joinmastodon.org/servers|joinmastodon.org/servers]] has a good instance picker. [[https://fedi.tips/|Fedi.tips]] is a good non-technical orientation guide. You don't have to leave corporate platforms first: exist in both for a while and see where you feel better.
  
 **Get on PixelFed**\\ **Get on PixelFed**\\
-[[https://pixelfed.org/|pixelfed.org]] — as simple as Instagram was in 2012. Federated, no algorithmic feed, no ads.+[[https://pixelfed.org/|pixelfed.org]]: as simple as Instagram was in 2012. Federated, no algorithmic feed, no ads.
  
 **Join a forum**\\ **Join a forum**\\
-[[https://discourse.32bit.cafe/|32-Bit Café]], [[https://forum.melonland.net/|MelonLand]], [[https://tildes.net/|Tildes]], [[https://join-lemmy.org/|Lemmy]]. Spaces where conversation is the point, not the product. Lurk first, then introduce yourself.+[[https://discourse.32bit.cafe/|32-Bit Café]], [[https://forum.melonland.net/|MelonLand]], [[https://tildes.net/|Tildes]], [[https://join-lemmy.org/|Lemmy]]. Spaces built around conversation rather than engagement metrics. Lurk first, then introduce yourself.
  
 ===== More Involved ===== ===== More Involved =====
  
 **Start a site**\\ **Start a site**\\
-See [[indieweb:getting_started|Getting Started on the IndieWeb]] — Level 0 options require no code and cost nothing.+See [[indieweb:getting_started|Getting Started on the IndieWeb]]: Level 0 options require no code and cost nothing.
  
 **Help one person**\\ **Help one person**\\
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 ===== Beyond the Screen ===== ===== Beyond the Screen =====
  
-The Good Web can supplement community — it cannot replace it:+The Good Web can supplement community: it cannot replace it:
  
   * Attend a city council meeting (rooms are changed by whoever shows up consistently)   * Attend a city council meeting (rooms are changed by whoever shows up consistently)
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 Anything. It doesn't have to look like a hobby. Urban sketching. Foraging. Fermentation (kombucha, sourdough, kimchi). Amateur radio. Bookbinding. Seed saving. Zine-making. Embroidery. Amateur astronomy. Birding by call. Terrarium-building. Beekeeping. Anything. It doesn't have to look like a hobby. Urban sketching. Foraging. Fermentation (kombucha, sourdough, kimchi). Amateur radio. Bookbinding. Seed saving. Zine-making. Embroidery. Amateur astronomy. Birding by call. Terrarium-building. Beekeeping.
  
-The point: you are making something that belongs entirely to you. The Good Web is built by people who make things — it's a natural home for sharing them.+The point: you are making something that belongs entirely to you. The Good Web is built by people who make things: it's a natural home for sharing them.
  
 ===== On Organizing ===== ===== On Organizing =====
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   * [[indieweb:getting_started|Getting Started on the IndieWeb]]   * [[indieweb:getting_started|Getting Started on the IndieWeb]]
   * [[indieweb:onboarding_gap|The IndieWeb Onboarding Gap]]   * [[indieweb:onboarding_gap|The IndieWeb Onboarding Gap]]
-  * [[indieweb:community|Community — Mastodon, Webmentions, RSS]]+  * [[indieweb:community|Community: Mastodon, Webmentions, RSS]]
   * [[start|Return to wiki home]]   * [[start|Return to wiki home]]
  
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