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--- indieweb:onboarding_gap [2026/09/23 14:52] – created - external edit 127.0.0.1
+++ indieweb:onboarding_gap [2026/10/23 16:01] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 **Jargon and assumed knowledge**\\
-[[https://indieweb.org/challenges|IndieWeb's own challenges wiki]] is honest: outdated tutorials, jargon, prior knowledge baked into even the "Getting Started" page. [[https://darthmall.net/2024/indieweb-is-for-devs/|W. Evan Sheehan writes plainly]]: the IndieWeb is for developers — not intentionally exclusionary, but practically and structurally built around people already comfortable with a terminal.
+[[https://indieweb.org/challenges|IndieWeb's own challenges wiki]] is honest: outdated tutorials, jargon, prior knowledge baked into even the "Getting Started" page. [[https://darthmall.net/2024/indieweb-is-for-devs/|W. Evan Sheehan writes plainly]]: the IndieWeb is for developers: not intentionally exclusionary, but practically and structurally built around people already comfortable with a terminal.
 **The terminal requirement**\\
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 **Cost**\\
 The "pay for shared hosting" step alone excludes people who will not or cannot spend money. Mitigations:
-  * [[https://neocities.org/|NeoCities]] — free static hosting
+  * [[https://neocities.org/|NeoCities]]: free static hosting
-  * [[https://nekoweb.org/|NekoWeb]] — free, similar community
+  * [[https://nekoweb.org/|NekoWeb]]: free, similar community
-  * [[https://github.com/abint7/free-domains|Free domain options]] — workarounds for the registrar cost
+  * [[https://github.com/abint7/free-domains|Free domain options]]: workarounds for the registrar cost
 **Algorithmic passivity**\\
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 **Learned helplessness**\\
-Technical skills are learnable. Programming and web development require time and effort — but so does good writing, and most people don't consider themselves incapable of writing. The belief that technical aptitude is fixed ("I'm not a math person") is self-limiting and, arguably, by design. If a large majority of people believed they had the technical capacity to be autonomous from corporate tech, it would cost entire industries.
+Technical skills are learnable. Programming and web development require time and effort: but so does good writing, and most people don't consider themselves incapable of writing. The belief that technical aptitude is fixed ("I'm not a math person") is self-limiting and, arguably, by design. If a large majority of people believed they had the technical capacity to be autonomous from corporate tech, it would cost entire industries.
 Setting up an SSG blog can be as simple as:
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 ===== What's Working =====
-  * [[https://32bit.cafe/|32-Bit Café]] — onramps and invitations rather than technical assessments; [[https://discourse.32bit.cafe/t/resources-list-for-the-personal-web/49|best resource list for the personal web]]
+  * [[https://32bit.cafe/|32-Bit Café]]: onramps and invitations rather than technical assessments; [[https://discourse.32bit.cafe/t/resources-list-for-the-personal-web/49|extensive resource list for the personal web]]
-  * [[https://forum.melonland.net/|MelonLand Forum]] — welcoming community for new personal site creators
+  * [[https://forum.melonland.net/|MelonLand Forum]]: welcoming community for new personal site creators
-  * [[indieweb:getting_started|Getting Started on the IndieWeb]] — skill-level ladder: Level 0 (no code) → Level 1 (HTML) → Level 2 (SSG)
+  * [[indieweb:getting_started|Getting Started on the IndieWeb]]: skill-level ladder: Level 0 (no code) → Level 1 (HTML) → Level 2 (SSG)
 ===== Related Quote =====
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   * [[indieweb:getting_started|Getting Started on the IndieWeb]]
-  * [[indieweb:indieweb_defined|What Is the IndieWeb?]]
+  * [[indieweb:indieweb_defined|The IndieWeb, Defined]]
   * [[indieweb:trust_online|Trust and Faith Online]]
   * [[indieweb:hosting|Hosting & Domains]]