====== IndieWeb Principles ======

Core ideas. Full reference: [[https://indieweb.org/|indieweb.org]].

===== Own Your Data =====

Your content should live on infrastructure you control. Platform shutdowns, ToS changes, and algorithmic suppression can't reach content on your own domain.

===== POSSE =====

**Publish on your Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere.** Write on your own domain first. Cross-post to social platforms as copies, with the canonical version always on your site. Your site outlives any platform.

===== Build for Yourself First =====

Make tools and sites that solve your own problems. Don't design for an imagined audience — build something you actually want to use.

===== Progressive Enhancement =====

Sites should work without JavaScript. The baseline is HTML. Enhancements are additions, not requirements.

===== Be Visible to Humans First =====

Design for people, not crawlers or algorithms. Semantic HTML, readable typography, accessible markup.

===== Use Microformats =====

Machine-readable markup embedded in HTML: ''h-card'' (identity), ''h-entry'' (posts), ''h-feed'' (streams). Enables webmentions, feed readers, and IndieWeb protocols to parse your site.

===== The Long Web =====

Write for longevity. Avoid platform-specific formatting. Plain HTML outlives every CMS. Permalinks should be permanent.

===== Joy =====

Joy is not a prize for getting through it all — it's a tool that enables getting through it. Create silly websites. Mix colors. Write anything. The independent web is about fun, not metrics.

===== See Also =====

  * [[indieweb:start|IndieWeb]]
  * [[protocols:smallweb:solarpunk|Solarpunk and the Small Web]]
  * [[folkzone:philosophy|Homelab Philosophy]]
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