====== omg.lol ====== [[https://home.omg.lol/|omg.lol]] — a small, indie internet services bundle created by [[https://adam.omg.lol/|Adam Newbold]] ([[https://neatnik.net/|NeatNik]]). **$20/year.** No venture capital, no dark patterns, no growth hacking, no pivot risk. ===== Services Included ===== ^ Service ^ URL ^ Replaces ^ Notes ^ | Profile page | ''yourname.omg.lol'' | About.me, Linktree | Markdown/HTML, fully customizable | | Weblog | [[https://weblog.lol|weblog.lol]] | Medium, WordPress | Markdown, custom CSS/'''', custom domain support | | /now page | ''omg.lol/yourname/now'' | — | [[https://nownownow.com/about|Derek Sivers' concept]]; 2,300+ maintained globally | | Status | [[https://status.lol|status.lol]] | AIM/MSN status | Syncs to social.lol Mastodon automatically | | Mastodon | [[https://social.lol|social.lol]] | Twitter/X | federated, chronological, no ads, omg.lol community instance | | IRC | ''irc.omg.lol'' | Discord, Slack | IRCv3 — avatars, reactions, edits; built-in bouncer; IdleRPG | | XMPP | — | — | Federated, standards-based chat | | Discourse forum | [[https://discourse.lol|discourse.lol]] | Reddit, Facebook Groups | Longer-form community discussion | | Email forwarding | ''you@omg.lol'' | Gmail alias | Stable address independent of provider; Fastmail partnership | | Image hosting | [[https://some.pics|some.pics]] | Imgur, Google Photos | No compression, no AI scanning, no ad targeting | | URL shortener | [[https://url.lol|url.lol]] | bit.ly | PURLs — permanent URLs, no link rot | | Pastebin | [[https://paste.lol|paste.lol]] | Pastebin | Integrated, no ads | | Public keys | ''omg.lol/yourname/keys'' | Keybase | PGP, SSH, age, Cosign, Minisign; WKD support | | Tilde page | ''omg.lol/~yourname'' | Tildeverse | Aesthetic tilde-era profile | | Code forge | [[https://source.tube|source.tube]] | GitHub | Forgejo-powered, 500MB, Hetzner EU infrastructure, included free | | Proofs | [[https://proven.lol|proven.lol]] | Keybase proofs | Verify URL/domain ownership | ===== Why It Feels Different ===== * Small by design — not scaling to a billion users * No VC funding, no acquisition target, no "liquidity event" * [[https://home.omg.lol/info/sponsorships|Sponsorships available]] for people who can't afford it * Business model: you pay $20/year, you get services — that's it The comparison table that matters: ^ Corporate ^ omg.lol equivalent ^ | Facebook profile | omg.lol profile | | Twitter/X | social.lol (Mastodon) | | Medium | weblog.lol | | Linktree | omg.lol profile | | Imgur | some.pics | | bit.ly | url.lol | | GitHub (small projects) | source.tube | ===== /now Pages ===== Based on [[https://nownownow.com/about|Derek Sivers' philosophy]] (2015): one URL answering "what are you focused on right now?" A public declaration of priorities, easy to share and update. omg.lol can remind you to update it periodically. Over 2,300 people worldwide maintain /now pages. See [[indieweb:web1_aesthetics|Web 1.0 Aesthetics — Slash Pages]] for the broader slash pages movement. ===== status.lol and twtxt ===== status.lol updates automatically sync to your social.lol Mastodon account. For syncing to twtxt, see [[indieweb:status_lol_twtxt|Syncing status.lol to twtxt]]. ===== source.tube ===== Announced November 2025. Forgejo-based (open-source Gitea fork). Hosted on Hetzner European infrastructure — not AWS. 500MB storage. Included in the $20/year membership. Useful as a mirror for projects you want hosted outside Microsoft-owned GitHub, particularly if concerned about training data usage. ===== Community ===== The omg.lol community is anchored on social.lol (Mastodon), the IRC server, and discourse.lol. See [[indieweb:community|Community]] for broader IndieWeb community spaces. ===== See Also ===== * [[indieweb:start|IndieWeb Index]] * [[indieweb:status_lol_twtxt|Syncing status.lol to twtxt]] * [[indieweb:blogging|Blogging Platforms]] * [[indieweb:web1_aesthetics|Web 1.0 Aesthetics — Slash Pages]] * [[indieweb:community|Community]] * [[indieweb:good_web|The Good Web]] * [[tilde:start|tilde.town]] (full tilde server comparison) * [[start|Return to wiki home]]