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omg.lol
omg.lol — a small, indie internet services bundle created by Adam Newbold (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 | weblog.lol | Medium, WordPress | Markdown, custom CSS/<head>, custom domain support |
| /now page | omg.lol/yourname/now | — | Derek Sivers' concept; 2,300+ maintained globally |
| Status | status.lol | AIM/MSN status | Syncs to social.lol Mastodon automatically |
| Mastodon | 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 | 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 | some.pics | Imgur, Google Photos | No compression, no AI scanning, no ad targeting |
| URL shortener | url.lol | bit.ly | PURLs — permanent URLs, no link rot |
| Pastebin | 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 | source.tube | GitHub | Forgejo-powered, 500MB, Hetzner EU infrastructure, included free |
| Proofs | 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”
- 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 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 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 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 Community for broader IndieWeb community spaces.