Welcome to 2025!

15 years ago today I began posting notes on my own #indieweb site first, and only later on #socialMedia: tantek.com/2010/001/t1/declari…

You can too.

I am once again encouraging you start the year with:
1. Getting a personal domain name
2. Posting on your own site first, then syndicating elsewhere: #POSSE

In 2025 there are even more neighborhoods with other people’s garages¹ to post into. Companies, servers, services, disappear all the time, taking all their posts and permalinks with them to graveyard 404².

This is your annual reminder to embrace #independent ownership of your online self, your creations, and their #longevity:
* Own your domain -> own your online identity
* Own your permalinks -> own your posts

Want help? Just ask: chat.indieweb.org/

#ownYourContent #ownYourData

Once again I am restarting a #100PostsOfIndieWeb #100Posts project for the year.

This is post 1.

Previously, previously, previously:
* tantek.com/2024/001/t1/restart…
* tantek.com/2023/001/t1/own-you…
* tantek.com/2022/001/t1/12-year…
* tantek.com/2020/001/t1/10-year…
* tantek.com/2015/002/t1/notes-r…

← ✨
→ tantek.com/2025/001/t2/first-n…

Glossary:

IndieWeb
indieweb.org/
longevity
indieweb.org/longevity
post
indieweb.org/post
permalink
indieweb.org/permalink
personal domain name
indieweb.org/personal-domain
POSSE
indieweb.org/POSSE
syndicate
indieweb.org/syndicate

¹ tantek.com/2023/022/t2/own-you…
² indieweb.org/site-deaths