{"generator":"GNU social 1.2.0-beta4","title":"Conversation","totalItems":1,"items":[{"actor":{"id":"http:\/\/tantek.com\/","displayName":"Tantek","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-profile.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-stream.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-mini.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"207"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-profile.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","url":"http:\/\/tantek.com\/","portablecontacts_net":{"displayName":"Tantek","addresses":{"formatted":"\nSan Francisco, CA\n"}}},"content":"Over the years I and others have experimented with \"watch\" posts, short notes that express having seen a movie or TV show, sometimes with a link, and brief review or other commentary, like earlier today:<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/><a class=\"auto-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/214\/t1\/watched-spider-man-brand-new-day\">https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/214\/t1\/watched-spider-man-brand-new-day<\/a><br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>I was inspired by <a class=\"auto-link\" href=\"https:\/\/Gregorlove.com\">@Gregorlove.com<\/a> publishing watch posts, and a few others have also done so, documented on the IndieWeb wiki page for watch posts:<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/><a class=\"auto-link\" href=\"https:\/\/indieweb.org\/watch\">https:\/\/indieweb.org\/watch<\/a><br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>I like to use a leading emoji to indicate a watch post, and perhaps what specific kind of a watch post. After some iteration and reflection, these are the emoji that I have converged on for briefly expressing and distinguishing some watch posts:<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\ud83c\udfa6 movie in a cinema\/theater<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\u25b6\ufe0f online video whether a brief YouTube clip, an Internet Archive upload of an #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">IndieWebCamp<\/span> session, or a movie or show on a streaming service like Netflix.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>In addition, I expect to use the following emoji for more specific watch posts:<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\ud83c\udf9e analog film viewing, e.g. 70mm IMAX (like Chris Nolan\u2019s The Odyssey)<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\ud83d\udcc0 DVD\/Laserdisc<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\ud83d\udcfc videocassette<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\ud83d\udcfa television, from over the air broadcast or cable like in a hotel room<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>In-person live performances:<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\ud83c\udfab concert or music festival<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\ud83c\udfad theater\/play, perhaps stand-up comedy<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\ud83c\udf9f other ticketed performances<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>This seems like a good start for both recent movies I\u2019ve seen, and (likely) upcoming shows and events. I had a few thoughts for other possibilities and have added them to the Brainstorming section of that wiki page, where I expect the #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">indieweb<\/span> community will iterate further.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Who else publishes watch posts and do you use any emoji to indicate what kind of thing you watched (or where)?<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>This is post 10 of #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">100PostsOfIndieWeb<\/span>. #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">100Posts<\/span><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>#<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">August<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Blaugust<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Blaugust2026<\/span><br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\u2190 <a class=\"auto-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/213\/t1\/welcome-to-august-blaugust\">https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/213\/t1\/welcome-to-august-blaugust<\/a><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\u2192 \ud83d\udd2e","generator":{"id":"tag:status.net,2009:notice-source:ostatus","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ostatus"}},"id":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/214\/t2\/watch-posts-movie-tv-emoji","object":{"id":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/214\/t2\/watch-posts-movie-tv-emoji","objectType":"note","content":"Over the years I and others have experimented with \"watch\" posts, short notes that express having seen a movie or TV show, sometimes with a link, and brief review or other commentary, like earlier today:<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/><a class=\"auto-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/214\/t1\/watched-spider-man-brand-new-day\">https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/214\/t1\/watched-spider-man-brand-new-day<\/a><br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>I was inspired by <a class=\"auto-link\" href=\"https:\/\/Gregorlove.com\">@Gregorlove.com<\/a> publishing watch posts, and a few others have also done so, documented on the IndieWeb wiki page for watch posts:<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/><a class=\"auto-link\" href=\"https:\/\/indieweb.org\/watch\">https:\/\/indieweb.org\/watch<\/a><br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>I like to use a leading emoji to indicate a watch post, and perhaps what specific kind of a watch post. After some iteration and reflection, these are the emoji that I have converged on for briefly expressing and distinguishing some watch posts:<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\ud83c\udfa6 movie in a cinema\/theater<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\u25b6\ufe0f online video whether a brief YouTube clip, an Internet Archive upload of an #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">IndieWebCamp<\/span> session, or a movie or show on a streaming service like Netflix.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>In addition, I expect to use the following emoji for more specific watch posts:<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\ud83c\udf9e analog film viewing, e.g. 70mm IMAX (like Chris Nolan\u2019s The Odyssey)<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\ud83d\udcc0 DVD\/Laserdisc<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\ud83d\udcfc videocassette<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\ud83d\udcfa television, from over the air broadcast or cable like in a hotel room<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>In-person live performances:<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\ud83c\udfab concert or music festival<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\ud83c\udfad theater\/play, perhaps stand-up comedy<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\ud83c\udf9f other ticketed performances<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>This seems like a good start for both recent movies I\u2019ve seen, and (likely) upcoming shows and events. I had a few thoughts for other possibilities and have added them to the Brainstorming section of that wiki page, where I expect the #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">indieweb<\/span> community will iterate further.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Who else publishes watch posts and do you use any emoji to indicate what kind of thing you watched (or where)?<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>This is post 10 of #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">100PostsOfIndieWeb<\/span>. #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">100Posts<\/span><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>#<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">August<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Blaugust<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Blaugust2026<\/span><br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\u2190 <a class=\"auto-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/213\/t1\/welcome-to-august-blaugust\">https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/213\/t1\/welcome-to-august-blaugust<\/a><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\u2192 \ud83d\udd2e","url":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/214\/t2\/watch-posts-movie-tv-emoji","status_net":{"notice_id":116327},"tags":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"100posts"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"100postsofindieweb"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"blaugust"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"blaugust2026"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"indieweb"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"indiewebcamp"}]},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:status.blaise.ca,2026-08-05:objectType=thread:nonce=1bd1af8a5c4d4230","notice_info":{"local_id":"116327","source":"ostatus"}},"published":"2026-08-02T21:19:00+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"stadeus","url":"http:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/214\/t2\/watch-posts-movie-tv-emoji"}],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/conversation\/110390","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}