Welcome to 2025!

15 years ago today I began posting notes on my own #indieweb site first, and only later on #socialMedia: https://tantek.com/2010/001/t1/declaring-independence-building-it

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: https://chat.indieweb.org/

#ownYourContent #ownYourData

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

This is post 1.

Previously, previously, previously:
* https://tantek.com/2024/001/t1/restarting-100days-indieweb-gift-calendar
* https://tantek.com/2023/001/t1/own-your-notes
* https://tantek.com/2022/001/t1/12-years-notes-my-site
* https://tantek.com/2020/001/t1/10-years-notes-my-site
* https://tantek.com/2015/002/t1/notes-replies-faves-before-twitter-ownyourdata

← ✨
→ https://tantek.com/2025/001/t2/first-new-year-review-prior


Glossary:

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

¹ https://tantek.com/2023/022/t2/own-your-notes-domain-migration
² https://indieweb.org/site-deaths