Sign up to start an “old-fashioned” blog. Or a simpler “Twitter replacement.” Engage in true cross-site conversations1. All from the familiar WordPress interface.
Under the hood, indie.lol runs WordPress Multisite. “Member sites2” are “IndieWeb-compatible” by default. I.e., posts are marked up with microformats and support Webmention.
Some features
Choose from a number of carefully selected themes, then use WordPress’ built-in Site Editor to make your site your own.
- Sites support IndieAuth and Micropub—and, thus, posting from Micropub apps.
- There are plans to eventually add ActivityPub. And Markdown support. And a built-in feed reader. And (optional) cross-posting to Mastodon.
- Use of a custom domain is highly encouraged!
Custom themes, (site-specific) plugins, or blocks upon request.
Migrating existing content is not supported, yet; new blogs only, for now.
indie.lol is a community project. We’re figuring this out as we go!
For that reason, new registrations are individually reviewed temporarily on hold.
Why would I choose indie.lol over micro.blog or Write.as or WordPress.com, or self-hosted WordPress?
We don’t know! You choose.
Speaking of, choice overload is one of the reasons people have a hard time getting started on the “social web” (whether that’s the IndieWeb or Fediverse or some other definition).
indie.lol aims to ease some of that burden.
- indie.lol sites support the Webmention protocol. And they may one day support ActivityPub, too.
- If you can even call them that; there’s nothing that identifies a site as part of “the indie.lol network.”