In the name of documentation…

I have been busying myself with bloghopping and checking out blogging communities/webrings for the past week, thanks to the renewed sense of excitement in blogging after checking some blogs on Neocities, and I found this one particular community: IndieWeb. I was initially skeptical about myself joining the community, mostly because, from where I come from, joining a community means that you need to be invited first. Having oneself show up on the front door and say, “Hi! Your community looks cool. I want to join!” is kiiiinda an alien concept for me; hence, when I checked the Getting Started guide, it took me a good couple of days to question myself, “… this is it? You only need to create a website or a blog, then join the chat channel? And if it’s possible, attend events and meet the folks?” Again: “Hi! Your community looks cool! I want to join!” That said, after so many hours of questioning and doubting myself (“it can’t be this easy, right? Are they that welcoming?” Answer: Yes,…