The Web Won Because It Got Easier

I am geek adjacent. I lie probably slap bang in the middle of two extremes; the uber-geek/dev coder who knows internet coding and all the web server dark arts like the back of their hand, and the ‘Facebook is the internet’ person who uses the flash on their phone when taking a picture of a landscape in the dark. I have nothing against either person. Well, that’s a lie, I have criticisms of both but they are of no importance here. Who is it for? I’ve been blogging for a long time and I’ve seen fads come and go, but the recent movement that is the indieweb is, as far as I can tell, a good thing that should last for a few years. The thing is, it’s all bit techy. That is not a bad thing, and I understand and fully support the reasons behind it and behind things like ActivityPub, and ‘the Fediverse’ and services like Mastodon, but the more I read the more I sense two things. You need a basic understanding of some technical ideas to get into this world. It’s not built for ‘Facebook is the…