My Quest for IndieWeb Citizenship

Browsing the internet, I landed on the IndieWeb site and went exploring that philosophy. I wasn’t new to the concept, but up until then I hadn’t taken the time to dig deep and really understand what it was all about. I knew it had to do with microformats — conventional HTML tags bloggers use to annotate information on their sites — and POSSE — which in practice for me means posting here first, then syndicating to Mastodon. But beyond that, I didn’t fully grasp the point. So I grabbed a cup of coffee and dove down the rabbit hole. A few clicks later, I found my way to IndieWebify. Naturally, I got to work making my blog more and more IndieWeb-compliant. At first, I just wanted to add a couple microformats and see what that looked like, but I quickly realized I had subconsciously set out to pursue full IndieWeb support and claim my proud IndieWeb citizen badge. Turns out the rel="me" microformat had been configured on my blog for a while, so I already had a foot in the door. Adding…