[benoliver999]

The indieweb is both beautiful and frustrating to me. I have been writing online for 20 years in various forms, and my current site is 10 years old.

I feel like I should be part of it. And according to their website, I own a domain and a site, so I am a part of it!

But then you scroll down and the headaches begin.

https://indieweb.org/Getting_Started

It feels like so much infra and setup to get stuff up and running that it scares me away every time.

[nanna]

This. The barrier of entry is too high. Feels like the Indieweb is stuck at the protocol layer and an abstraction above it is badly needed.

[flir]

Sounds like you just invented social media ;)

[Propelloni]

Yeah, just get Level 1 Webhosting from Hetzner for 2 EUR/month, click the 1-click setup for WP and off you go. What's the big deal?

[benoliver999]

Yeah then simply follow the guide

https://indieweb.org/Getting_Started_on_WordPress

Which links to dozens of other guides but maybe it's this one you want

https://indieweb.org/WordPress_IndieWeb_Plugin

Oh that's a stub better hit the linked github

https://github.com/indieweb/wordpress-indieweb

Unless it's indieauth you're after? Micropub? websub? webmentions? The world is your oyster!

[jjulius]

Why continue to make this argument when, an hour prior to you posting this, it was correctly pointed out that literally none of that is required?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43433626

[prox]

Did you read this line? It says after the domain and site:

“That’s it. Everything else is optional awesomeness, you choose.”