[cosmicgadget]

> what have we done to foster the open / small web today?

Personally, I did a bunch of labeling of my indieweb index. Hopefully a fair chunk of HN users read a blog or two but its understandable if the news has stolen a lot of attention.

That's all it takes. Nobody has to quit their day job or create an open Tiktok alternative, the old web just needs patrons (with clicks, comments, or hrefs).

If you prefer the walled gardens, there is nothing wrong with that. But there are a lot of open web contributors out there.