The best time to make a personal website is 20 years ago. The second best time to make a personal website is now.
Chris offers some illustrated advice:
- Define the purpose of your site
- Organize your content
- Look for inspiration
- Own your own domain name
- Build your website
@Gargron nah it's more than that. it can be self-hostable, it can be a service (https://withknown.com/), etc.
and lol no one uses pingback (willingly) in the space, webmentions replaced that
@Gargron I am at an http://indieweb.org meeting today wearing my Mastodon shirt. 😀
Lot's of sympathy here for Mastodon, but yes, the focus is on self-hosting. Lot's of overlap in solutions for sharing favorites, replies, boosts, etc.