Aaron Parecki

No. They'd have to install the plugin, which demonstrates that the content actually resides elsewhere, outside of Twitter's control.

Another strategy would be to put half of your tweets on Twitter directly, then tweet out that you have another n tweets that people *could* have seen here, but they'll have to install the plugin.

But you're still using Twitter, which (a) helps them and (b) gives your tweeps no extra incentive to leave.

If you made your stuff available only using a browser plugin that added your microposts to people's feeds, it would help make your open protocols go viral.

Pretty pleased I managed to have this entire conversation with @lsanger on Twitter using only my own website and tools! Never had to visit Twitter or use any Twitter apps! Our #indieweb tools have come a long way! #ownyourdata

Or rather, are they?

Or rather, are they?

I might just do that.

I also wonder if there might be some value in making the standards interoperable with the Everipedia Network. It’s not just for encyclopedias.

I actually want to study the standards themselves too. Have they been endorsed/adopted by the W3C?

Twitter and the other big networks steal our privacy. We want them to disappear (or reform) for that reason. So we need to give people ways to exit the digital plantation—plugins are essential to that goal IMO.

But it does live on Twitter, right? I mean you have copied it there. I would rather not copy my stuff there if I don’t have to. I would prefer Twitter to die a long and painful death. Short would be OK too.

You are not giving people any incentive to leave Twitter, are you?

Suppose I don’t want to copy anything to Twitter, but I want to let people who are on Twitter read my microposts on Twitter. They’d need a browser plug-in to do that. This way, we help them seek beyond that ecosystem and enter a broader, encompassing network.

Suppose I don’t want to copy anything to Twitter, but I want to let people who are on Twitter read my microposts on Twitter. They’d need a browser plug-in to do that. This way, we help them seek beyond that ecosystem and enter a broader, encompassing network.