For the last two years, I haven't directly posted a single tweet on Twitter, a single post on Facebook or LinkedIn, or a photo on Flickr. Instead, I publish on my own site at werd.io, and syndicate to my other services.
If Flickr goes away, I keep all my photos. If Twitter pivots to another content model, I keep all my tweets. If I finally shut my Facebook profile, I get to keep everything I've posted there. And because my site is powered by Known, I can search across all of it, both by content and content type.
My site is Known site zero. It's hosted on my own server, using a MongoDB back-end. I'm also writing 750 words a day on a withknown.com site - kept away from here because this site is mostly about technology, and those pieces are closer to streams of consciousness. Very shortly, though, I'll be able to syndicate from one Known site to another.
The indie web community has created a set of fantastic protocols (like webmention) and use patterns (like POSSE). I'm personally invested in making those technologies accessible to both non-technical and impatient users - partially because I'm very impatient myself.
This is a community that's been very good to me, and I find it really rewarding to participate. I'm looking forward to continuing to be a part of it as it goes from strength to strength.
Nice Ben and thank you for offering Known Pro. I'm just two weeks on the IndieWeb, though I have had my own site for years and actually I started with my own site when social media was still in its infancy.
I have also been on an exclusive Google+ diet recently and found that is not working for me. I like my friends that are on other networks to be able to follow along. Now that's actually possible and easy for me at the same time.
I have always believed in federated networks, though I do not expect that to happen with the big commercial providers. POSSE is the solution.
Will Known to Known syndication be available for us users as well? I would welcome such a feature for highly niche content.
Cheers, on to the next two years!
Tino Kremer, Jul 11 2015 on stream.tinokremer.nl