I'm learning about IndieAuth, an effort to consolidate Web identities. The idea is that you log in websites with your personal domain
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How it works, is that I'd publish a link like <a rel="me" href="nitter.vloup.ch/taravancil"/> on taravancil.com

Tara Vancil

Tara Vancil is a software engineer living in Northern Michigan, where she operates Northwoods Digital, a small software consultancy.

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Then I'd tell the app I want to sign up with to look at taravancil.com for the link. This hinges on it being easy to set up domain

Tara Vancil

Tara Vancil is a software engineer living in Northern Michigan, where she operates Northwoods Digital, a small software consultancy.

taravancil.com
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Sure, tools exist to make that easier, but plain and simple setting up a personal domain is not easy for most folks
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But w Dat and Beaker, creating a new domain is seamless. It's as simple as clicking a button, and tada! You've minted a new keypair/domain
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Does anyone know what happened to IndieAuth? It doesn't appear the project is active. I'd like to hear more about the project's history
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What did you see that makes you think it's not active? I and many others use it every day!
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It's more about what I *didn't* see :D I'm so glad to hear it's still active and in use!
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Was it that indieauth.com is made with like bootstrap 1? I'd love to know what I could do to make it look more active!
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It wasn't the design, but the history page stops at 2012 so I think I assumed that was the end of the IndieAuth story
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Replying to @taravancil
wow has it been that long?? I'll definitely have to update that page, thanks!

Jul 8, 2017 · 3:26 AM UTC

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Replying to @aaronpk @taravancil
Idea: as social proof, usage statistics graph on the homepage.
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Not a bad idea, as long as it doesn't reveal any personal information like who's using it or what sites they sign in to.
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