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Does anyone here host their own independent website? Are you using indie web building blocks to interact with people on other websites? I'd like to know more about your experience. Also anyone using neocities, I'd like to hear from you about how you like it.
#indieweb #neocities
@Skeeter I’ve used #faircamp to set up a static website for my (so far only) music release at anybodysking.com. It’s even part of a webring (remember those?!) It’s really simple though, so if you’re looking for something like a blog hopefully some else will jump in with their experience.
The code generated by faircamp includes an RSS feed, but I haven’t explored how to use it yet.
@scrummy Awesome. Thanks for the feedback. I'm just sorta looking to get off the silos and make my internet experience fun again. Not sure what direction I'll go in, but at the moment I'm dabbling with neocities and reading a lot about indieweb techniques.
My website currently does not implement IndieWeb building blocks like webmentions, but I make my email address public on my website and encourage visitors to contact me by email.
As for Neocities, my website was initially hosted there, but later I migrated to Netlify, so I could use my custom domain name without paying extra money for a subscription plan.
Currently, my websites are hosted on Hostinger on its premium shared hosting plan, which is really affordable, especially if you sign up for a 4-year plan. That, combined with regional pricing, will allow me to pay for less monthly fee than I would for Neocities' 5 USD per month worth of Supporter plan in the long run, while being able to enjoy more features than even Neocities' Supporter plan, such as even bigger storage, unlimited bandwidth, support for PHP, MySQL and Git, etc.
Neocities is a good choice for beginners to learn to build their own websites, but after a certain point it does feel limiting, so you may want to consider looking into other hosting services if you are thinking about paying for Neocities' Supporter plan.
@Skeeter i have a small neocities page, i find it quite fun and refreshing 
both on the creation side (both simple and full of possibilities) and exploration side (you can browse a list of sites sorted by last updated and discover a lot of fun things)
@SorenAstra Thank you for the reply. I am quite impressed with the creativity I've seen on Neocities. It reminds me of the old internet and so far, it's been a lot of fun to surf again.