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Some wikis I've worked on in the past include: | Some wikis I've worked on in the past include: | ||
* https://slarpg.wiki.gg | |||
* https://slider.wiki.gg | |||
* https://en.wikifur.com/wiki/WikiFur_Furry_Central | |||
== Why I'm Doing This == | == Why I'm Doing This == | ||
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==== Paywalls and Login to View Content ==== | ==== Paywalls and Login to View Content ==== | ||
I’ve been noticing a disturbing trend lately on many websites. In order to view content on a site, you have to create an account. Here’s a couple examples: | I’ve been noticing a disturbing trend lately on many websites. In order to view content on a site, you have to create an account where they'll inevitably use your data to target ads and make money off of you even if it's free to sign up. Here’s a couple examples: | ||
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|[[File:Tiktok Login to View Content.png|none|thumb|439x439px|TikTok - Can’t even search without logging in]] | |||
|[[File:Medium Login to view article.png|none|thumb|391x391px|Medium - Can’t view full article without logging in]] | |||
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Why is this the case? All I want to see is the article or video from a Google search. Why do I have to give these companies my data just to see info that I found online? | Why is this the case? All I want to see is the article or video from a Google search. Why do I have to give these companies my data just to see info that I found online? | ||
=== Inspiration from Childhood Friend === | === Inspiration from Childhood Friend === | ||
When I was in grade school, one of my classmates created his own website where he would write entire tutorials and content for stuff that we learned in school. For lessons that we learned that day, he would go home, write entire recaps, and sometimes even record a youtube video of himself and embed it in the website. Many students liked his stuff, others found it super cringy cause he would literally go on the teacher's whiteboard and promote his website on it. But looking back, he did something that most students wouldn't take the time to do: sharing knowledge with other folks. | When I was in grade school, one of my classmates created his own website where he would write entire tutorials and content for stuff that we learned in school. For lessons that we learned that day, he would go home, write entire recaps, and sometimes even record a youtube video of himself and embed it in the website. Many students liked his stuff, others found it super cringy cause he would literally go on the teacher's whiteboard and promote his website on it. But looking back, he did something that most students wouldn't take the time to do: sharing knowledge with other folks. | ||
[[File:Jaxon Files home page.png|none|thumb|620x620px|The home page of my friend's site before it was taken down]] | |||
=== Interest in ActivityPub, Fediverse === | === Interest in ActivityPub, Fediverse === | ||
It’s really cool how to see how much self-hosting has grown in popularity. Now we got major social networks like [https://joinmastodon.org/ Mastodon] and [https://join-lemmy.org/ Lemmy] in which anyone can self-host an instance and view content from other instances through a protocol called ActivityPub. | |||
It’s really cool how self-hosting | |||
=== This can all easily be archived and backed up === | === This can all easily be archived and backed up === | ||
* '''Edmodo''' - Back in grade school, I remember all my classes used this site. It was like the Facebook but for school. We would have class discussions, assignments submissions, etc. Then one day, they suffered a huge data breach and within a couple months from that date, they closed everyone's accounts. All those memories are now gone. | * '''Edmodo''' - Back in grade school, I remember all my classes used this site. It was like the Facebook but for school. We would have class discussions, assignments submissions, etc. Then one day, they suffered a huge data breach and within a couple months from that date, they closed everyone's accounts. All those memories are now gone. | ||
* '''Groupme, Discord''' hard to archive - Call me old school but I prefer seeing things on websites. I hate how information and entire communities are hosted off in walled off gardens in which you have to create an account to view the info. Additionally, these sites make backup and archive nearly impossible. Good luck backing up years of messages on Discord while on Gmail or Reddit there's tons of tools and extensions available that will allow you do to it. | [[File:Edmodo Logo.png|none|thumb|150x150px]] | ||
* '''Groupme, Discord''' hard to archive - Call me old school but I prefer seeing things on websites. I hate how information and entire communities are hosted off in walled off gardens in which you have to create an account to view the info. Additionally, these sites make backup and archive nearly impossible. Good luck backing up years of messages on Discord while on Gmail or Reddit there's tons of tools and extensions available that will allow you do to it. | |||
And did I mention this whole wiki is easily archiveable? Well, in fact here you go: [[Special:AllPages]] | |||
=== Reflecting on myself === | === Reflecting on myself === | ||
When I was younger, I used to keep diaries of my experiences in school, family, and travel. Nowadays, I don't handwrite my stuff as much as I used to because I can't carry so much paper around. But I can still share my experiences with others through this mean! | |||
=== Why am I using MediaWiki if this is basically a blog === | === Why am I using MediaWiki if this is basically a blog === | ||
* I want to focus less on the coding aspect and more on writing | |||
* Since I'm already so familiar with MediaWiki and syntax, I thought this would be a great option. | |||
* Also wanted to challenge myself with hosting MediaWiki by itself since it's very customizable. | |||
* Gives me old Internet vibes | |||
* Why reinvent the wheel? | |||
* There's great templates online for making your own blog page with modern MERN/MEAN stack, But why should I reinvent the wheel when I can just do this? | |||
* I want this to be a living page where I can update it at any time. Also it's great for viewing past history and changes sort of like git. | |||
* [[commons:Main_Page|Wikimedia Commons]] is extremely goated: . I don't even need to upload manual pics anymore when I can get free use pics directly from there.<br /> | |||
<strong>MediaWiki has been installed.</strong> | <strong>MediaWiki has been installed.</strong> | ||