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Learning about the #indieweb movement has been one of the most interesting byproducts of joining Mastodon earlier this year. I particularly liked this talk transcript by Jamie Tanna as an introduction to the topic:
Another take-away of moving to the #fediverse was realizing, after a few years of using Twitter as a sort of information hub, how refreshing it is to be in control of your feed and media consumptions. I've noticed a lot of people around here looking back at early web stuff like #bbs and #rss readers, and things finally clicked for me when I saw this #indieweb post by @aaronpk:
https://aaronparecki.com/2018/04/20/46/indieweb-reader-my-new-home-on-the-internet
This one by @mmasnick is not strictly about indieweb but it fits well with those ideas, and is also a great read (minus the blockchain stuff towards the end I guess). It does seem like the world of protocols over platforms described there got a bit closer to realization with the death of twitter and the increasing interest in ActivityPub.
https://knightcolumbia.org/content/protocols-not-platforms-a-technological-approach-to-free-speech
I'm already sold on the idea of having my own domain and website to own my online presence, and while supporting most of the #indieweb protocols or setting up a full-blown indie reader (e.g. syndicating my social interactions) looks like too much work for the kind of use I'd give it, building a plain old #rss reader, tailored to my preferences suddenly looks like a worthwhile and fun project to me.