The IndieWeb Revival Is Here (After a Quiet Season)

16 May 2026 #misc

Blogging isn’t dead.

OK, it is dead if blogging means stuffing posts with keywords to chase Google rankings and ad profits.

But personal blogs have always been there, away from the buzz, whistles, and follower counts of social media.

Recently, Minifeed, Bubbles, and other aggregators have made blog discovery easier. And lately, David from Forking Mad has encouraged the IndieWeb to start conversations.

In the last week, I’ve received more emails than usual:

• Brine sharing his new feed aggregator.
• Ismail encouraging me to keep writing my Friday Links.
• Alexa asking me for an archive of my posts to see how my writing started—to start her own blog.

Oh, someone else pitched a tool, asking me to add it to an old post. Still stuck in dead blogging. I’m not counting that email as part of the revival moment.

I’ve reached out to my blogging heroes to thank them for inspiring me back to writing.

Blogging never died. Now it’s reviving, and it feels less lonely than ever.