------------------------------------------------------------------- +title: Small Web July +date: Thu, 03 Jul 2025 00:04:34 +0200 +author: -fab- ------------------------------------------------------------------- _________ .__ .__ / _____/ _____ _____ | | | | \_____ \ / \\__ \ | | | | / \ Y Y \/ __ \| |_| |__ /_______ /__|_| (____ /____/____/ \/ \/ \/ ___. __ .__ __ _ __ ____\_ |__ |__|__ __| | ___.__. \ \/ \/ // __ \| __ \ | | | \ |< | | \ /\ ___/| \_\ \ | | | / |_\___ | \/\_/ \___ >___ / /\__| |____/|____/ ____| \/ \/ \______| \/ <== A small web july ==> drmollytov[1] posted an article about the "small web july". There are several links to other pages which cover this idea in his article. [1]: gemini://drmollytov.smol.pub/2025-07-02 The thing is to reduce or even fully stop using the big corporate web and their walled gardens and concentrate yourself on the smolweb and your real life. I really like the idea but I'm already nearly only using the smolweb. I don't have a google, facebook, instagram, X or whatever else account and never had. I only have a Mastdodon/ActivityPub account which I only use sporadically. And of course my email accounts, which I favor. I only use mainly FreeTube/ytfzf to follow some YouTube accounts. And I can't simply quit Netflix and Prime Video because I'm not the only person using these accounts. And sometimes I like to watch a movie or series. But I hate the ad crammed, privacy invading commercial web. I use it sometimes to find some documentation on a program or something, but I get my news with my newsboat newsreader, so I can mostly get rid of the ads. I also reduced my news consumption to a minimum because it seems just to get worse and worse. So I have mainly smolnet sites in my newsreader. I'm not a people person and my contacts are limited. I only use my smartphone for occasional calls and SMS messages. But I like it that way. So the idea of a "small web july" can maybe be a great inspiration for some people, but I, like drmollytov, will keep my usage mainly on the smolnet most of the time beyond july. I have no special strategy to "tackle" the reduction of my big web usage, I just don't like it. But I like to go out for walks to my favorite Café, sip on a coke with 2 ice cubes and a lemon piece and watch the people there. But I could go out more and have some outdoor activity, so maybe it's that I'll take from the "small web july". All in all - Have fun! -fab-