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bye bye webmentions...: typos

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After two years of building and running my own fully featured Webmention server, I think it's time to shut it down. I've been thinking about doing so for a few months, and [Eli's comment](https://tenforward.social/@eli_oat/110284832577889707) has finally pushed me to take a closer look whether it's worth it or not:
After two years of building and running my own fully featured Webmention server, I think it's time to shut it down. I've been thinking about doing so for a few months, and [Eli's comment](https://tenforward.social/@eli_oat/110284832577889707) has finally pushed me to take a closer look whether or not it's worth it:
> I think I’m ready to wholly remove all indieweb functionality from my website. The only Webmentions I receive at this point are spam from a Russian poker website that likes to link to 1 random blogpost of mine that has nothing to do with gambling, or gaming.
Before I get to the _why_, I want to take a moment to congratulate the IndieWeb community on their efforts to bring back a personal World Wide Web, a place where people come first and own their domains, a place where things are happily shared instead of stolen stolen, a place where cool things inspire others to tinker. I've been a fan of the concept ever since I stumbled upon it, although the implementation of their ideas isn't always ideal (see [the IndieWeb mixed bag](/post/2021/03/the-indieweb-mixed-bag/)). My [own Webmention implementation](/post/2021/05/beyond-webmention-io/) is freely available and fully implements the protocol, verified by unit tests, so knock yourself out if you decide to ignore the premise of this post.
Before I get to the _why_, I want to take a moment to congratulate the IndieWeb community on their efforts to bring back a personal World Wide Web, a place where people come first and own their domains, a place where things are happily shared instead of stolen, a place where cool things inspire others to tinker. I've been a fan of the concept ever since I stumbled upon it, although the implementation of their ideas isn't always ideal (see [the IndieWeb mixed bag](/post/2021/03/the-indieweb-mixed-bag/)). My [own Webmention implementation](/post/2021/05/beyond-webmention-io/) is freely available and fully implements the protocol, verified by unit tests, so knock yourself out if you decide to ignore the premise of this post.
## Why Webmentions can be a drag
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I'd rather spend my Sunday doing something else. Wait, I already said that, didn't I? I'm at a point in life where I need to optimize my time spent with anything, and again, If I have to choose between spending time coding in yet another edge case or just writing and replying to a lovely email from a reader, I'd prefer the latter, even though I highly enjoyed building the Go server, and when things start itching again, I'll probably build another IndieWeb tool in the future. And no, that problem isn't fixed by outsourcing your mentions, it just triggers other more questionable problems.
To have comments or not to have comment---that's the question. I've seen similar evolutions on other blogs. As for me, I'd rather spend my Sunday doing something else. Wait, I already said that, didn't I? I'm at a point in life where I need to optimize my time spent with anything, and again, If I have to choose between spending time coding in yet another edge case or just writing and replying to a lovely email from a reader, I'd prefer the latter, even though I highly enjoyed building the Go server, and when things start itching again, I'll probably build another IndieWeb tool in the future. And no, that problem isn't fixed by outsourcing your mentions, it just triggers other more questionable problems.
If you'd like to comment and/or reach out, I'd be happy to receive, read, and respond to your email. The "reply by email" button is still there in the RSS feed. Cheers!
If you'd like to comment and/or reach out, I'd be happy to receive, read, and respond to your email. The "reply via email" button is still there in the RSS feed. Cheers!
_(No mentions were sent during the publishing of this post)_