u/DarkMiryam_

Three years ago I started focusing my online activity on preserving old stuff from old websites and magazines. I currently recover early 2000s blog posts, articles and amateur poetry written in Italian and concerning neo paganism, before they completely disappear from the web or the Wayback Machine/Achive.org.

I’m sharing my story here because making connections in Italy has been difficult, if not impossible. Here people seem to be focused only on social media or commercial/industrial web development.

I’d love to ask this community a few questions, but feel free to answer to what you want, not necessarily everything.

1. Does it make sense to keep my archive sites in my native language? Translating thousands of posts manually is practically impossible, and I avoid using AI-powered translation tools for environmental/ethical reasons. How do you handle local language archives (if your language is not English, of course)?
2. I know that Indie Web movement has an amazing energy coming from younger generations discovering HTML/CSS for the first time. But I’m also looking to connect with people who were actually there during the late 90s and early 2000s web era. Are there many creators here who experienced that era "live" and focus on digital archaeology/archiving to exchange some information and ideas?
3. For those who use archive tools like the Wayback Machine to rescue forgotten sites, how do you decide what’s worth saving and bringing back to life? I’d love to exchange ideas with anyone interested in nostalgic web curation and historical site retrieval. Maybe we could also share a list of Indie Web thematic websites and create a sort of repository online to help people who start surfing the Indie Web. If it already exists, I'd be happy to know it and give my contribute.
4. In your opinion, what is the Indie Web currently missing? Is it a lack of coverage on specific topics, a need for better cross-border/multilingual cohesion between creators from different countries or something else? I’d love to hear your opinion on what we should be building or improving together.

Thank you for reading this wall of text, I’m looking forward to reading your thoughts, ideas and websites!

Three years ago I started focusing my online activity on preserving old stuff from old websites and magazines. I currently recover early 2000s blog posts, articles and amateur poetry written in Italian and concerning neo paganism, before they completely disappear from the web or the Wayback Machine/Achive.org.

I’m sharing my story here because making connections in Italy has been difficult, if not impossible. Here people seem to be focused only on social media or commercial/industrial web development.

I’d love to ask this community a few questions, but feel free to answer to what you want, not necessarily everything.

1. Does it make sense to keep my archive sites in my native language? Translating thousands of posts manually is practically impossible, and I avoid using AI-powered translation tools for environmental/ethical reasons. How do you handle local language archives (if your language is not English, of course)?
2. I know that Indie Web movement has an amazing energy coming from younger generations discovering HTML/CSS for the first time. But I’m also looking to connect with people who were actually there during the late 90s and early 2000s web era. Are there many creators here who experienced that era "live" and focus on digital archaeology/archiving to exchange some information and ideas?
3. For those who use archive tools like the Wayback Machine to rescue forgotten sites, how do you decide what’s worth saving and bringing back to life? I’d love to exchange ideas with anyone interested in nostalgic web curation and historical site retrieval. Maybe we could also share a list of Indie Web thematic websites and create a sort of repository online to help people who start surfing the Indie Web. If it already exists, I'd be happy to know it and give my contribute.
4. In your opinion, what is the Indie Web currently missing? Is it a lack of coverage on specific topics, a need for better cross-border/multilingual cohesion between creators from different countries or something else? I’d love to hear your opinion on what we should be building or improving together.

Thank you for reading this wall of text, I’m looking forward to reading your thoughts, ideas and websites!

Three years ago I started focusing my online activity on preserving old stuff from old websites and magazines. I currently recover early 2000s blog posts, articles and amateur poetry written in Italian and concerning neo paganism, before they completely disappear from the web or the Wayback Machine/Achive.org.

I’m sharing my story here because making connections in Italy has been difficult, if not impossible. Here people seem to be focused only on social media or commercial/industrial web development.

I’d love to ask this community a few questions, but feel free to answer to what you want, not necessarily everything.

1. Does it make sense to keep my archive sites in my native language? Translating thousands of posts manually is practically impossible, and I avoid using AI-powered translation tools for environmental/ethical reasons. How do you handle local language archives (if your language is not English, of course)?
2. I know that Indie Web movement has an amazing energy coming from younger generations discovering HTML/CSS for the first time. But I’m also looking to connect with people who were actually there during the late 90s and early 2000s web era. Are there many creators here who experienced that era "live" and focus on digital archaeology/archiving to exchange some information and ideas?
3. For those who use archive tools like the Wayback Machine to rescue forgotten sites, how do you decide what’s worth saving and bringing back to life? I’d love to exchange ideas with anyone interested in nostalgic web curation and historical site retrieval. Maybe we could also share a list of Indie Web thematic websites and create a sort of repository online to help people who start surfing the Indie Web. If it already exists, I'd be happy to know it and give my contribute.
4. In your opinion, what is the Indie Web currently missing? Is it a lack of coverage on specific topics, a need for better cross-border/multilingual cohesion between creators from different countries or something else? I’d love to hear your opinion on what we should be building or improving together.

Thank you for reading this wall of text, I’m looking forward to reading your thoughts, ideas and websites!

Three years ago I started focusing my online activity on preserving old stuff from old websites and magazines. I currently recover early 2000s blog posts, articles and amateur poetry written in Italian and concerning neo paganism, before they completely disappear from the web or the Wayback Machine/Achive.org.

I’m sharing my story here because making connections in Italy has been difficult, if not impossible. Here people seem to be focused only on social media or commercial/industrial web development.

I’d love to ask this community a few questions, but feel free to answer to what you want, not necessarily everything.

1. Does it make sense to keep my archive sites in my native language? Translating thousands of posts manually is practically impossible, and I avoid using AI-powered translation tools for environmental/ethical reasons. How do you handle local language archives (if your language is not English, of course)?
2. I know that Indie Web movement has an amazing energy coming from younger generations discovering HTML/CSS for the first time. But I’m also looking to connect with people who were actually there during the late 90s and early 2000s web era. Are there many creators here who experienced that era "live" and focus on digital archaeology/archiving to exchange some information and ideas?
3. For those who use archive tools like the Wayback Machine to rescue forgotten sites, how do you decide what’s worth saving and bringing back to life? I’d love to exchange ideas with anyone interested in nostalgic web curation and historical site retrieval. Maybe we could also share a list of Indie Web thematic websites and create a sort of repository online to help people who start surfing the Indie Web. If it already exists, I'd be happy to know it and give my contribute.
4. In your opinion, what is the Indie Web currently missing? Is it a lack of coverage on specific topics, a need for better cross-border/multilingual cohesion between creators from different countries or something else? I’d love to hear your opinion on what we should be building or improving together.

Thank you for reading this wall of text, I’m looking forward to reading your thoughts, ideas and websites!

Hi everyone,

I’m asking here to get some clarification regarding visa procedures for India/Europe.

I live in Italy and a remote colleague based in India recently requested scan copies of ID documents (passports/national IDs) and a personal photo of every person of our working team.

His explanation was that these are required by the embassy/visa office to "prove there is a local team" and grant European visas for colleagues coming from India for trade fairs.

This sounds quite unusual and suspicious to me, as I've never heard of an embassy requesting personal IDs and photos of third-party colleagues (non-applicants) to grant a visa. Official business letters, contracts, and company registration documents are usually what's required.

Is this a known requirement or a standard practice in India, or is this a major red flag? Could this be related to some unauthorized visa agency / agent requirements?

Thanks in advance for your insights!

C'è questo deficiente che sta letterarlmente strumentalizzando l'immagine di un essere umano venuto a mancare in tempi recenti, creando "opere" con intelligenza artificiale, spacciandole per proprie e REALI pubblicandole online. Il tutto per una manciata di like ed approvazioni ed alimentare il suo ego di ARTISTA FRUSTRATO qual è.

Con che coraggio ti permetti di speculare sulla morte di un innocente??? Sei senza ritegno!!! Vuoi fare l'artista? Usa i tuoi mezzi! Che poi la gente ti commissiona una Ferrari e tu gli porti una Panda!!!

IDIOTA!!!!