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+title:  Small Web July
+date:   Thu, 03 Jul 2025 00:04:34 +0200
+author: -fab- <fab@redterminal.org>
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<== 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-