Cyberspace: social media deimagined

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indieweb social-media

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2026-04-08

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Recently I've been into the indieweb and I browse it quite frequently. That's how I found this cool retro style social media platform, the Cyberspace.

> Indieweb

So a while ago a friend of mine sent a video in a group chat about the indie web. If you don't know what that is, it's basically just a bunch of people making websites just like old times, usually crafting them by hand and making them special and personalized. You know, the total opposite of what most of the internet looks like today? If you've read my first blogpost, you know that I love the old internet aesthetics. Turns out I wasn't the only one. These people have been active ever since the dawn of the internet.

It turns out, there is even a "new" free webhosting site following the footsteps of GeoCities, called NeoCities. I recommend checking out some of the featured sites on the homepage, it's a treasure chest waiting to be opened. Anyways, I will get into the indieweb in a later blogpost.

What I wanted to talk about is my newest discovery on the indieweb: the Cyberspace.

> Battling the giants with simplicity

So what is the Cyberspace? It's quite simply a social media de-imagined (I stole this phrasing from the solo dev who's making this whole thing). It's a small microblog-like website, where there is no algorithm, no suggestions. You have to discover things you are interested in by yourself, much like you do it on the rest of the indieweb. There is almost only text content, that means no videos. You can post a limited number of images if you are a supporter, but even those are going through a raster effect, not to break the retro immersion.

a rasterized image of a caveman looking at a skull

"

A quiet corner of the internet where you can think, write,
read and connect. Like how the internet was supposed to be.

"

-- Cyberspace introduction

Other than the normal feed, there are DMs (called C-mail), IRC chatrooms, guilds with their on private chat. You can filter content with topics which are basically the Cyberspace equivalent of tags. You can follow people, and if they follow you back you become friends. There are quite a few styles (even a Commodore64 one!) and you can even customize them. Lastly there are some fun features like jukebox which is a collection of Youtube music that the users shared, fortune cookies and tarot cards to pass the time. Also you can customize the keyboard hotkeys and much more. There is even a CLI and a TUI client. They are work in progress, but seem super cool so far!

my post reading: Hello world! Making my first public post so I can feature my Cyberspace profile on my website! :D
I use this style now, but I might change it soon cause all of them look very cool.

New features and fixes are coming frequently, but the vibe stays the same. And the people are super friendly! If you are interested, come and join this community. And while you are there, follow me, so I can follow you back!

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