Again, welcome to the joys of the IndieWeb. I, too, share your concerns about the long-term viability of community oriented projects like Known, Brid.gy, etc. I've recently heard it suggested that perhaps IndieWeb work should be managed under the umbrella of a foundation, which is supported by active community members and corporate sponsors.
The other encouraging note is that commercial endeavors are popping up that support IndieWeb specs and share similar philosophies. Notably, I like what I'm seeing from Micro.blog.
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https://singletary.io/2018/fears-of-the-indieweb
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Thanks! I definitely think that it could go for a steward, especially one with a financial interest. I like the idea of hosted Known installations and would like seeing this roll out as a true hosted product you could sign up for. That still does not fix the issue of the, mostly required, plugins and connections unfortunately. A foundation could better manage things like that, draw in developers, and distribute development resources in a way that keeps community tools working well.
I do definitely like what is happening with hosted micro.blog and would happily keep using it if I could introduce something like a cover page situation available with Known or WordPress. I’m super interested in the idea of static page hosting, though... primarily due to its ease of portability. Jekyll excites me, and seems to be supported by GitHub, but lacks any kind of inherent connectivity or sharing capabilities.
Basically, I’d like to pay for what I’ve got set up now, as a service, managed and run by a trusted company or organization!
Also, I have no idea if that’s how I’m supposed to reply to comments left on my site, but it’s all I could figure out!