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title: "AltPlatform"
date: 2017-07-07
author: "Richard MacManus"
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# AltPlatform

AltPlatform was an experimental non-profit tech blog about the Open Web. It ran from May-August 2017.

[![AltPlatform](https://ricmac.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-07-at-9.36.24-PM-1024x529.png)](https://ricmac.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-07-at-9.36.24-PM.png)

- 19/08/2017: [Pivot time: searching for an Open Web blogging model](https://web.archive.org/web/20020822031315/http://altplatform.org/2017/08/18/pivot-time/)
- 01/08/2017: [How to filter the IndieWeb firehose](https://web.archive.org/web/20020731203309/http://www.altplatform.org/2017/07/31/filter-the-indieweb-firehose/)
- 21/07/2017: [Gathering Steem: Steemit, a blockchain social media site](https://web.archive.org/web/20021001195709/http://altplatform.org/2017/07/20/gathering-steem-steemit/)
- 13/07/2017: [On archiving your content + my thoughts on POSSE](https://web.archive.org/web/20170921021245/http://altplatform.org:80/2017/07/12/archiving-posse/)
- 07/07/2017: [How social media fits into the Open Web](https://web.archive.org/web/20020920162614/http://altplatform.org/2017/07/06/social-media-open-web/)
- 29/06/2017: [The state of feed readers](https://web.archive.org/web/20170705220336/http://altplatform.org:80/2017/06/28/the-state-of-feed-readers/)
- 21/06/2017: [Building a blogroll in 2017](https://web.archive.org/web/20020624064600/http://altplatform.org:80/2017/06/20/building-a-blogroll-in-2017/)
- 18/06/2017: [IndieWebifying my website: part 1, the why & how](https://web.archive.org/web/20020708012052/http://altplatform.org/2017/06/17/indiewebifying-my-website-part-1/)
- 08/06/2017: [The hunt for Twitter alternatives: Mastodon](https://web.archive.org/web/20170624064533/http://altplatform.org:80/2017/06/07/mastodon/)
- 31/05/2017: [Introducing AltPlatform & our manifesto for the Open Web](https://web.archive.org/web/20170624092733/http://altplatform.org:80/2017/05/30/open-web-manifesto/)