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...as I see them

I read all of this - https://indieweb.org/small_web

and decided I would define, for myself, what each thing "is".

So I'll begin:

Small Web/Smol Web: roughly a bare bones but not more site on the
WWW. Proper DOCTYPE heading, HTML (CSS debatable), no video/music
embeds. Not even GeoCities level of media. Quick, unobtrusive.

Small/Smol net: the people of the Smol Web. Or, small netWORKS of
folks who read/comment amongst small Web products. Email, forums,
BBS. et al - Just networks that are small.

Decentralization: I see this as a process, and less an end "state".
Moving-away-from a service that is centralized. DE-centralizing
one's presence, activity, or participation in a platform that is
considered centralized.

Indie Web: independent of centralized services/platforms (maybe?),
independent of large-scale tech (no-AI? No social media? No high
consumption devices?) it is less "unclear" and more
"all-encompassing to define Indie Web properly (for me).

lofi Web/lofi tech: Gemini, Gopher, Web-adjacent protocols, using
the Internet. Though not the WWW. Lofi (as I call it. Lo-fidelity
uses/capabilities) that (as I've seen) a tighter and sincere
community (communities) than other places in the "open" Web.

...and a number of other groups - Tildeverse, Webrings, DIY Web,
etc. All similar to, though never identical, effectively are, the
Internet(TM)