The IndieWeb is a "people-focused alternative to the 'corporate web'" made up of "independent and personal websites". The community is centered around a movement about owning our software, ideas, and identity online. It follows eleven [principles](https://indieweb.org/principles) and suggests basic [building blocks]([Category:building-blocks - IndieWeb](https://indieweb.org/Category:building-blocks)) to use in creating your site. In [[Tanna, Jamie. 'The IndieWeb Movement - Owning Your Data and Being the Change You Want to See in the Web.' jtvme, 2019-10-20.|The IndieWeb Movement]], [[Tanna, Jamie]] explains some of the reasons to break away from the corporate web, including: - we need to break away from silos to maintain ownership - we should be our own platforms - rejecting silo platforms is a political statement # principles of the indieweb --- - Own your data. - Use and publish visible data. - Make what you need, or "scratch your own itch". - Document your stuff. - Make your stuff open source. - Focus on UX before tech. - Modularity, or build platform-agnostic platforms. - Longevity, or build for the long web. - Plurality, or take multiple approaches. - Have fun.