I did the `human.json` thing!

[edent@mastodon.social]

I did the `human.json` thing!

If you're a blogger who I've met in person, and you're not using AI or LLMs for your content, let me know and I'll add you to my list.

https://codeberg.org/robida/human.json

[dtl@8bitorbust.info]

@Edent me!

[emily_s@mastodon.me.uk]

@Edent me! I'll add yours to mine too.

Though I'm not seeing it show up on your blog yet? Waiting for a rebuild/cache invalidation?

[onepict@chaos.social]

@Edent Me please. I need to look at doing that on my website as well.

We met at the Scottish Open Source Awards in Edinburgh. I remember we were talking about beer.

https://www.onepict.com/

[owenblacker@dataare.cool]

@Edent Ooh, I like that. I should do the same

[villapirorum@indieweb.social]

@Edent I've done it too a few days ago!

You are in mine. We did not met in person but I'm almost sure you're human 😉

Seems like the extension does not find your .json file though.

[kpwn@infosec.exchange]

@Edent Great idea! 👍

[burningtyger@nrw.social]

@Edent Great, AI then know what's fresh and human made. No slop involved.

[stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe]

@Edent Good idea!

[giacomo@snac.tesio.it]

@stefano@bsd.cafe

Shouldn't human content be the default? Why should we concede such default?

@Edent@mastodon.social

[meyerweb@mastodon.social]

@Edent Ah, I see FOAF has returned once again.

[edent@mastodon.social]

@emily_s should be live now - let me know the URl you're trying if you're having issues.

[pol@mathstodon.xyz]

@Edent Me, at fosdem :) https://not-a-number.io !

[emily_s@mastodon.me.uk]

@Edent its showing up now. I'll get you added to mine later once I'm not at work.

[kianryan@oldbytes.space]

@Edent
Definitely no AI/LLM. Sometimes seen as human.

[qgustavor@urusai.social]

@Edent The design is human.

Meme aside, yeah, I find it weird the use of JSON (which many people say is more machine-friendly than human-friendly) for that. Reminds me of https://humanstxt.org/, that uses .txt which seems more human-friendly.

Also, the "web" thing reminds me a bit of Keybase/Keyoxide. I hope it's not a case of missing research of existent work. Reminds me of this https://fliptomato.wordpress.com/2007/03/19/medical-researcher-discovers-integration-gets-75-citations/. I wonder if this could be proposed as an extension of one the earlier projects…

[edent@mastodon.social]

@qgustavor feel free to suggest that in the site's repo.

[slott56@fosstodon.org]

@Edent Thanks for posting a reminder. https://slott56.github.io/2026-03-20_human_json.html

[devsimsek@universeodon.com]

@Edent that's a great idea, I'm experimenting with ml, can I join too?

PS: everything I write is mine and mine only. I do use spellcheck though :)

[rinkside@mastodon.online]

@Edent Oooh! Looking forward to reading this more carefully! … Since it’s json, would it be feasible to add a property for including a public key? Perhaps this can further be reinforced through a cryptographic web of trust? 🤔