Ough
10/24/2024
I was going to wait until everything with the house buying and moving was settled, but I've been feeling increasingly compelled to write my feelings out, so here it is.
Man. I'm so tired.
I suppose it's about time I address the state of my Contact page, since Cohost has unfortunately shuttered and Tumblr has been increasingly unappealing to me. Ever since I deleted basically all the mass social media apps from my phone, I've felt like I couldn't really go back to those places. It just makes me sad to look at them, knowing that most of the time I'd spend there was either doomscrolling or posting in the void - not really engaged with any of the potential new aquaintances that makes social media, well, social. I realized that I much prefer smaller, more niche online communities where I can talk directly to other people more casually and frequently. And as selfish as it sounds, I appreciate being missed? Or rather, not feeling obligated to be Actively Online lest I basically Die from the Algorithm's perspective.
So, my online presence has primarily been this site and cycling between a few Discord servers. Because my Discord is largely personal profile that I'd prefer not to be spammed with message requests at, I am not advertising my handle here (though it probably isn't hard to guess). I've solidly decided that my social network will be exclusive to family, friends, special interests, and whatever occasional offshoots pop up from there. You may, however, still send me emails, and I will probably read them.
Speaking of this site and special interests, I'm cooking a few new pages of stuff that I hope to publish in the coming weeks. Once all of that is established, I will probably be announcing it via RSS here and/or on the collective at internet television (which I also do webmastering for - go check us out if you haven't already!!).
Whatever corner of this vast, enshittifying internet you stumbled in from, I'm glad you made it here safe.