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2026-01-29 04:39 UTC

@neauoire oh I definitely enjoy websites like those of yours and of folk in the webring. I also still like the idea of maintaining a space in which to house works and collected knowledge; but then it pretty much just sits there, gathering dust, becoming insignificant in a way. not that my goal is to garner popularity. I don't have the words yet to clearly communicate how it feels to exist right now. the closest I can compare it to would be something like camping in a once gorgeous and serene spot but now there's glampers and instagrammers all over the place. and to sort of stand out and be heard, you'd have to have already been quite established, or be forced to resort to the tactics of content creators (which I find unsettling)

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@neauoire@merveilles.town 2026-01-29 04:55

@joshavanier it's a fine line between hoarding knowledge, and making a living document that'll leads to anything. I might have changed my mind a hundred times about this, but there is so little direct tangible returns to having a personal wiki(other than the gratefulness of strangers), that it might as well be a marvelous pursuits, if it's personal enough anyways. But there's something to be said about leading by example, somehow by making a place I enjoy online, it inspired others to make a place of their own, and in turn I get to visit. Which benefits me almost directly as browsing personal websites has got to be one of my favourite pass-times. I feel like we might be camping in somewhat different corners of the internets since I see very little of instagramers, the interests of people there overlaps so little with mine, that we never cross each other's path, I can't say I even feel annoyed by all that, it's just a different place. Maybe if I wanted to be competitive as a content creator or streamer, having a personal website wouldn't have much of a use, and might even be even an energy sapping for time better spent recording videos.. But there is much less noise and competition in the sidelines, I find comfort in that.

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