Post #1397052

2026-01-29 04:55 UTC

@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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@andnull@social.nouveau.community 2026-01-29 05:11

@neauoire @joshavanier I like to imagine my website as a little sketch book of words. Sometimes the sketches are just for me, sometimes they are for sharing, and then once they are in my little book I can show them around whenever the topic comes up. I don't even broadcast all the changes I make to it. There are many pages that just appear without any sort of forshadowing. Pages like my bookmarks just updating whenever.

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@joshavanier@merveilles.town 2026-01-29 05:19

@neauoire I think you have good connections and with a community that's much closer. I toyed with the idea of becoming an established artist and making a career out of it, on and off in the past few years, and that was one of the reasons I started my website to begin with. while I did meet interesting people through my site, it ultimately didn't really do much for my career pursuits. it doesn't help that I'm quite isolated where I'm at (ironic, given it's a city of millions). I've secretly envied those who seem to be doing quite well in that regard and I've wondered how they got there: consistency perhaps but for how long, or some stroke of luck. the road more traveled of promoting oneself isn't at all enticing though. to me, social media killed the idea of having a portfolio. then AI and vibe coding killed whatever programming and gamedev projects I've been planning. the earliest iteration of my site had short stories, but now I don't see myself wanting to get back to writing. I still have art, but there's nothing to be done with it; and so I'm stuck on what to do, withering in the meantime

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