#twitter for web

[madlyfluffy]

Yearly reminder to everyone trying to find alternatives to tumblr/social media in general: go make a Neocities account and teach yourself basic HTML and post your art/writing/shitposts there.

It does take extra time to set up (but there are templates out there!) but it is so so worth it to have a site that is 100% YOURS!

You don’t even have to be that good at coding. I’m not. My site is not very accessible via mobile devices but that is fine with me (keeps me off my phone) but there are plenty of ways to make your site mobile friendly. There are plenty of bare bones/accessible sites I adore purely for the media on it.

Imagine having your site on your phone and showing someone- hey! I coded this from scratch. And I didn’t even have to pay a company like squarespace. All your images, links, writings, in one place. I have my fandom edits, memes, fanart, and custom graphics there.

Neocities has a very bare bones follower and comment system, but you can disable this if you want your site to truly abstain from any social media-isms. I use it because its a great way to meet other webmasters and get help with coding problems. Neocities isn't an exact replacement for Tumblr (no reblogging here) but html coding is an invaluable skill to know, as is keeping a personal website in this day in age.

The awesome thing about having your own website is if, god forbid, Neocities goes down, you can move your site to any other number of hosting platforms (like Teacake.org). Your site is truly YOURS, and no one else (shitty tech CEO cough cough) can take it away from you.

If you need help getting started, I recommend checking out sadgrl.online. (More links to resources in the comments section of this post).

I know neocities has been talked about before, especially within my follower circle, but I thought I'd bring it up again for anyone unaware of this awesome platform.

[liveleaker]

[pommecita]

[mostly-funnytwittertweets]

[araekniarchive]

@mnvart // Kaveh Akbar, 'Calling A Wolf A Wolf' // @PinkRangerLB on Twitter // @kosmogrl // @devinsturk, '15 Proverbs for the Fellow Chronically Ill' // Jasmine Deporta // Anaïs Nin, House of Incest // the gentle wisdom uquiz by @inkskinned // Rora Blue, 'Sweet Dreams' // Hala Alyan, Dear Layal

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snoopy icons !

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[neopet-euthanization]

starting a collection

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[tsuki-web]

۰ 여꯭름꯭의 ꯭사랑 𝖻𝗅𝗎𝖾  𝗍𝗂𝗍𝗅𝖾𝗌 𝗂𝖽𝖾⍺𝗌!

𐔌۟ ⍺ֵ࣪𝗇𝗀𝖾ֵ𝗅𝗂𝖼ׅ⠀ ꥷ᤻⠀᳞ ⠀﹠ 🥥

𝜗୧ ּ݂⠀📘 𝗒𝗈ֵ࣪𝗎 ⍺࣪𝗋𝖾 ּ 𝗌݂𝗈 𝗉𝗋ֵ𝖾𝗍⃘𝗍𝗒﹗

⎯ 𖹭̸࣪𝗆ֵ𝗈𝗋 ࣪ ּ 𝖾𝓵 𝖿𝗂ֵ𝗇࣪𝗇 🦋 ࣪

﹗ 𝗐࣪⍺𝗍⍺ֵ𝗌𝗁𝗂 𝗐⍺ ݂𝗌𝗎𝗍𝖺࣪ ⭑ 🥢

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ha4to

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happy pride month from peepaw harkness and the torchwood team 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

[netscapenavigator-official]

The funniest parts about Tumblr, Reddit, and Twitter all collapsing is they all had to undo ONE decision, and it would've prevented it all.

If Tumblr had gone back, or even just lessened, its porn ban. It could still be in the top 10 sites, worldwide.

If Reddit had reversed its API decision, it wouldn't be struggling with a volatile, unsellable user base.

If Twitter had just not changed ANYTHING. If Musk had just LEFT THE SITE ALONE, it would've begun pulling a profit within a few years, and would've been bringing in enough revenue to keep the site alive until then.

But that didn't happen. These sites were making power hungry moves and chasing the money of advertisers to make up for it. However, each one of them forgot one very important thing:

A sanitized, unpopular website upsets it previous users. Upset users flee a site, leaving angry, volatile individuals behind. Angry, volatile users aren't marketable. Without marketable users, the site has no marketable value. And without marketable value, no advertisers are gonna give you money.

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[lunacias]

statement of jonathon sims, regarding a childhood encounter with a book formerly possessed by jurgen leitner

[meowmeow1meow]

brian and his indescribable horrors