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@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ others. we don't want them telling us what's "safe" or not.
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we don't like ads on websites, so we don't use them. we don't like
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corporate/uniform designs, so we try to be creative. we don't care about having
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billions of views and interractions, so most of us don't even track that. and
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billions of views and interactions, so most of us don't even track that. and
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most importantly, we want **people** to enjoy our stuff. not algorithms, not ai
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chat-bots, not search engines. we don't care about those.
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and that's the problem. all that content is pretty much owned and distributed by
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a dozen massive platforms. if one of them goes down (and one day they all will),
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it's millions, if not hundreads of millions of people's content that gets
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it's millions, if not hundreds of millions of people's content that gets
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deleted in an instant. this also means it's up to the platform to decide what's
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allowed and not allowed: if an employee in the right department of that company
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doesn't like you, they can shut off your account in minutes, and you have no
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recourse.
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the content creation process may be "easy", at least in comparaison to not using
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the content creation process may be "easy", at least in comparison to not using
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those massive services, but it does restrict you to the platform's rules, which
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often encourage you to make things that make advertisers happy, and allow the
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platform to make as much money from its users as it can. these things often
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networks like [SpaceHey](https://spacehey.com/), where people have the tools to
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customise their profile page, you get amazingly unique things!
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and that's mostly why i think personnal websites are better: you can truly
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and that's mostly why i think personal websites are better: you can truly
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express yourself, you're not at the mercy of some algorithms to know if your
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content will be deleted, and you're not helping some company grow their market
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share and increase their proffit margins[^corporate-hosting]. you're always in
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control of your content, you can make backups and repost it wherever you want
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share and increase their profit margins[^corporate-hosting]. you're always in
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control of your content, you can make backups and re-post it wherever you want
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super easily, and can, for example, at any point, [stop openai from using your
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content in chatgpt](https://platform.openai.com/docs/plugins/bot).
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you can store all the files that make up your website on your computer, and make
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your website accessible to anyone on your home internet connection for free
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within minutes. it's a very good way to prototype things and just play around
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with making internet content without any consequenses!
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with making internet content without any consequences!
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while you may have to rely on some companies to make it work (like, an internet
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service provider, a host if you don't want all the traffic from your website to
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if you want to.
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all in all, the whole infrastructure i'm running for my friends and i costs me
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about 15€/month, plus a few hours of maintance a month, for a blog, personal
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about 15€/month, plus a few hours of maintenance a month, for a blog, personal
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websites for each of us, a social network, and an image sharing service -- it's
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cheaper than a premium netflix subscription!
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so, if you have some time to spare, and want to start sharing content with the
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world, i recommend making a website! even if it's just for reposting stuff
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world, i recommend making a website! even if it's just for re-posting stuff
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you're sharing elsewhere, it gives you a space that's truly yours, and that you
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can keep as long as you're alive, and maybe more. it'll teach you general
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computer and system administration skills, that'll always be usefull in life.
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computer and system administration skills, that'll always be useful in life.
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and most importantly, it'll let you express yourself however you like, share the
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things you care about with friends, and make something *for people*.
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i'll note though that if you want to build a massive community, a website
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probably isn't the way to go. but i'd say, you don't need a massive community!
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people looking at your website are often much more engaged and interested in
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what you're sharing than people scrolling though hundreads of posts, so you'll
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likely get as many interractions, if not more, from actual humans!
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what you're sharing than people scrolling though hundreds of posts, so you'll
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likely get as many interactions, if not more, from actual humans!
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if you want to get started right now, i recommend you check out [mozilla's
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"Getting started with the web"
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out:
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* [rampancy.neocities.org](https://rampancy.neocities.org), including [this
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beutiful digital shrine to the video game
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beautiful digital shrine to the video game
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SIGNALIS](https://rampancy.neocities.org/games/SIGNALIS) (cw: no reduced
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motion support on both links)
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* [possums.gay](https://possums.gay/), another yuki's website (cw: gifs with
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* {
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:root {
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--background-color: #222222;
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--foreground-color: #eaeaea;
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--header-background-color: #444455;
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--blockquote-bar: #cccccc;
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}
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@media (prefers-color-scheme: light) {
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:root {
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--background-color: #d9d9d9;
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--foreground-color: #424242;
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--header-background-color: #aeaedb;
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--content-background-color: #d7acd7;
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--link-color: #5050bf;
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--blockquote-bar: #686868;
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}
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}
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body {
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display: flex;
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flex-direction: column;
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color: var(--foreground-color);
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font-family: sans-serif, sans;
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line-height: 150%;
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}
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header {
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color: var(--link-color);
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}
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sup {
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/* Hack I don't totally understand to make superscripts look better */
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/* Stolen partially from https://gist.github.com/unruthless/413930 */
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font-size: 50%;
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vertical-align: baseline;
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line-height: 0;
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position: relative;
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top: -0.8em;
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}
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ul#menubar {
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width: 100%;
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margin: 0;
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