I don't enjoy that professionalism in the digital age sometimes has that extra layer of "oh, let's see what this person does in their spare time" -- I don't intend to bring my personal baggage to the job, don't trouble yourself with it >;T
For real, it's none of their business what we do in our spare time. If I want to shitpost "tasteless" memes all day long on Facebook for the four people that appreciate it and regularly interact with them on a daily basis, why does an employer (or my grandmother, come to think of it) care at all?
Note to self: make a shitpost page with all my favorite memes.
Ugh, "branding." We have to be professional enough in real life, why did we decide we need to be professional on the web too?
Exactly! I just want to be unabashedly me, fuck an employer, they don't define me. And what I do on the internet does not have to make money in order for me to be considered productive. I don't even have to be considered productive. As long as I am happy with what I do and I'm not hurting anyone, I can be free to express myself on the internet.
What inspired you/made you want to create a personal website?
Over the years, I was fascinated by the old Geocities personal websites and wished I'd been able to have experienced them when they were still thriving. I'd make "webpages" in word documents and make them how I'd want them to look and pretend they were active and online. So I'm sure you can imagine my enthusiasm when I discovered Neocities! I want it to fully represent me and, like me, it is ever changing.
What are some challenges you've faced in the process of creating and maintaining a site?
Definitely the html/css aspect of it. I have a picture in my mind of what I want my website to look like and I just can't seem to get it just how I want to. And I'm stubborn and refuse to ask for help. I know I'll figure it out eventually, but for right now, it looks how it looks and it's just gonna have to be good enough until I have an epiphany.
Imagine your site five years from now (even if you may or may not be running the same site five years down the line, or may have closed it out as a completed project)... What do you think it will look like, or what would you want it to look like?[/color][/i][/b]
Oh boy, this is a tough one. If I don't hyperfixate on another aesthetic in five years(which is highly unlikely), I want it to look like those adorable cottagecore pixel pages I keep seeing around the web (something a la cinni.net). But I also have an idea to have separate styling for each individual page to reflect my individual aesthetics and moods. I love kidcore, cottagecore, dark stuff, carnivalcore, dark academia, etc. So my website could really go in any direction, style-wise. I also really love the idea of making a website that's creatively reminiscent of old Geocities where the home page has a picture of a house on it that you click on to enter, and there are "rooms" that you can enter and interact with objects in them to go to other pages. Something similar to what MelonKing has. I want it to be cozy and inviting.
I have enjoyed reading all of your replies. I'd like to add that I've noticed that social media has influenced me to not enjoy having my own personal webspace as much as I should. I love having my own space to put whatever I want, and make it look however I want, but I keep feeling like I need to market my "brand". I don't even have a brand! I just want people to see my site and like it and share it because then that will make me feel like I'm doing something special. But it doesn't need to be like that at all. Why can't I simply enjoy existing on the internet and stop wondering if people are reading my "content" and "liking" it. I don't have to be an influencer. And I don't like that term at all, but in a way, I want to be that because I have been influenced to want that. That's not what I want as a person, that's what I want because everyone else wants it. And here people are on this new resurgence of the personal web who are just doing what they want, and it doesn't matter that their websites aren't sleek and new looking, it matters that their websites look good to them and that they are putting out there what they want, not squeezing themselves into a gated community that thrives on both over-sharing and isolation. I cannot have a real debate with anyone on social media because of the terms of use. I don't think I would post anything offensive, but the conversations I want to have would bring out some offensive topics that would get anyone put in Facebook jail. I want to have the difficult conversations that can't be had in a gated community like Facebook, Twitter, etc. We can't break new ground and reach across the aisle to our family without having honest debates that would absolutely get heated, I'm not naive, but I really think those conversations need to be had. The algorithms foster only echo chambers so no one's ideologies are questioned, so no one considers that they are wrong. I love sharing the web with people who disagree with me. I want to be challenged, everything deserves to be challenged. If someone's beliefs and wisdom cannot stand up to criticism, then why believe those things? But those conversations can't be had on Facebook or Twitter, or even the so-called "free speech" platforms that arose in the wake of the election.
I'd love to know all of your thoughts on that. I hope I'm not being too political here, I know those are hot topics and I don't want to derail the conversation about social media poisoning us, but I really feel like it goes hand in hand with politics because that's unfortunately where politics is right now. I think we are where we are economically and politically because of social media.
And I made a new web button for my neocities, now that I've had some practice making gifs.
Gifs are great! Truly the pinnacle of unlimited power, in my humble opinion. Dig the concept and look of the web button, too.
Thank you so much, it was super fun to make! That one actually took me all day because I had to redo it and cut the number of frames down by half. But soooo worth it at the end. I'm so proud of it, it's my most daring gif accomplishment so far.
Hi, I'm Sunnymuffins, but I shortened it to Sunny because I'm a special freaking ball of sunshine.
I didn't get to do much with the internet from the late 90s-00s because I grew up in a cult-like family and was stunted in a lot of ways by that. But I was still pretty fascinated by it from what I saw over my grandma's shoulder. I've learned so much in the last year or so. I love to build things from scratch and I'm getting better every month.
I like to do pixel art in Paint, draw pictures (usually of female faces, those are my favorite), and collect nostalgia tech. I play piano but I haven't touched it in a while because I can't find a place for it yet. I write short stories sometimes. My boyfriend thinks they are good. lol
It's awesome to meet all of you and can't wait for shenanigans to ensue.
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