Small-Web Survival Guide for Social-Web Dropouts

[hikatamika]

"Small-Web Survival Guide for Social-Web Dropouts" is a living document project in the File Cabinet of my site. I'm fully aware that I'm preaching to the choir by posting it on here, but, maybe after the document evolves, it can be of use to people who still follow me on Social Media that are too scared to try.

Current lessons I've learned that are inside are:

• The Small-Web's slower speed, and getting used to it.
• Getting over the reluctance to be the first to reach out to other netizens whilst surfing.
• (V1.1) A section on following folks by RSS or Newsletter, or referring to their Changelog when you remember to visit them!

Anyways, you can always read the latest version, here.

Edit: Thanks for the kind responses everyone!! I'm so honored that you'd wanna share my guide waaa!   
In both myself, and within my Social Media friends, there's a lot of growing fatigue for the Social Media user experience, so I hope the guide can help people settle into the Small Web as either a new, or an additional online space for folks to exist in.

[_ghost_]

This is really cool! Your right that it's not necessarily new information for those of us on Melondland, but it's still a good reminder to have. Good luck with the project!

[ValyceNegative]

I am SO guilty of not following your second lesson, everytime I see a cool site and want to reach out to ask for banner exchange I go crazy with anxiety thinking maybe I sound too out of nowhere, fearing I might upset or bother the webmaster... damn I'm less shy in person than on the Internet! XD
I'll def take note of your guide. I have a few people who came to me with questions about the smallweb so this is the perfect reading material for them.

[fairyrune]

this is a really good page, amazing for people starting out - and for those of us who might need a reminder every now and then  i would love to put this on my site too, under resources i gather. i think it'll really help people.

and i know you said it's preaching to the choir... but for some people, this is their first encounter with a forum, at least perhaps in a good few years, and for some even on traditional social media, the aspects of not reaching out will resonate. 

[ABlueRose]

This is a really good page! I feel like there's a lot of info about how ditching social media is good, and making your own website, but actually using the internet afterwards can be difficult to figure out on your own.
I'm really glad you added a section on RSS feeds, because I've recently started using them and it's so much fun! (On that note, your whole website looks cool and I'm definitely planning to explore it  , and keep an eye out for updates!)

[varve]

Oof, I am so bad at reaching out to people. TBH even on social media or forums - I'm more likely to reply to someone else's post than to try to open a new topic myself. And sending directly to an individual feels like I'm demanding their attention! (Which doesn't feel that way to me when someone posts on my guestbook... double standards, sigh.)

Reminder to myself: I'm delighted when somebody posts on my guestbook, why wouldn't other people like it when I post on theirs?