What introduced you to Neocities?

[mothpanic]

those of us saying they heard about Neocities through a Tumblr post... did we all find the exact same post? the influence that user had...

apparently I made my account in July 2024, which I think makes me a toddler compared to most of the people on this forum. for at least a couple months I didn't actually do anything with it, but then I found Monastery of St. Blamensir, which encouraged me to actually give making a website a go. I'd say the second event had more influence over me discovering what Neocities is than the first.

[riku]

i found about it last year when i was looking at someone's profile on toyhouse, and i was like "that's so cool !! i should make a website too  "

before i heard of neocities, i tried other websites like strawpage, rentry etc... but i felt like there was limited customisation and i wanted a website where i can freely express myself online 

when i first started, i didnt have much knowledge of html and css so it was a bit of a struggle for me  but im one of those people that keeps on trying and doesnt give up, so now i have a knowledge of html and css and can code awesome stuff 

[milo]

Since 2020 I was actively trying to move away from the modern Internet experience and towards old style forums and blogs and things. I deleted my facebook and tried to limit my use of other social media sites.

I started a business in 2022 and knew I didn't want to use a corporate site builder so I looked into building a classic HTML website. I used to dabble with that sort of thing when I was a pre-teen in the early 2000s and the thought of digging up my old HMTL skills made me really happy.

I think I found Neocities while looking for places to host an HTML site. This thread has made me realize how old Neocities really is. It was founded in 2013?? Crazy! I thought it was a newer thing and it's kinda nuts to me how long it's been around. When I first discovered it, I figured I'd be lost for hours browsing sites through their main portal... but I never did and still never do that. I feel like I discover more sites by just clicking links on other peoples' pages like you used to have to do back in the day. I pretty much just use Neocities to host my own stuff.

Anyway, when I first started making the site for the business, I would code in a text document on my laptop while riding the train to and from work and then upload everything I was working on when I got home. I felt so cool and hip coding my own website like that.