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Been around for a while, but never formally introduced myself!
nintendowii99:
Hello! You can call me Sammy. I've been on Melonland since 2022, but I have never formally introduced myself, so I thought I would make a post here and say hello to everyone!
I love Melonland because I am very passionate about the indie web/web revival scene, though I guess you could say my interests are more in line with a general anti-social media/web 3.0/late stage capitalism sentiment. Despite not being a web developer/super active on neocities, I have found a home in the web revival community because of my similar interests and goals. I enjoy the stimulating conversations that we have about these topics on Melonland.
While I don't have my own website, I like to think that I participate in the scene in other ways. I am a big advocate for the "analog world" as opposed to the digital: I don't use any social media outside of the occasional search on reddit, I use CDs/VHS/DVD for media (no streaming services!), I use an old iPod to listen to music, I use paper maps and read newspapers, etc. In the future, i'd like to get a dumbphone, I just haven't taken the leap because I need to do more research with my phone provider first. Hopefully this summer I will! That being said, I recognize that the digital world has its positives as well!
I also have a big interest in old tech in general. I collect lots of 90s-early 2000s tech, like CRT TVs, old versions of Windows software, old PC games, etc. Windows XP and 7 are my OS of choice and I use them daily :happy: I also collect old toys. I don't have a big collection of any one toy, but I have a general "early 2000s" theme and collect anything that reminds me of that era. One of these days i'll get around to posting a photo of my collection on here!
As for more general info about myself - I grew up in the 90s and early 00s, so I think a lot of my participation in this community stems from my nostalgia for that era. While I was young during the web's early days, I was active online for my entire childhood, and the web has always been a subject of curiosity and love for me. I'm in graduate school where I study biology (my thesis is on dolphin behavior!) but I also work as a teacher.
I'd love to get to know people on here more, so feel free to leave a comment or message me if you ever want to chat!
DiffydaDude:
Hey, welcome to the forum. I agree with that thing about using a lot more physical stuff these days instead of a phone, tell me more about it!
Paprika:
Just saw I missed that intro ! Welcome to the Melonland Forums !
Analog tech is really neat I think, no need to have a website to take part in the forum ! I'm considering going back to cassettes/tapes at some point.
DiffydaDude:
--- Quote from: Paprika on April 14, 2024 @864.32 ---Just saw I missed that intro ! Welcome to the Melonland Forums !
Analog tech is really neat I think, no need to have a website to take part in the forum ! I'm considering going back to cassettes/tapes at some point.
--- End quote ---
I already went back to those. Theyre very nice and are better quality than you think. I could probably tell u tons about them
Misanthropic Monster™:
Heya Sammy nice to meet you. It was fun to read your post, I find a lot of comfort in hearing other people's reasons for loving web revival and being part of the web 1.0 revival community.
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