Neocities Intimidates Me
I’m going to be honest, one of the reasons why I joined Bear is because I’m not quite ready to develop my own site from scratch. I’m not knowledgeable about HTML and CCS. That would be a big task to take on. Who knows, maybe someday I’ll finally sit down and learn to create one. I have seen plenty of sites other people have made, lots of them are very vivid and interactive! I imagine my site would be more simple, minimalistic you know? I tend to gravitate towards cleaner designs. I guess that’s why I like the default Bear theme so much!
Making my own website is something to consider—since the internet is becoming more confusing/difficult for artists. Developing a place made for myself doesn’t sound like a bad idea. I’m aware of the age verification laws, the feeding of everything to the generative AI machine, it’s all very exhausting. I couldn’t imagine myself settling for any trendy sites anymore (X, TikTok, etc). Maybe avoiding them is for the best. I’m getting too old for all that online drama anyway. Most of us probably already know how harmful algorithms can be. The art community has expressed disappointment towards Instagram more often within the last couple years. Understandably so, I deleted my account ages ago.
Neocities will be my “break glass in case of emergency” option. It’s always good to make plans in advance. Now to end on a positive note, I’m going to link a few of my favorite sites here!
♡ sealdeer