The Worm Lizard Cavern
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Unfortunately, I realized I made a huge mistake with the lizard webring widget and used the wrong method to detect the parent iframe url which ended up throwing errors on websites other than my own, although the good news is that I fixed it a couple of hours ago today and now the widget should work 100% as intended after I checked the members
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I don't know if I was missing something or I find it easier to build a following on this part of the web than I have on most social networks I've been on despite the latter having the audience that would be interested in my stuff the most (umm, critters y'know), perhaps with this place not only do people interact with each other more, but there's also more diversity in content too which also changed my mindset too
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amaxivermis
1 month ago
But even with everyone else being different then I can still be myself and I still have had the stuff you find on my stuff I was really into since the very start
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tabf5
1 month ago
I think it's like a combination of the amount of people on here being so low, so you value the interactions on here a lot more, mixed with the fact that there are infinite ways to build a website vs the two pictures you can set on a standard social media profile. Also all the people on here have the patience to build a website at all, making interactions super-rewarding. It all works so damn good together
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amaxivermis
1 month ago
Oh yeah making a website takes time but in hindsight it's actually a good thing. I have also personally started growing a distain of discord servers including one of my friends (no offense, he's cool) but to me it feels like nobody really cares about you until a certain point in those places and I'm someone who gives up very easily when I keep failing with no progress, but here it's like we're all in this together
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vermi1ion
1 month ago
I think a part of the appeal is that the barrier to entry is pretty high (knowing html/css, designing a layout, etc.). It feels like everyone on here appreciates each other a lot more because of how much effort we're all putting into our creations. Anyone can post on IG or Twitter but it takes a lot to make a custom site.
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win1999
1 month ago
Neocities is great. It somehow manages to pull off the old web while still having a very basic social media implementation.
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Thanks for the follow! Checked out your site and WOW is it crazy cool. I love how your About page is literally just a desktop interface, and I was blown away with all the little "apps" and popup windows. The CD system on there is super cool too!
I also really just like the Windows Vista-esque theme of your entire site in general! Brings me back to my old Acer laptop I had a while ago LOL. Awesome stuff!
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amaxivermis
1 month ago
Ayy I'm glad you liked my website :) and also your website was great too, I liked the interactivity of it and thank you for the follow back too!
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amaxivermis
1 month ago
A new blog post, very ranty one but it's important to me and if you're very into art it's a good read for you
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amaxivermis
1 month ago
also got rss feeds for blog, art, and fun mini stuff or whatever too if you haven't figured just yet
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tabf5
1 month ago
Absolutely agreed on how bad it is when artists just store their primary entire gallery on a microblogging site that forces you to make an account half the time, mixed in with all their other personal posts and retweets and everything. I've had multiple different projects on those older sites beforehand in the past decade, and it would always end in burnout because the individual posts on there slowly dont matter. It
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tabf5
1 month ago
becomes a game of how-often-can-you-post to stay seen by others and not drown in the noise of everyone else doing the same thing. I get why it would be overwhelming for an artist to build their own gallery like a Neocities page, but they should definitely at least have an account elsewhere to browse the art like Newgrounds/Cara/others you mentioned. Also I still think RSS is too clunky but perhaps I've been spoiled
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tabf5
1 month ago
by how good the Neocities feed is. Ultimately I think the best solution for artists in the long term is new platforms like Neocities and Toyhouse and such, where they have to keep trying even if it seems like microblogging apps are the only apps to give a shit about. All microblogging apps are doomed to eventually become the shouting war other mainstream platforms are. YouTube is also slightly guilty of this
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amaxivermis
1 month ago
@tabf5 yeah I agree with you on toyhouse, newgrounds, etc being the best option since most artists don't have the skill of maintaining a website, although it's a great solution if you do which I have. And yeah i have to admit RSS is a little clunky, particularly with setting up but for me it's infinitely better than having to make many accounts just to stay in touch with the stuff I care about.
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amaxivermis
1 month ago
Either way, i think we can all agree that having to create accounts just to see information is terrible, and the problems with microblogging with you and I have faced very similar problems with you too on some microblogging sites as well, sure some are better than others, but none of them are really meant to be for art
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amaxivermis
1 month ago
I kinda misread neocities as newgrounds oops, but I still think the point applies, although either way whichever solution works best for each artist is the one that should be done
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tabf5
1 month ago
Pro tip btw: you can edit any Twitter link to xcancel .com to view profiles and tweet replies without having to make a stupid account!
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amaxivermis
1 month ago
Oh yeah i've been using nitter for quite a while, it's a massive live saver and thank god they revived it
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I did a sketch of your mascot guy during a drawpile with friends: https://file.garden/aejXxcl_-hvXF5h6/sketches/vermilion-1.png
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I did a tabling sketch during a drawpile with friends for fun: https://file.garden/aejXxcl_-hvXF5h6/sketches/tabf5-1.png
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amaxivermis
1 month ago
Not much, but added in the increment button, you should click it every time you visit
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amaxivermis
1 month ago
nope, not anymore :> whoever did that you got defeated unless you're the same person clicking the increment all this time
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Hai! I love your website! It's super interactive and cool which is so awesome :3
(PS I love Terraria too, one of my favs ever!!)
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Oh look, I got a page about ROTRG on a game listing website [I didn't do anything at all!], it's also interesting how they refer to me as "amaxi" instead of my full username
https://gamebrain.co/game/rampage-of-the-red-giant
thats a baller thumbnail