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New article! "A Farewell to Sparklecare"; saying goodbye to a story that once meant a lot to me, and my thoughts on the many things revealed about it. (Please view the article directory page for content warnings; this one's heavy with them) https://ballonlea.net/articles/sparklecare
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Also, by the way, is hotlinking images *actually* bad or no? I know that the reason people say that it is is because it steals bandwidth. However, I've also seen far more experienced Neocities site owners say that bandwidth a problem for Mr. Kyle Neocities, not the webmaster. It's in Neocities' ToS that hotlinking isn't allowed, but that seems to be referring to people using Neocities as if it's an image host.
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After much painful deliberation, I've decided that, if I don't get an offer from someone to take over as admin for the Autists Online webring by the end of February 16th, it will be deleted. (Remember to email me at azure.webmaster@proton.me if you're interested in taking over!)
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afaik it's mostly just bad practice & how if you hotlink to someone, they may change their file structure and suddenly your images are broken more so than it being a genuine leech of bandwidth.
what the above person said - i'd rather people not hotlink my site button in case i end up revamping my site and it breaks the image URL.
Yeah, seconding all that. Some people also encourage you to hotline their image when they are more confident in their file structure and like changing their buttons or adoptables. It also allows them to define what information they would want to attach to their link (like an alt description). I also would take a current hotlink over a future deadlink, so seeing a missing image helps me take not of shutdowns.