Really nice read, and honestly I believe stealing incidents happen often bc people want to jump straight to the part where your site is all “aesthetic” and “neat” w/o any prior HTML knowledge even though it’s a solid fact that constructing a whole website from scratch takes time and effort, they’re afraid of starting w/ a site that is weaker in technical aspects or, more bluntly, looks like shit TO THEM
Neocities or personal website making platforms in general are being reduced to a visual nostalgia tool and become “for the y2k kid core aesthetic” or whatever but these kinds of users seem to miss the most important parts in this nostalgia: Originality and crafting your site with LOVE. We’re sadly the users of an Internet way too focused on looks and can’t appreciate authenticity enough.
You could look back at the steps you make while developing your site one day and remember all the improvements you made or you can brag about how cool your web corner has looked from the start when you haven’t opened your online HTML course tab and are left not knowing what a p tag is. I usually dislike gatekeeping but I’m willing to do it with fake people who refuse to make progress.
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Personally my blog aesthetic is quite literally only how it is because I did not know ANY HTML at all.
Really nice read, and honestly I believe stealing incidents happen often bc people want to jump straight to the part where your site is all “aesthetic” and “neat” w/o any prior HTML knowledge even though it’s a solid fact that constructing a whole website from scratch takes time and effort, they’re afraid of starting w/ a site that is weaker in technical aspects or, more bluntly, looks like shit TO THEM
Neocities or personal website making platforms in general are being reduced to a visual nostalgia tool and become “for the y2k kid core aesthetic” or whatever but these kinds of users seem to miss the most important parts in this nostalgia: Originality and crafting your site with LOVE. We’re sadly the users of an Internet way too focused on looks and can’t appreciate authenticity enough.
You could look back at the steps you make while developing your site one day and remember all the improvements you made or you can brag about how cool your web corner has looked from the start when you haven’t opened your online HTML course tab and are left not knowing what a p tag is. I usually dislike gatekeeping but I’m willing to do it with fake people who refuse to make progress.