There's a common trait webmasters all share. A common thread. It's like how the big artists and celebs who are genuinely good at their craft all share a certain level of narcissism that drove them to "make it" in the first place. But with webmasters it's something different , something closer to authenticity? I can't quite pin it down yet but I want to. And I will.

i wrote about similar energy recently. definitely agree w feeling there's genuine/authentic people. it's hard to describe bc like... people larp here (me included) but it still feels realer than say an ig profile. hard to put into words!

@barndoors Oh, man. I'll go check that out! Not saying it's all sunshines and rainbows here but what I find is that, whatever archetype you are with whichever theme, you're def just as authentic as the next person... like, aghhh you are right it's hard to describe.

Are we all, to an extent, closeted narcissists? We would argue that we made our websites, first and foremost for ourselves, but why do we apologize when we don’t make relevant updates in a while? Who are we apologizing to?

The moment you type that apology, you've admitted there's an audience living rent-free in your head even if nobody's watching.

Maybe that's the thread. Not purity or because we are all nice people per se. Just a different slower kind of ego?? One that builds instead of performs??? FUUUUCKKKK

I'd say its bc of how neocities work like a semi social media site. Or we are used to how social media worked and it carried over (?) This is a common criticism of "internet revival" movement which stemmed from rejection of big corpo social media. The criticism being how people act the same as they were on the big corpo social medias like how some webmasters are akin to influencers

tbh idc as long as no harm done (re: criticism). People are influenced by by stuff around them and if nothing change then it is bound to die (IMO). People on the net have always been a mix of interesting personalities and being on Neocities or having a personal site amplify it more because they have more freedom to express themselves

@chilblands That's a really good point I hadn't considered. The social media muscle memory carrying over. Makes the apology thing make a lot more sense now perhaps...?

the building might also be the performance... im hesitant to ascribe inherent negativity towards the desire for an audience. i think we make art to share with others, not ourselves. i think what separates the performance on neocities from a site like instagram is two things -- (1) neocities feels less corporate, in the way that all updates feel pretty clear and not like you are praying to an algorithm god (1/2)

big tech god that may nuke ur account if you say the wrong thing, and (2) the audience here is smaller, cooler, and more insular. i dont need to worry about normies leaving rude or boring comments. i also think of the audience here more highly, in that we are all artists by virtue of putting the time and effort into actually creating a site. i dont think i respect randos on insta the same way (2/2)

hello! yes my profile was deactivated haha i love your site design and the spoopify page sm ^_^

Ty so much! Your photography section is so so lovely and from what I see in your music log we mostly listen to the same things that's so cool!!

WOOP WOOP

The initial goal was to put Nobara in Paralives and I had to learn how to make hair meshes for that to be possible. Now I know how to make any hair I want!! New skill set unlocked woaw.

IT WORKSSS!! YAYYYY!!! HERE IS MINE https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3737918408

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Update: she asked me who I was lol even I don't know

hi hi!! its okay i just found out about the workshop 0_0 do i just have to upload my household for u to download it? or is there a different way i missed?

Yeahhh! You gotta upload it to the workshop!!

No further site updates till I get bored of this game which will likely take about a week c:

Wait no fuck it I can multitask, I'm an adult nvm

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Callieeee if you made yourself lemme download, I wanna put you in my worldddd. (Or any Para you made) 🥹🥹

how do i let u do that?! i'd love to add u to my world too!!