If the web itself is the social network, the website is the atomic element of that network. We just need it to be easy to create a website, and then connect it with others.
If the web itself is the social network, the website is the atomic element of that network. We just need it to be easy to create a website, and then connect it with others.
In real terms, personal websites are superior to social profiles for a few reasons:
- They can be more stable and reliable, not subject to feeds, changes in platform policies & design
- They're much more intriguing, artistically, than some cookie-cutter profile on an app/the web
I've had trouble distilling down the single "thing" I'm after. Is it web publishing? Alternatives to social media?
I think it's partly the latter, and I think the model for me is the personal web.
First and foremost you need to know about Metallica is that they are one of the causes of DRM protected media and the DMCA, and of suing and jailing fans who downloaded their arguably very generic music through Napster.
They're too corporate to be metal. https://t.co/0WDyl7x6Ep
The thing that gives me the greatest creative hope on the web in 2022 are small, bespoke, personal websites, their utterly personal and diverse sensibilities, and the sort of glitchiness that comes from cobbling together something technical in order to support the imagination.
The thing that gives me the greatest creative hope on the web in 2022 are small, bespoke, personal websites, their utterly personal and diverse sensibilities, and the sort of glitchiness that comes from cobbling together something technical in order to support the imagination.
I’m losing my fucking mind right now, like I’m sorry but this is genuinely the funniest thing anyone could possibly say in a resignation speech https://t.co/lP3nsmWSex