Goodbye CoHost
Oct. 12th, 2024 10:43 amWow, I'm so out of the loop on internet happenings this year. Just found out today that apparently CoHost is shutting its doors at the end of 2024.
I'm not as upset as I'm sure the active userbase on the site must be (I've only used the site off-and-on since making my account in February) but I am deeply disappointed to see another attempt at an independent social media site go down. As much as I love tumblr and will probably stick with it until its inevitable death, I'm a firm believer that monopolies on any aspect of the internet are a bad thing, so seeing people try to make "alternate tumblrs" was actually great. And tbh CoHost probably came the closest to being a good alternative to tumblr. There were a few areas where I strongly disliked how the site functioned, but it was pretty good overall.
While I hold no personal attachment to CoHost specifically, I am sad to see it go. I'm sad any time a smaller fandom space disappears. Still, the fact that a place like CoHost existed at all is something that I choose to take as an encouraging sign for the future. I'd hate to end up in a world where the only places to interact with fandom are Twitter and TikTok. I hope people will continue trying to make alternate spaces on the internet.
Archived version of staff's shutdown announcement: https://cohost.org/staff/post/7611443-cohost-to-shut-down (posted 9/9/24; archived 10/1/24)
I'm not as upset as I'm sure the active userbase on the site must be (I've only used the site off-and-on since making my account in February) but I am deeply disappointed to see another attempt at an independent social media site go down. As much as I love tumblr and will probably stick with it until its inevitable death, I'm a firm believer that monopolies on any aspect of the internet are a bad thing, so seeing people try to make "alternate tumblrs" was actually great. And tbh CoHost probably came the closest to being a good alternative to tumblr. There were a few areas where I strongly disliked how the site functioned, but it was pretty good overall.
While I hold no personal attachment to CoHost specifically, I am sad to see it go. I'm sad any time a smaller fandom space disappears. Still, the fact that a place like CoHost existed at all is something that I choose to take as an encouraging sign for the future. I'd hate to end up in a world where the only places to interact with fandom are Twitter and TikTok. I hope people will continue trying to make alternate spaces on the internet.
Archived version of staff's shutdown announcement: https://cohost.org/staff/post/7611443-cohost-to-shut-down (posted 9/9/24; archived 10/1/24)