Goodbye CoHost

Sat, 12 Oct 2024 15:43:42 GMT

Wow, 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)

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Wed, 01 May 2024 12:00:43 GMT

When I began my adventure into the strange world of the indie web in June of last year, I really didn't think it would become such a passion of mine. It's been almost a year now and, in that time, I have actually learned a lot about coding that I didn't know before. I went from barely knowing how to italicize text to being able to code my own site from scratch. As proud as I am of how my site is shaping up, I know I have a lot left to learn and I'm having a ton of fun doing it.

I've recently made the decision to start expanding outwards from my main site. Some of the fanpages/fansites that I had nested in my main site have grown to the point where they don't fit anymore. I'm going to be migrating a few of them to their own domains in the coming months.

Also! In my quest to explore as much of the indie web as humanly possible, I've continued to explore alternative sites and web spaces. I recently learned of a new web-hosting service called Nekoweb that was created as an alternative to Neocities. Naturally, I got curious and had to check it out for myself. So, I now have an additional site on Nekoweb (here!) and no idea what I'm going to put there lol. Still, I like the idea of having options when it comes to the internet, so I'm happy to give it a trial period and see how much I like their hosting service.

So, to sum up, web coding has gone from something I looked into out of mild curiosity to a main hobby and passion for me. I'm excited by everything I've discovered and learned over the past year and look forward to further adventures as I continue exploring the indie web.

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