07/08/2025 - Do I feel constrained by social media?
truthfully i don't care anymore about people being able to find me online (or my art). i used to care about it a lot, but now i just care about having my own space that contains everything i want, with tumblr, bsky, whatever else as satellites. the whole idea of having a character limit for text-based post is crazy to me. you are literally constrained in every possible way, aesthetically, visually, functionally... i hope to add a comment section here to at least give people the opportunity to shout at me, because i do like the social aspect that these sites provide. the feeling that you are 'connected' instead of on an island. but i might just start linking more to pages that i enjoy and create my own button or something. still neocities isn't perfect either, because i'm still dependent on someone else's hosting. but for now it's a much better solution than to use social media. even if it's all going into the void.