yeah. especially because nowadays attention = ddos attacks from bots, and i dont think neocities has enough funding to reliably counterract a botnet if one were to target it

yeah but also I don't think a lot of people would join. Making a website is way harder than just creating an account and adding a picture :/

@nexos-den And that's why Neocities will stay good :)

I dont think its bad that ppl are finding out about indie web through videos!! (thats how I partially found out, because I B watching videoz) I wanna encourage more ppl to switch off socials to make their own sites!! however brachy has a point abt the bots...

i am a big supporter of more people moving away from mainstream socials, and there's plenty of free site templates around that i always like to encourage new users to play with (after all, i got into coding through making templates for my forum pages back when those were still cool). the greater concern is in greater userbase = greater expenses = selling out = enshittification

I'm only here because of that video admittedly. It came at the best possible time for me. I was off work recovering from a surgery feeling sorry for myself. Then I was captivated by his video and was so full of inspiration I spent just about every spare moment I had building a website and connecting with people. I think Neocities bar of entry is perfectly set. People who don't want to work on it won't last.

i like watching those videos and going ":o" when I see someone I recognize

fwiw-- it's back!! onio re-listed it hehe

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