Why did you make a personal website?
I've been online basically as long as I've been alive. The whole internet has always been ephemeral- moving like a large body of water, never the same at any point in time. There are archives you can visit if you ever want to look at old snapshots- but even those are under almost constant audit and threat of being taken down. Everyone who is online knows everything comes with a TBD expiration date.
An increase in homogeneity in personal online spaces is observed by many people who have grown up inside them. The ways in which the internet was personal have taken a backseat to content streams. The justification given is always making things more mobile-friendly- which seems kind of random to me.
I wanted to build a place online that I could call a more permanent home for my personal projects and shitposts. Profiles on social media feel more like a virtual dorm where you can hang a few posters and that just isn't cutting it for me anymore.
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