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i want total customisation! i want indulgence and excess within the confines of limited html knowledge!
this is close, tumblrs closer, and twitter kpop stans with carrds and dni lists are really getting there, i guess.
i feel like this kind of self expression on the internet was so brief but so so wonderful, and honestly really important now with an almost complete lack of individuality in so many aspects of ones online presence
new year’s resolution is to make my own website
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can we bring back this form of media that has some sort of substance to it?!
i was too young for the millennial blogspot boom and too old to gaf about insta so tumblr was my destined platform (long rip). but i want to experience the blogspot type of thing i missed out on and having the ability to write and actually make my own stuff, not just reblog aesthetic shit. i can go to pinterest for that.
im gonna start one even if no one reads it. i’ll link it i guess.
here’s the link (i can’t change the website link in my profile T.T)
a-space-for-me.com
it’s kinda bland rn but i’m new to wordpress lol
Jan 17, 2025
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i’ve tentatively dipped my toes into the tumblr pond a few times over the years but i have decided to actually commit to curating a blog… tumblr actually has quite a fantastic format, comparable to facebook but less evil. idk i think it works rlly well and i’m kind of keen for it to become more widely used and popular
Feb 18, 2025
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i think that while it had it's own host of problems it was really the ideal social media.
multiple media formats were supported. it was easily searchable. the ui was perfect; minimalist, iconic, but also customizable. while there was some kind of recommendation algorithm it really was just largely user-sourced: you followed specific blogs, specific tags, and that ultimately led to a super rich online experience where for certain the stuff you wanted to see was on your timeline and if you saw something you didn't recognize but liked (or something you recognized but didn't like) you could actually change your feed to include (or exclude) that new content, which more often than not came from people / tags you were already following
subculture on tumblr flourished in a way that instagram and twitter have never replicated; the fact that you could follow a$ap yams, frank ocean, et al and be tapped into this new moment in art and media or be in the pits of fandom tumblr or just be somewhere in the middle and constantly see cool photos, essays, etc. (where again, all of this is indexed on specific tags so people can post common stuff on the same thread) is just so much what the ideal digital platform is (for me, at least) - and unlike ig and twitter, you could be multi-faceted on tumblr; the algorithm (or your followers) didn't punish you for liking and posting about multiple things
instagram has carved its niche out by asking users "how monetizable can you make yourself?" twitter has carved its niche out by asking users "how disaffected and aloof can you make yourself?" tumblr was the only place where you weren't actively punished just for being earnest. it's still around but it absolutely isn't the same and the second someone can make a website with the exact same feature set without getting sued i'm so fucking there. pi.fyi is the first site that feels "tumblr-esque" in a while (honorable mention to are.na which i just haven't had the patience to figure out yet)
Apr 1, 2024
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Mar 24, 2025
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a book a newspaper or magazine a metal spoon a piece of wood a fresh leaf and fresh laundry rainy misty weather warm water in a bath and a warm wirring dvd player day old bread dusty cardboard beeswax worn leather a baby’s head salty air and seaweedy rocks
anything you have to stick your face into to get the full thing
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