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- I don't see what the big deal is. Why would it be strange that personal websites are narcissistic? that used to be the thing, that was the standard. it was normal to tell on yourself, in a home of your own making. and we all loved it.
- "Hello, my name is Miranda, Welcome to my website! I'm 45, live in San Marina, and I love horseback riding! please take some time to read my Horseback Chronicles and leave a comment on the Guestbook. nyggh! :clops away:"
- none of this "my identity is tied to 7 social media platforms, so I need a service that lists them all in one place with a prefabricated graphic design" nonsense. now if someone has a website it's supposed to be clean, and filled with whitespace, and only showcase the most marketable details a said person has to offer? I reject that! Websites are supposed to be ephemeral living documents, not f--king dollar store sale pamphlets!!
- Back when his whole deal was "look at me, I'm The Biggest Otaku!! I'm playing Guitar while dressed as a Stormtrooper, I'm so cool, it's 2005 and I'm so cool" Danny Choo's website truly was the coolest place for me to visit, if he wasn't showing off some dolls he bought. He was sharing stories about his work at Microsoft, or participating in some form of quiz meme, or talking about an anime he liked. and every page was dense and noisy, while still imparting only critical information. on his main page, which operated as a sort of short biography, you got something resembling 4 pages of information, filled with links to other pages every few paragraphs.
- I'm just emulating his design ethic, before he became old and boring and turned his website into a doll storefront first, and a personal piece second.
- I have yet to establish a feature that would make it a magnum opus however-
- in the timeframe from 2007ish or so, Danny's Users were able to comment via Image Bubbles, so that they could have their comment highlight a specific part of an image, which was very neat. The weird Japanese ways of Social Media are unparalleled, from those image annotation Comics, to Nico Video's scrolling timestamp Comments. I think this is why I got so hooked into Twitch recently. as I had always known, Participation in the medium becomes a part of the art itself. I think the thing that stops me from trying to create my own kooky comment system is that, speech is far less deliberate online. far less curated. People only speak in memes, or use communication platforms for hatespeech, or to spread misinformation. On a commercial platform, meant to accommodate and engage every kind of person under the sun, this is a non issue - but I will eventually come up with something that covers my desire to both highlight and curate the efforts of others as art medium participation (via web page)
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