about

age: 22
from: UK

why am I making a neocities?

I suppose it's for the same reason a lot of other people have their own site on here now. I've kind of become fairly disillusioned with algorithmic social media and ironically, it doesn't really feel that social anymore... I'm not the most social person so I signed up for these sites as a young teen in the hopes it would garner me some friends but I still felt quite isolated as it just became another place for me to feel left out. As a (not very mature) adult, I have a tight circle of friends and I don't really feel more connected to them via all the usual apps. I've always had a love for the old-web and cute things so thought that now was the time to try and create something that felt more authentic to me, outside of social media. Things like Instagram are, well, quite boring in terms of customisation and I don't think they show the things I truly enjoy. We only get to customise a little profile picture and try and summarise ourselves in a very limited amount of text but on here, I can do anything really. I'm only limited by my coding skills which I'm trying hard to improve!