TomWhen they say "open web", they fucking mean it 
Alice 
@[email protected] idk about you, but I didn't have any ways to pay online other than really shady ones until I was 18...
@[email protected] i.e. I wouldn't be able to pay for a server, nor a domain.
And - well, I don't think I'd have had enough money for that either
And - well, I don't think I'd have had enough money for that either
@alice If ya have a job, or use your birthday money, or whatever the hell, you can do it
Of course, not everyone can, which is where Neocities comes in
@[email protected] first of all. Regardless of whether I have money, if I can't pay with it, it doesn't matter. I couldn't get a bank card until I was 18, PayPal was also 18+ and so on.
Second, no, I didn't have a job before 18, I was already at my limit with school + learning programming separately. Also, it got worse with uni, to the point I had 0 free time for anything with no possible way I could also have a job at the same time. Neocities yes, but at this point the whole point about "it's not like social media" falls apart because it's again a centralized service.
And birthday money - I don't have birthdays often enough to pay montly payments, no...
Like sorry, but you're making a lot of assumptions here.
And that's not even including needing to learn web development, which is in itself a pretty big barrier. In other words, I can argue that making a website yourself is probably the least accessible way of having a homepage ever.
Second, no, I didn't have a job before 18, I was already at my limit with school + learning programming separately. Also, it got worse with uni, to the point I had 0 free time for anything with no possible way I could also have a job at the same time. Neocities yes, but at this point the whole point about "it's not like social media" falls apart because it's again a centralized service.
And birthday money - I don't have birthdays often enough to pay montly payments, no...
Like sorry, but you're making a lot of assumptions here.
And that's not even including needing to learn web development, which is in itself a pretty big barrier. In other words, I can argue that making a website yourself is probably the least accessible way of having a homepage ever.
@alice Did I say homepages are for everyone? No, but you've basically assumed that. It's only for those who have the time, money, and passion for it. If you can't or don't want to, then don't.