Robert KingettThe amount of casual PC users telling me my website is broken *because* I don't paywall my writing nor track my users or shove a mailing list thing at them is worrying me. I know it's unconventional to have a website *not* throw popups at you every visit, but come on, this is deeply unsetteling. I can't express how many people are scared of my website *because* I don't track my users, I don't bombard them with things upon visiting. The only thing that's broken at the moment is the navigation menu button doesn’t work with JavaScript disabled, but there's a site map non JavaScript people can use. https://sightlessscribbles.com/ #WebDev
Nate Cox@WeirdWriter we need a "my website doesn't treat you as the product" webring. Only tracking on my site is there to make sure I don't unknowingly pass into the paid tier haha.
I agree! I love that idea! I do need to seriously get into webrings a bit more. I guess I just don't fully understand them? Like, I like IndieWeb blog directories far more so if they, WebRings, could be like a collection of websites I can browse with a description or something I can browse in a list, I like that better, far better, than say, hitting next website on the ring. I guess I like to know where I am going! #WebRing #WebRings @natecox
@WeirdWriter I didn't understand them either until I added myself to one a couple weeks back (despite being online through the 90's when webrings were everywhere).
Basically they're a list of sites that share some commonality. Each site in that list will usually post a link to that list, and there is usually a way to link to the website before you and after you as "next" and "previous".
E.g., https://natecox.dev is part of the human first webring, which is a list of sites that use no GenAI in their construction. You can see the links in the nav for my site.
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