Neil Brown6d ago

I do zero analytics on any of my web traffic, so this is just a guess, but I should be surprised if many people come to my sites via Google.

I am just a bloke with a Raspberry Pi running a website and two blogs.

I suspect that, of whatever traffic I get, most comes from links I (and others) post here, and from RSS subscribers.

Similarly, I don't think that I found any of the blogs or sites that I read regularly via a search engine.

Word of mouth (webrings, people posting about stuff they've enjoyed / their own work etc.) ftw.

Show threadSundial6d ago

@neil I've stayed away from social media for a long time and was in two minds about joining mastodon. I'm really very glad that I did, and not just for the networking for my website. I've met a lot of interesting people here.

Not quite the same thing, but It brings to mind the online gaming community I was a part of when I first moved to Germany. I think without them those first months would have been very lonely. Still meet up with some of them irl. And there are some here I'd like to meet.

Show threadNeil Brown

@GoingDownWithSundial

Yes! Community is a key part of why I enjoy being online.

I love the fact that I get to chat with, learn from, and enjoy the writings and other creations of, so many people, wherever and whomever they might be.

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Show threadSundial6d ago
@neil curiosity is such a beautiful thing.
Show threadNeil Brown6d ago

@GoingDownWithSundial

The Internet, as a tool for letting me explore and expand my curiosity through interacting with others, played and continues to play a massive part in me being who I am today. Absolutely.