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idly thinking about what i'd personally do if KOSA passes....
(I'm aware of the terrible knock on effects on the rest of the internet; this post is not about that and strictly what my moves under this handle would be.)
there's a part of me genuinely thinking of taking this as a sign to close out any social media that would require identity verification, and just... retreat.
I'll always draw; I'll always have kradeelav.com as a place to post. that won't change. but concretely deleting all social media, much like the hard hiatus break I did two years ago where I only posted on the logs.
honestly, there's a weird small part of me that would be.... happy? this "social media" phase of the internet was always my least favorite. 'gone is the age of the elves, here is the age of man' style. i feel constantly overwhelmed by the social internet as is; I can't say quietude would be distasteful. I'd miss the positive comments a little, but it wouldn't be devastating for me. Wondering if it'd feel more like my early deviantart days.
on the flip side, the private doujin circle I'm with has been talking a little about self hosting as a group for the last few months; pooling some resources together to bypass the ills of social media altogether as kink artists. I'd likely spend a lot more effort there and helping to build out some more solid infrastructure that allows artists to be truly independent as we can be. moves behind the scenes as it were, more like the genuine start of the internet before search engines were a thing.
yes, I think that's what my plan would be.
(I'm aware of the terrible knock on effects on the rest of the internet; this post is not about that and strictly what my moves under this handle would be.)
there's a part of me genuinely thinking of taking this as a sign to close out any social media that would require identity verification, and just... retreat.
I'll always draw; I'll always have kradeelav.com as a place to post. that won't change. but concretely deleting all social media, much like the hard hiatus break I did two years ago where I only posted on the logs.
honestly, there's a weird small part of me that would be.... happy? this "social media" phase of the internet was always my least favorite. 'gone is the age of the elves, here is the age of man' style. i feel constantly overwhelmed by the social internet as is; I can't say quietude would be distasteful. I'd miss the positive comments a little, but it wouldn't be devastating for me. Wondering if it'd feel more like my early deviantart days.
on the flip side, the private doujin circle I'm with has been talking a little about self hosting as a group for the last few months; pooling some resources together to bypass the ills of social media altogether as kink artists. I'd likely spend a lot more effort there and helping to build out some more solid infrastructure that allows artists to be truly independent as we can be. moves behind the scenes as it were, more like the genuine start of the internet before search engines were a thing.
yes, I think that's what my plan would be.