One of my favorite things to do on the internet is to find neat old personal sites that have survived to the modern day. Untouched for 20 years or more, login info likely long forgotten, filled to the brim with stories of days long past. Reading about the afterschool adventures of a random teenager and what he found at the flea market... they're like blogs, but with more flare. Video game nostalgia was already very prevalent, despite some of those games not even being a decade old at the time. Animated game sprites adorned the web as netizens spoke fondly of the "primative" NES, when games contemporary to their time might be considered the same by today's standards.
That's why I made The G-Zone. I want this to be a place where I can dump my thoughts on games and toys and stuff I did over the weekend, and that people might look back on in so many years and feel a certain warmth, and think, "I should check that game out," or "I bet that was fun. I should do something like that." I wish more people were doing it now, as well! I mean hey, Neocities is free, and if you can't be bothered to learn HTML and make your site from scratch, there are plenty of templates out there.
I've been a social media user since I was in high school, and virtually every platform has become a dismal shell of its former self. They're flooded with bot accounts, and their owners are more concerned with pushing AI features, praying for a return on investment, than with the happiness of their real, human users. But, I know there are no bots or forced AI integration on my website, because I made it. It's just me here! What's more is that a lot of social media is closed off from non-users. Hobbyists aren't on forums as much, either; you'll have to join specific Discord servers—if you can find an invite, that is—if you want certain information. That is to say, social media isn't the only issue with the current shape of the internet.
So, if you really want control, I say again, make your own site! Have a little blog section. Talk about stuff you like. Tell people what you've been up to. Show off your talent. Your own website is the best place to be you on the web.
I leave you with a Homestar Runner cartoon from earlier this year, titled Back to a Website. It's about how we should all go back to a website. Dot Com!