Love this. If you need any help with coding, hmu!

I have a road trip to Canada coming up in July and it's getting to the point where I'm chewing on the bars of my enclosure waiting for it to be time to go. My wanderlust must be sated.

As someone who only leaves discord servers when I get kicked out or hit discord's cap for joining servers, part of it is that I rarely ghost because I want to. If that makes sense? Any time I think of "officially" leaving there's that voice in the back of my head that's like "but this would be so fun if you could just get your footing" even if that almost never happens.

writing wanted ads... hard

The realization that the reason I could never get responsive web designs to work was just that i never added a viewport to my html... I feel so stupid. This is what I get for being impatient about learning a new skill.

My suggestion is to create a test site on both hosts and see which one you vibe with the most. On the back end, they have drastically different admin panels. I personally find Jcink's easier to navigate, but it might be different for you. Regardless of which you choose, having a test site is super helpful for getting a feel for the controls without worrying about fucking up a "live" site.

New skin!

I'm sure you had the best intentions, but this comes off as "well you should have been more active. get good.". It's not helpful, and can come off as rude and presumptuous.

One site my sentiment was about was one where most events were just me and the other admin participating, for example. We were active, but, for whatever reason, the premise didn't resonate with other people. A lot of work goes into being an admin, and if that work doesn't result in engagement it's human to start feeling like the costs outweigh the rewards. There's a point where you just have to accept that and move on, and for me that's when a site starts to feel like it's essentially a public 1x1.

I also want to stress that the way I view it is: It's disappointing, and a little sad, but I don't regret it. I'd rather try and fail over not trying and not getting to experience what fun I had while it lasted. Hobbies can be ephemeral and that's okay.

Ouroboros of "the site failed because of lost interest" to "interest was lost because of lack off members" to "new members didn't join because of lack of interest" and rinse and repeat. I really wish a handful of members was enough, because we had some great members, but it makes it that much more impactful when one or two members becomes inactive and it's just a domino effect from there.

crawls out of the swamps after vanishing for a couple months

Waiting for maintenance to end is so painful.

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