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Entry 02

"No matter where you are, everyone is always connected."

I remember the exact moment when the internet stopped feeling like the internet. It started during that transition period, around 09, most of my classmates began migrating to [SurveillanceTome]. Friends I had made on platforms like MySpace and VampireFreaks went from secondary school to university, making fewer appearances on the aforementioned sites each year until one day they were offline for good. In a sense, I was alone.

There is something poetic about it, as at the time I was entering my late teens. I can feel a metaphor, though I cannot quite put it together at the moment.

Ever since my reintegration into what the youth refer to as indie-web, I have intended to influence others to join me. The problem is, most people have become too accustomed to corporate platforms.

After the recent batch of files was released, it became clear that the corporate internet and mainstream media have always been compromised. I have been wondering,

How can the general public, at the very least millennials and Gen Z, be brought back to the indie-web?

Nostalgia is powerful, but not enough. The corporate web has replaced effort with instant gratification. The net outside of these perfectly polished panopticons is very different. To have your own space within it, you must at least learn the basics of coding. In an age where reading and media literacy are at an all-time low, any activity that requires developing skills to participate can be off-putting to someone who does not have a niche hyperfix, like, say, a certain undead cybernaut.

Although the goal of Castle Grimm is to make web development accessible to all, it won't fulfill its purpose if no one is taking on the venture.

This year, I intend to continue my practice of observing how people interact with content on sites like [Eye-G] and taking notes. I hope to find inspiration and a creative solution to my predicament.

In the meantime, dear reader, if you have yet to wander into web-dev,I encourage you to do so. Take space, you may not have systematic power, but you do have your voice. Use it; at the very least, one person will follow your lead.