i dont believe i should hold myself to the expectation of appealing to the widest possible audience, so i am turning this into a personal account encompassing all of my relevant interests.
hi! i'm faux. i am a they/he who is trying to reconnect with the natural state of the internet. i would probably be better off making my own blog or something but i like posting to an audience sometimes, i can't be helped!
here you will find posts about:
indie web and casual web development
the media im currently enjoying
writeups pertaining to various communities and cultures, primarily modern nerd culture and the internet
my art and experiences working as a freelance artist
my other hobbies and interests!
i like to be of help to others so i will probably end up turning this into some sort of request blog, but until then i'm just going to be writing into the void. goodbye for now
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so, is there a single youtube alternative that's actually used by videomakers?
i recently stumbled upon KamTape, a video sharing site emulating the look and feel of 2005-2006 YouTube. i found it through a YouTube video by creator Deep Humor, who i will not say i condone - he mostly posts himself reading through drama posts and articles - but i gave it a try anyway. the site was down and the discord was being flooded so i came back today to check it out.
it's mostly children using it, and all that gets posted by them is reuploads of preexisting content. i'm not sure why that is! is it that the aesthetic of the site encourages people to "roleplay" a certain timeframe? not really, because these reuploads are more from the 2010s and later. honestly, i assume it's that nostalgia factor attracting children who never knew what it was like back then, those children just being more prone to doing this kind of thing. i know i used to reupload meme videos onto YouTube when i was like 7, too.
it feels like because its entire audience is made up of children, that demographic doesn't understand why alternatives to YouTube exist and what purpose they serve. you see, YouTube is no longer a free platform for creatives to post videos on; it's used as a propaganda tool by corporations and governments, who purposefully block the visibility of unfavourable content to benefit their narratives. this means your videos have a chance of not even being shown to people through the convoluted, personalized algorithm that prioritizes engagement over quality of the video, instead being shunned in favor of ai slop and disinformation machines that make the platform more money. independent alternatives are supposed to give freedom back to the creators in whatever way the developers implement it.
but i've noticed that, despite how much demand there is for competition, there just doesn't seem to be any. all the potential sites either work the same or are treated as a gimmick site by their userbase. which is honestly really sad! i would love to support a small community of creators like that! but if there's no motive behind it, what effect does my support really have on the situation?
do you know of any alternatives to YouTube that don't fall under this? i know there's Nebula but it's a locked down streaming service type deal so it doesn't count. i actually want to know this this isn't a call to action please help me.
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I don't... know who you are? Should I know who you are? In that case I am so sorry.
nope! apparently the headmate who blocked me (it was over the homestuck pilot) died or something, that's what my friend damara tells me. but they made that redraw and i saw it when we were friends, which is why i recognized it in the first place. sorry for the confusion i was just surprised to see it again!
Matching Gorillaz profile icons using my latest artwork!
Match with up to four friends, or use alone if you want!!! Yay!!!
(These are higher res than what I posted, so the usually invisible watermark is worth it, okay?)
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Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
(you do not need to answer this I just wanted to type this and you happened to be the blog which I had open on tab at the moment)
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