Well, probably gonna get more active on here lol

Hard to avoid the fact that tumblr (my last bastion) is shitting the bed currently. I try not too be too alarmist about these things, and truly I've been expecting/bracing for an eventual decline of the site for a long time- all the signs were there. Really hard to say at this point where things will go, and site shutdown scares happen routinely, but it does kind of make me :[ that if and when that site goes under for good I really won't have any clear alternative to turn to. I'm getting pretty damn tired of having to keep jumping ship for the last few years and I've really found myself like. is it all worth it lmao.

I've had such bad experiences with big social media platforms and they just really aggravate my anxiety. Moreover I'm just very critical of the way they operate in general so it's difficult to put all that aside for the sake of sharing my work. But on the other hand, I do worry that I'm missing out on the opportunity to connect with a lot of the really cool folks I meet, especially in the IRL scenes and conventions I go to. It makes me laugh cause whenever people ask me for my handles I sheepishly tell them I don't really have social media, and they go "oh but it's so easy to sign up!" I'm like oh, do not for a moment misunderstand- I'm not tech illiterate, this is wholly an intentional choice alsdkfjs

I think I want to keep my audience smaller- I found my biggest issues came when my work broke containment from the circles of people I intentionally engage with. I'm hoping that communities like this one will let my curate my experience a little more carefully so I can have a good time sharing my work with people who are gonna enjoy it most!

Now that ECCC is done I can put a little more focus into my page I hope <3