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smallwebOur third check-in point for Small Web September is at hand!
We're now on the home stretch - but there's still lots of time to play around with your small web project(s), so if you're just joining us, welcome! We hope you enjoy taking part and chatting with everyone in the comments.
The theme of this week's check-in is communities! There are lots of cool groups, forums, mailing lists, and social media movements for or adjacent to the small/indie web - I'm posting in one right now! These can be really excellent places to find like-minded hobbyists, share tips and resources, and take part in challenges and events (again, like this one :D).
So, in the comments, share how you're doing with your small web project(s) and also where you like to spend time talking about the small web, if anywhere! I'm not going to too-rigidly define what counts as a "community", so if you think it counts, mention it here.
As a bonus discussion prompt: what is something you would love to see/join a community for (this one doesn't have to be small web-related!) but you haven't yet found one? Have you ever thought of starting it yourself?
As a reminder, this is the third of four ‘check-in’/comment points that will be published during the event – you can check out the schedule and dates of these posts over on the event intro. There’s no cut-off point for commenting on them, so you can add something at any time – you also don’t need to comment on every one or do them in order! The themes are a loose guide and all discussion is welcome. For our previous check-in post, head on over to Small Web September Check-In 2: Halfway House/Troubleshooting!
There'll be a longer gap than usual between this and our next (and final!) check-in, which will be posted on Tuesday 30th September, the last day of the challenge - so look out for it then!
We're now on the home stretch - but there's still lots of time to play around with your small web project(s), so if you're just joining us, welcome! We hope you enjoy taking part and chatting with everyone in the comments.
The theme of this week's check-in is communities! There are lots of cool groups, forums, mailing lists, and social media movements for or adjacent to the small/indie web - I'm posting in one right now! These can be really excellent places to find like-minded hobbyists, share tips and resources, and take part in challenges and events (again, like this one :D).
So, in the comments, share how you're doing with your small web project(s) and also where you like to spend time talking about the small web, if anywhere! I'm not going to too-rigidly define what counts as a "community", so if you think it counts, mention it here.
As a bonus discussion prompt: what is something you would love to see/join a community for (this one doesn't have to be small web-related!) but you haven't yet found one? Have you ever thought of starting it yourself?
As a reminder, this is the third of four ‘check-in’/comment points that will be published during the event – you can check out the schedule and dates of these posts over on the event intro. There’s no cut-off point for commenting on them, so you can add something at any time – you also don’t need to comment on every one or do them in order! The themes are a loose guide and all discussion is welcome. For our previous check-in post, head on over to Small Web September Check-In 2: Halfway House/Troubleshooting!
There'll be a longer gap than usual between this and our next (and final!) check-in, which will be posted on Tuesday 30th September, the last day of the challenge - so look out for it then!
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Date: 2025-10-02 11:30 pm (UTC)I decided to comment here because I wanted to see if it was possible that some day we can have a specific community post about how to connect with people on places like neocities? My website feels lonely without following anyone, being part of any webrings or circles at all. It's like all the sites I browse are not about any of my interests and it's a little discouraging :(
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Date: 2025-10-05 09:18 pm (UTC)Sure, we can do that! What I may do for starters is take the question over to the Neocities comm on Pillowfort and crowdsource some thoughts there, and then use that to start a post here where people can weigh in with more suggestions.
Also, do you mind me asking what your interests are, in case people can suggest anything specific to those areas?
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Date: 2025-10-06 12:24 pm (UTC)As for interests, my site in a fannish site mostly, and, while I'm interested in many fandoms, most of my fandoms are not very active or they're active in limited spaces (like Sense8 or Arcane. I guess I'd have more luck with Teen Wolf but so far no luck at all). But I'm looking to follow diverse sites not necessarily in my fandoms. I'm really into language learning (specially Portuguese, Korean and Greek), I like politics and philosophy (I'm a dirty commie, as they say), and I enjoy literature in general. As for aesthetics? I'm really, really into vampires and their whole deal, but I also like looking at cyberpunk stuff and I thoroughly enjoy the combination of both. I also really like video game aesthetics. If someone's really into collage and moodboards, I also like that, no matter the topic.
Also, idk if it helps, but I'm okay with NSFW content, it's not like I'm gonna be on neocities at work, sadly.