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Hi everyone!

So, I'm kind of a newbie at this whole coding and hosting a website thing (been at it for less than a year) and I have been hosting exclusively on neocities since then. Though I knew about the AI scraping thing on neocities, I kinda assumed this was just part of hosting a website and that I had to get used to it. Very recently, I learned that Nekoweb blocks all kind of AI crawlers and scrapers. Additionally, they apparently allow you to password protect pages and they have no type file limit for free accounts.

I am, however, reading their Acceptable Use Policy and I am wondering how it works for NSFW content. Most of my writing (my main use for my site is as a fanfiction archive and some other random pages I've made) is NSFW and so I was wondering if anyone else who posts that type of content has dealt with the restrictions they have on NSFW content. Some of my content does include underage or non-con subjects and idk if these would be part of their acceptable use policy or not.

I'm also looking to learn about other users experiences with moving hosts or what they'd do if they eventually decide to move hosts. Idk what to do!!!! I'm confused!!! Also I hate AI with a passion but also I don't know how comfortable I am with Nekoweb's limitations on NSFW content. Are there any other options for hosting in the small web that don't mean self-hosting? Because that's definitely out of the cards for me right now, I just don't have the infrastructure.

Just. Tell me all of your opinions!!! I need to know!!!

rionaleonhart

I've occasionally mentioned my fan websites on

smallweb check-in posts, but, now that I've got five of the things, I thought I might make an actual community post about them!

My websites are:

- Balamb Garden, about Final Fantasy VIII
- Silent Hill, about Silent Hill 2
- Kira's Tokyo, about Death Note
- Hope's Peak Academy, about Danganronpa
- The Website That Goes Wrong, about Mischief Theatre's Goes Wrong productions (e.g. The Play That Goes Wrong and The Goes Wrong Show)

For a long time, I thought I wasn't capable of making a website; I know very little about web design, and I couldn't work out how to structure it. And then I remembered a type of website I'd spend hours happily browsing when I was a kid at the turn of the millennium: websites that were designed to feel like you were exploring a physical space. Although these websites were structurally complex, they were often very visually simple, meaning I'd probably be able to create one even with my limited HTML skills.

When I gave it a go, I had a lot of fun making a website in this style! And... then I made four more, so it's possible I had too much fun.

If you take a look at any of my sites, I hope you enjoy them! And I'd be interested to hear from anyone else who has thoughts about 'exploring a physical space'/'choose-your-own-adventure' website design. Do you remember websites in this style; do you have one yourself; have you ever considered building one; is there anything you particularly like to see from this type of website, or any advice you'd give to someone who's interested in creating a website in this style?

matsushima

If you were born around the 1970s, you probably remember many more dead insects on the windscreen of your parents’ car than on your own. Global land-dwelling insect populations are dropping about 9% a decade. If you’re a geek, you probably programmed your own computer to make basic games. You certainly remember a web with more to read than the same five websites. You may have even written your own blog.

But many people born after 2000 probably think a world with few insects, little ambient noise from birdcalls, where you regularly use only a few social media and messaging apps (rather than a whole web) is normal.
We Need to Rewild the Internet by Maria Farrell and Robin Berjon

I've been slowly working my way through this article during my lunch breaks at work this week.

I thought of the

smallweb community and wondered what other books, articles, etc. you would recommend as a sort of "small web syllabus." (I have tech, digital literacy and social media tags in my bookmarks that others might find interesting to peruse, although the media diary is mostly for my own recordkeeping and, thus, incomplete.)

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