jwiggler

That’s too bad, but if you didn’t enjoy it then there’s not much point in continuing.

I guess my point was you don’t really have to deal with UG or be very skilled to enjoy playing, but if you didn’t like it (calluses are kind-of a must, tbh) then it’s not worth sinking time into, imo

Aw:( I dont think an annoying website design should shy you away from playing music. Being able to express yourself with guitar is more than worth having to deal with UGs shittiness, or calluses for that matter, even if it just means playing your own rhythm of G-C-D, or some simple chord progression.

Maybe if you pick it back up one day, try not to think of it as a chore to learn songs you like from tabs, and instead just explore the instrument and the sounds you can make with it.

Hoffman is one of my favorite youtubers. Great presentation, lots of knowledge, straightforward. I know he is the most popular coffee youtuber and that may peeve some people off, but he is the most popular for a reason – because he’s the best.

His aeropress videos really helped me make the best cup of coffee I have ever made – every time – even though I don’t use his exact method. A couple hours watching his videos is well worth the time.

But the person above said

While technically true for some but not all places, in reality it’s just not a practical thing anymore as it has been displaced by motorized transportation and social media being where 99% of the people are, respectively.

You’re allowed to try to make people notice a website with no social media presence in the same way as you’re allowed to run for congress as an independent with a budget of the necessary registration fees plus $5.

Aren’t they pretty much saying the exact thing that you’re claiming nobody is saying? That in practice it’s still easy to create your own website, but nobody will use it because 99% of people are on social media platforms, instead

I dunno maybe I’m missing something.

I agree with you and the original guy – the web is still just a collection of interconnected computers, and it’s still open and mostly inexpensive anyone to host a website on. The trouble for the individual is the maintenance cost, especially if their site sees high traffic. But that brings us back to the idea that you’ll pretty much never see the same userbase as the large social media platforms.

This isn’t to say that the power held by Google, Meta, Snapchat, or TikTok to direct information any which way they would like doesn’t need to be dismantled. It’s just that the web is still free, in the sense that it is just a road to another computer, and you can still prop up a house with an address on that road for relatively cheap.

Bleh. It’s so good. I hate it, but it’s amazing.