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Before I start ranting I should quickly come forward and admit that I'm not the most active on here either, though a lot of that ties back to my personal life and generally just being busy. I felt that I should state that before getting to what I originally wanted to discuss, as I didn't want to come across as hypocritical.
I see a lot of blogs on here claiming that SpaceHey is "dead" or just "rotting away", and while I agree to an extent I have reason to believe that SpaceHey supposedly "dying" is entirely self-inflicted by the people that use this platform. People will make a SpaceHey account, decorate their profile, try interacting with others and make some new friends, then after a few days they'll get bored and never log on again. There are so many dead accounts on here that have just been left untouched by the people that have made them that it's almost impossible to sort through which ones are still active and will engage with you in turn, and which ones won't. I had so many friend requests that have been left open for over a year because the person I requested hasn't logged back on to see it.
While I don't necessarily have proof for the reasoning behind this, I do however have a very strong suspicion that the reason behind this is that people have grown so accustomed to the fast pace nature social media has taken hold that being on a slower, and honestly much less over-stimulating platform, is considered "boring" now. People don't want to put in the effort to speak to people first, they don't want to put in the effort to engage with other people's blogs and bulletins, they don't want to start up meaningful and insightful conversations that other people can participate in and contribute their own beliefs and opinions, and it's sad. I've felt this for a while now but I feel that building deep and meaningful connections through online spaces has become unattainable almost. With SpaceHey I know that it has so much potential to change that. Just looking at a person's profile alone and taking in the layout and how they've decorated it already tells you so much about a person and who they are. People do not utilize this platform how they should and I really want that to change.ย
This topic is of course open to discussion and I'd love to hear everyone else's thoughts and opinions, if this blog actually gets seen lol. Based on what I've seen people are very split on this topic so input would be deeply appreciated, regardless of whether you agree or disagree with me.ย
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Rory :3
im sorry im not able to reply to everyones comments. I wasnt expecting this much engagement and honestly just looking at all the comments feels so overwhelming, but please know that i will make an effort to read them all. I write other blogs as well, usually about topics that interest me, so if anyones curious it would really mean a lot if you looked at them too<333 i really dont want this to be the only blog of mine that actually gets seen, that would be super embarrassing lol
oscar ๐ฑ
i agree heavily w this, i only recently got into spacehey after using most social platforms for years, i find the environment so much calmer and less toxic compared to the rest. its easier to express yourself through the customisations of spacehey and thats what makes it so much easier to really engage with people. unlike other social apps imo
ideksofxx
totally agree, unfortunely i've also been very inactive on the platform, beacuse it's not as accessible as other social medias ecc, but coming here it's actually kinda refreshing. It feels like a dive in the past and people are not copy-paste versions of something they've seen done by others (i'm currently thinking about tiktok comments, i swear they're always the same jokes. i get they can be funny, but develop your own opinions). It seems like here you get to be your true self. it's really a shame it's not as known as other apps, but perhaps that's exactly what makes it better on some aspects: it's niche and it allows a "natural selection" of those who are actually engaged and interested.
(ofc there are some exceptions but yk)
ashton
I agree completely.
Spacehey is NOT dead, its just slower than your other social media sites which is exactly why I use it.
I don't have any other social media besides Spacehey, Discord for personal contacts and obviously YouTube. I love how Spacehey operates, I love how much slower it is and how much more effort it takes to reply to a comment or to find a new blog than just scrolling on something like TikTok mindlessly until it shovels enough content into your mouth to fire up your fried dopamine receptors.
Spacehey isnt constantly begging for your attention, unlike other social media apps. Its YOUR decision to get on the app and find and create the things you want to see.
XxDanny_UndeadxX
i feel like ppl want the old web aesthetic w out putting in the same work they wldve had 2. u have 2 reach out, u have 2 make postz, u have 2 add info 2 ur page & make it recognizably ur styleโ& u have 2 b shamelessly urself. do stuff. talk abt it. ppl will find u & itll b fun.
the website isnt "dead" or "boring", ppl just dont care enuf bcuz evry site/app these dayz does evrything 4 them. itz all entertainment catered 2 them. here u have 2 actually do stuff, yk?
therez nothing inherently wrong w that, we live in that era & thatz fine. but if u want 2 exist in this climate, u have 2 unlearn that & adapt. itz a difficult curve but itz so worth the try
CoolCentipede0_o
I think it's relly sad when I check someone profile and it doesn't have any information, like, its just a bunch of decorations and kaomojis, I understand that sometimes you want to make a cute profile and all but what's the point of making one if you are not going to use it?
nimipex
generally speaking i dont think spacehey is actually dead. im on here like everyday for the mostpart and theres always new blogposts, the groups im in are active, and i get friend requests from people still! i made my account i think at the beginning of july and i've had a lot of fun looking through people's blogs and commenting stuff. i also started a group for a game that i like (no one's joined yet but its there just in case) and i interact p frequently!!
i will say that i think my biggest thing putting me off entirely from interacting with others on spacehey is just the amount of little kids on here TwT. a lot of blogposts from them are also like really crazy crazy mental breakdowns. i think especially if you're an adult, it does feel a lot harder finding other fellow adults instead of people that are very publicly declaring they are 15 on the internet. (at the very least in my experience i get friend requested by minors a lot and i don't want to add them back.)
i think in terms of getting other ppl to have fun with me on this site, the one thing that puts at the very least my friends off from joining is being overwhelmed by the concept of html customization. im not really a master at html or anything cuz i like using people's layouts but unless they're getting spoonfed an easy "press button to change", most ppl dont really wanna customize and put in work like that. EVEN IF THEY SAY THEY WANT TO RETURN TO THE EARLY 2000S!
overall i kinda totally get the frustration it seems really easy to feel like you're kinda isolated and stuff especially if you're an adult user. i do think its cool that kiddos are finding places to express themselves online, but a lot of times it doesn't seem to be in a healthy way and its difficult to want to interact. but i guess try to use this site to its full extent and you can see its super active :D
Itโs seems so,but even though i never seen the prime MySpace i still like to customise and look silly,therefore causing me to be addicted (i would literally chat in IMs for a hour if somone really would want to)so mayhaps itโs just that not so many people that really want to customise,know how to,or canโt read(like average deltarune fan[i know this because im also deltarune fan])
by D0n V0LTAG5!!!!1(super epik); ; Report
oh yeah FOR SURE! like so many others on here the customization was the biggest appeal for me (i had so much fun customizing my tumblr blogs and stuff too). i do think perhaps time plays a big part in people maybe not wanting to spend time to customize their profiles. also for many people theres just so many other social medias that are priority to where spacehey might be something they believe they will only try out for a day or two and then never touch again TwT
everything is definitely more nuanced but im glad you're also having fun with the site!! i don't really get IMs but i looove loove commenting on blogs
by nimipex; ; Report
Hey,nimpex,if you want you COULD sub and talk in my blog tho,since new one i made for ask[character gang] type of series!Remember ask!DrunkChara?Well even if you dont,i do!and il make sure to try my best to make that section of internet to return with my drawing replies!
by D0n V0LTAG5!!!!1(super epik); ; Report
โ STAR
i think that the majority of people saying that this site is "dead" or "boring" dont get the actual purpose of spacehey. a lot of people that are under the influence of social media and doomscrolling think the platform is "dead" bc they dont see things that are "exciting" such as drama especially influencer drama and although there are some arguments and "drama" on spacehey, at the end of the day spacehey is a website for FRIENDS. the web says it itself. its so annoying to see some people whine about this site "rotting away" when the actual purpose is mostly just posting blogs and expressing yourself so that more users check out your profile and friend you and then you just chat with them in text. of course you dont HAVE to use this site for just friending users but if youre just gonna yap about this being "boring" and "dead" then just go back to doomscrolling on tiktok
ik that my comment is basically just what this post is saying but idc
by โ STAR; ; Report
Fawn
i agree with everything said! though i will add on my personal issue with this website, and that's the large amount of 13-15ys. i think it's really dope that many of them are finding their own spaces, especially in a time when US malls are banning teenagers, but they seem really unregulated. my blog tab is full of freshmen/middle schoolers having really extreme breakdowns, and i have to scroll a lot to find anything else. also removing the layouts feature did a huge number on the active users, including me 3 i'm back and enjoying it more, but most adults seem to be in the same boat as me, busy and using this site when they can/remember
Peppii-tan
I find this site just okay, since I hate the idea of having an account on all the other options I have, thus this is why I'm still here and haven't deleted my account yet.
But I just find it so fucking frustrating to actually feel like people acknowledge me and care about me. I have an active blog, and I comment a lot, but I just feel so lonely and ignored. I have to resort to aggressive wording and exclusively making rant blogs just so people can notice me and give me a kudos and maybe (what I really enjoy) comment. All my non-rant blogs flop and I'm furious about it because it makes me trapped in a loop on being forced to make one certain type of content or else people will not gaf and leave me.
People who manage to surface page 1 of the top blogs are so lucky I really goddamn wish that many people could read something I made even if it will suddenly dissapear one day.
I don't have the courage to send friend requests due to everyone being so oddly picky and having vague ass DNIs, like fuck you if you have "weirdos" in your DNI you don't realize how that shit can be so broad. And it's also that I believe that I'm just straight up unlikable and a moron, all my past friendships ended horribly and I don't trust making friends because people will just be dissapointed in me.
I also don't trust myself in messaging people because I always seem to attract goddamn weirdos or people with a romantic interest in me. Either that or the most driest ass texters in the west, I hate messaging people and I don't ever want to message someone because I just know they'll be one of the two because I have horrendous luck or something.
In conclusion this site maybe isn't dead if you're extroverted and active or something
by Peppii-tan; ; Report
wish i could give kudos to a commenter
by Fawn; ; Report
GOAT
im mostly active on wkends when im done with work for the week :o
anyway its by no means dead and idk why a lot of ppl keep insisting otherwise
xoxo
t1nq.q
I, myself also sometimes log off for days or even weeks and come back to regular social media simply because I need that dopamine rush. I am aware that this is terrible, but just simply cannot resist - after all that is all I have ever known since I was like 9 or something. But because I want to find a different way, and I have also realised the scale of my problem I decided to remove all social media apps from my devices as soon as school starts. I hope this will work out, because I don't want to be stuck in that endless loop of scrolling anymore.
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Tantos idiomas y decidiste hablar con la verdad
<333
by Rory :3; ; Report
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1vaa
this is very real, especially because it happened to me, there was a time where I did not use my account for months because it bored me, then I came back and this time interact more with the people I had added and I really now really enjoy using this app
yes exactlyy!! ill admit im also guilty of abandoning my account every now and again but once i started putting the effort in myself instead of expecting the work to be done for me, i feel a lot happier.
by Rory :3; ; Report
R0XANN3!ๅป
I don't HOW can spacehey be annoying, its the best retro social after myspace. I spend hours here reading blogs or making them. You're totally right
LITERALLYYY people just dont want to put in the effort -_-
by Rory :3; ; Report
Cernunnos
I agree with you. I think that people saying "Spacehey is dead" just makes no efforts. The problem is also that some teenagers expect everything to happen quickly, to have content straight away, and therefore don't look for it (I'm a teenager too btw). No wonder forums are almost unused while it's very useful to find people who shares your interests without the advanced research, and also to have interesting discussions about what you likes. Personally I find Spacehey very alive, because I read blogs, forums, write bulletins... Yesterday I spent 6 hours on my phone only on Spacehey just reading, writing and interacting!!
YESS EXACTLYY SpaceHey is what you make it to be. If youre putting in the effort to interact, engage, spark conversation then youll continue to revisit this site because youre getting what you want out of it. If youre not doing those things, then of course its going to be boring. I feel like thats just common sense. Im not even kidding i looked at someones profile the other day and the only blog theyve ever posted was saying how dead Spacehey was. Like girl?? are you even trying??? LMAOOO
by Rory :3; ; Report
loaffym.p3
I want to REALLY talk with ppl here but I'm just nervous to make friends online since I don't want my parents to know that I have friends
I can be your friend :D (if youd like ofc :')
by MättäMaito00; ; Report
Aww that's nice thanks
by loaffym.p3; ; Report
sunny_mcallister06
I love this site but I find it incredibly hard to find people with similar interest, age etc. without the advanced user search it once had that's been down for months I think. old myspace had a user search with tags, u could search age, country. it was awesome! I'm not very active with blogs either because I'm too depressed or feel no one would care about it. i spend a good amount of time I think trying to find users with similar interest and fun groups. it gets boring scrolling through new users. I found one group I love so that's good but scrolling feels like a mess of people complaining about superficial things instead of telling me how there days went or something which I would much rather. another thing I don't like is how buggy this site I just tried uploading a image on my profile with imbb and it showed as a dead link. I can't even tell if it's my problem or spaceheys. again I love this site it's just frustrating/confusing at times, and disheartening.
No, I totally agree!! Scrolling through all the users and going through each account to see who you want to request as a friend can be very tedious. Even when they do accept your request and they request you back it never ends up going anywhere after that. Trying to find people that are like you and can actually build friendships with has become a big challenge. Its not limited to just SpaceHey either, it extends to other social media platforms too - at least in my experience. Also im glad im not the only one that feels this site is incredibly buggy. Like, egregiously so. I always thought my connection was just bad or my laptop was getting old. Sometimes if it takes too long to loud itll just crash completely to the point where refreshing the page doesnt even work. To be fair however, SpaceHey isnt a super big platform like instagram or twitter. Theyre entirely funded by donations im pretty sure, so i am willing to give them some grace.
by Rory :3; ; Report
mattzievox
i feel like part of the reason is because unless you actively click on a blog, you wont see the pictures it may have in it. blongs also tend to be pretty [[darn]] long, as in multile paragraphs and sites like twitter ((refuse to call it x)) and tiktok have sort of fried peoples ability to read past a few sentences at a time
spacehey requires users to actively go out of their way to scroll and surf the web and teens these days ((i say as if i dont count)) arent very used to that. theres no real algorithm that feeds you content youre more likely to enjoy, you have to scroll through blog posts, join groups, look at forums and generally engage with the site. we ((teens)) havent been forced to do that in the past so it feels like a lot of work for a lot of us
its very unfortunate because i genuinely think this site is a haven. its what i personally wouldve wanted out of social media: forums, long blog posts, fully customizable everything and communities of people willing to interact with one another. i never comment on other sites because it just feels so impersonal, like im js adding to the numbers on someone's post statistics but here it feels more like an open discussion where sharing [[1]]'s thoughts isnt looked down upon unless of course theyre harmful
tldr: teenagers arent used to not being fed their content and having to look for it is a lot of work for them which leads to what feels like a dead site
YESSS youre absolutely right. With Spacehey you have to work to make your own personal space rather than have the algorithm do it for you. Personally i much rather seek out the things that im interested in myself rather than have the app im using do it for me. If a platform is monitoring the type of people and posts you engage with this closely, what else could they be monitoring? With spacehey i feel that i actually have some degree of privacy while still being able to express who i am and just be open and honest. Spacehey definitely does feel like a haven. I dont feel overwhelmed being on here on scrolling through posts doesnt feel like a chore. I feel like i can actually take my time and not have to rush.
I really hope this view that young people have towards social media changes. I know its easier said than done, but still.
by Rory :3; ; Report
I agree with what both you and Rory have said. Its a slower pace and requires more searching for what you want, which is different from most other social media sites, but I think this is what's needed nowadays on social media. I also hop more people discover this site and it changes their behavior/view on social media and what it used to be, I think this site wont be going away anytime soon. If anything it might get a boost of new users once in a while.
by Jonathan; ; Report
kiko!
while I totally agree with you, there are already 2 very popular posts rn on top blogs saying the exact thing you are. part of the reason spacehey is 'dead' is because people keep talking about the same things over an over again, it's always face value. its never deep dives onto media/ hobbies they're into. and when people do post those things, it becomes lost media because people keep promoting superficial blogs to the top and those same dopamine obsessed people don't bother looking past the first couple of pages!
no, this is not an attack on you, I just wanted to give my two cents. I keep seeing both types of blogs; ones cliaiming spacehey is dead and the other saying it's not. what we really should be doing is dropping kudos on blogs that deserve recognition. that are thought out and passionate เซฎ๊ฐหตโข ๏ป โขหต๊ฑแ
No, I absolutely agree!! and i dont feel attacked by this at all because youre absolutely right. im really glad youve brought up the point that people on here will blog about the same things over and over again all relating to spacehey specifically. often times, at least from the blogs ive read, all just seem to regurgitate the same things again and again "spaceheys dead, the website is useless, all hope is lost" almost in a way that feels like fear mongering (i know thats a very strong term to use here im just not sure what else to call it), while other blogs are saying "spacehey isnt dead and youre all overeacting". My main message in my blog is that its not spacehey thats the problem, its the people. And im sorry if my blog came across as me essentially just adding to the pile of other blogs talking about this exact thing, i wanted to be able to write about this with my own original thoughts and what i believe. thank you very much for sharing im really glad you took the time to do that ^_^
by Rory :3; ; Report
totally agree, thanks for understanding!
by kiko!; ; Report
also wanna ask, are you hoping to be more active on blogs? you seem super cool and I need more blogs to subscribe to!
by kiko!; ; Report
YESSS im hoping to be more active on here as well as post more blogs!!! And thank you so much for saying that, thats like so nice of you... O_O
by Rory :3; ; Report