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What do people who say that mean. There is a constant stream of people making new blogs and other stuff on here. There are surely larger sites and social media platforms, but that doesn't make this one dead or abandoned???? What the hell are you talking about. Have these people ever been on an actually dead media platform???
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Maddie_Rawrr
To b fair u r using it too so
matt
It's easy for them to say, they're just teenagers who only use this platform because they like the aesthetic of the 2000s then abandon their accounts after using the app version of it for 30 minutes--not because they actually care for the website itself, or even the 'old' internet in general.
That is a pretty apt analysis I'd say. I think, in particular, a lot of them are scene kids who are aware of the pivotal role it had for that culture back then, so they find this place, and are disappointed to find that the internet back then was so radically different.
Of course, they should be delighted!
by LuciLucilia; ; Report
Exactly, this site isn't much better than the original MySpace in terms of safety as there's a lot of dangers lurking, especially sick predators--but it's a lot better in moderation. Or at least from what I'm aware of I was never explicitly on MySpace.
I think a lot of those individuals need to realize that they have to make an effort to actually enjoy this website and other sites alike. It's not like mainstream social media (although I wouldn't inherently say Spacehey isn't mainstream.. just not in the sense as apps like TikTok and Instagram). You actually have to make an effort to interact and befriend others on here. You'll obviously find the site boring if you use one of the layouts you find with no modifications whatsoever, add random people you don't know, never visit the blogs nor forms and never message anybody you add.
by matt; ; Report
And if they did, they'd learn that the interactions, connections, and experiences offered therein are probably more whole, intimate, and meaningful than those offered in the otherwise more conventionally mainstream places
by LuciLucilia; ; Report
[sleazerocker]!
Abandoned? Dead? Slow? No it's definitely not. It is just different. Different from the mainstream social media.
It is actually (obviously) like MySpace. And as someone who was there back in the day I can testify that yes, this is it. This is the speed and pace of 2006/07 internet, and I just love it!
I was not there for the original MySpace days, so it makes me really happy to hear from an og MySpace user that this is more or less what it felt like.
Also makes me excited since, like you, I also love how this site feels!
by LuciLucilia; ; Report
Yeah, it is just the same. Only thing that is missing is the Music, cause in my opinion the ability to upload your music and to play it was just phenomenal. It was basically the first streaming service, proto-streaming platfom ff you will. The rest is just the same including the look of it, the feel and the vibe. Oh yeah, and me being 20 years younger is what also is missing lol.
by [sleazerocker]!; ; Report
True... Feels like it could honestly be a really neat way to revive the band culture of MySpace during this time whenever bands are struggling because of corporate hegemonies like Spotify.
Also yeah haha, fair. Culture and time cannot reverse, but it feels like SpaceHey is a well enough modern MySpace.
by LuciLucilia; ; Report
Explorer of Wonder
Most likely not. You have to distinguish between warm and cold ecosystems. The Amazon, which is a warm ecosystem, seems very lively and diverse, but the truth is that you have to make an effort to identify a wide variety of truly distinct strategies and body types; of course, they exist, but they are far from those in cold ecosystems. Antarctica seems dead, but if you observe the ecosystems in the right areas, there is a fascinating variety of bodies and survival strategies; you could really make a long list of species with original and truly distinct 'concepts.' Of course, both ecosystems have great biodiversity; the question is how fascinating I find them. The large networks would be the Amazon, while networks like this would be the aquatic ecosystems of Antarctica. And the people who say this social network is dead would be people who say Antarctica has the same biodiversity as the Dead Sea.
Thank you꒰⑅ᵕ༚ᵕ꒱˖♡
by 𝓐𝓤𝓓𝓡𝓔𝓨?✿; ; Report
Thanks for what?
by Explorer of Wonder; ; Report
Dreamarachnid
well I'm still kicking
Not if u don't have legs lol(pls don't cancel me)
by 𝓐𝓤𝓓𝓡𝓔𝓨?✿; ; Report
too late I already got sleepy Joe and Commie Kamala and AOC on the phone. CANCELLED
by Dreamarachnid; ; Report
ꫂ᭪tanks۶۟ৎ
I feel like a lot of bigger social media is very like-based and focused on short-form entertainment, things that you aren't necessarily going to get on spacehey as it's not a place you can endlessly scroll for quick dopamine boosts. Spacehey very much feels a lot more personal where you can build mutuals rather than just large amounts of followers,, so those people will post something on here, get little engagement not engage with others, and then claim the whole site is dead despite the very large user-base. Unfortunately, reading isn't very popular anymore either as attention spans have lowered :(
Yes this is exactly it! I really wish people would do more to help fix their attention spans, and that’s coming from someone with diagnostic ADHD.
In particular the fact that a lot of people want to act like there is no engagement but then won’t engage themselves feels pretty common to me.
I’m pretty engaged on here and I feel like it pays back in lots of very lovely people I meet and converse with.
by LuciLucilia; ; Report
I definitely agree with the engagement part, I've come across so many kind people.
When TikTok blew up in popularity, almost all other social media apps copied the format with Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts being successful copies so most popular social media isn't really "social" anymore and moreso purely forms of entertainment so platforms like SpaceHey just don't give the average person the dopamine rush other platforms provide :(
I see so many ads or posts about people seeking "nostolgic social media", aka a modern MySpace, and I think SpaceHey is the best at it but there is a userbase here that purely focuses on decorating their profile and then logging off once they realize they can't achieve "MySpace famous" status on here and just aren't interested in interacting with others
by ꫂ᭪tanks۶۟ৎ; ; Report
Which that last part honestly further continues the sense of immediate gratification they want since not only is it that they can't immediately become MySpace famous, but they also aren't willing to invest in seeing SpaceHey becoming a bigger project which—who knows—maybe in the future *could* allow them to get that big and famous (Honestly I'm a bit doubtful, don't know that I really want that in the first place, but still).
I've been on this site for over a year and I'm engaged and invested in seeing it continue to grow and gain more people... I can't be sure, but I think a lot more people are joining recently because of exactly that disconnect with modern social media... The children long for the blogs and html profiles.....
by LuciLucilia; ; Report
Huge agree with this! And I mean, too be fair, this site is more dead than a lot of the other social medias, even including Tumblr. But it's an alternative social media run by basically one guy, what do people expect?
by Dreamarachnid; ; Report
Is that "more dead" or just "smaller in size"?
I'm not sure exactly how one measures deadness... maybe by the ratio of total users versus total users who are "active"? But then what qualifies "active"?
All I know is that SpaceHey has a constant flow of new users, blogs, etc... Doesn't seem dead to me!
by LuciLucilia; ; Report
There is a stream of new blogs but a lot of posts don't get much interaction and I think that just reads as deadness to a lot of people. The other thing is there's no algorithm here so you have to actually work to build a community, which people aren't used to.
by Dreamarachnid; ; Report
I want to mention that the problem has been around before TikTok, I see TikTok more as a symptom than a disease. I use TikTok and I usually watch 10-minute videos or read comics LMAO
by Explorer of Wonder; ; Report
I think the problem started with FB
by Explorer of Wonder; ; Report
Facebook lowkey ruined the internet
by Dreamarachnid; ; Report
highkey I will say
by Explorer of Wonder; ; Report
The thing about older net, as it becomes increasingly clear, is people got famous by chance. By luck. They weren't hooking up on ChatGPT or Google to get more likes, to farm engagement, to scatter interaction baits all over just to stay relevant.
They had fruitful lives. They were here to bury secrets, to catch a laugh or two. Most of all, to get friends... Not followers, not mutuals, not fans, not supporters... Friends
I hardly think after a decade or so when I'm old, I'd reminisce over the golden age of reels or how funny some 2022 influencer was... I'd still be missing 2015 net, 2015 friends, 2015 freedom
by 𝒞𝓁ℯℴ; ; Report
exactly. blogging and hosting your own personal website was super common early internet cause it was easy to have your own little space to write about what you wanted for yourself and whoever stumbled upon it.
this isn't to say people don't do the same on bigger platforms like twitter and instagram bc people definitely have personal accounts they use to blog and talk about whatever they want, but those platforms are a bit pervasive with wanting you to follow people constantly, access to your contacts, constant ads(the ones that pretend to be actual genuine videos are the worst), AI features that just aren't useful at all and the push for video content that is essentially replacing other types of entertainment.
you still had ads on early internet blogs but at least they were mostly honest about what they are 0_0 a lot of people feel very fatigued by the format of modern social media so things like neocities and spacehey are perfect for crafting your personal space and finding potential friends.
by ꫂ᭪tanks۶۟ৎ; ; Report
blvkmoon
This social media's diversity is incredible.And it has hundreds of thousands of accounts, but it's not big like tiktok or facebook.Maybe they say this because people don't seem to interact with eachother outside of blogs
I think people do interact a fair amount outside of blogs? Like, are they talking about in DMs? I have people I DM pretty often, or sometimes that I now talk to off of SpaceHey.
If they're talking about on groups and forums... Well, I still feel like people are a bit active there too, but are the people making that criticism active there either???
by LuciLucilia; ; Report
It depends.I rarely have ppl into my DMs, but it's safe to say that I got to know some neat people.I think people should try to be more "socianle" and try to talk more.The people here are unique and nice, so it's worth a shot
by blvkmoon; ; Report
I would agree, I think conversations on here are usually much more civil and thoughtful than those on other platforms. Helps that people are able to better communicate larger, more nuanced thoughts.
by LuciLucilia; ; Report
True.It's refreshing to talk normally with someone without posting a completely irrelevant pic to the convo, or use tiktok humour
It feels great ✌️
by blvkmoon; ; Report
You can make ten friends on Twitter in 24hrs.
But how many of those actually care about you? Now that's a tricky question to tackle.
Modern gen has confused quantity with quality.
by 𝒞𝓁ℯℴ; ; Report
It's easy to get them, but if u barely interact w them, they aren't really your friends, like moots on tt.I had 400 but barely talked to 10 of them.To consider sum1 a friend, u gotta talk with them
by blvkmoon; ; Report
Giants like Tiktok and Twitter do not care about wellbeing or connections, so long your numbers are increasing 🖖🏽
by 𝒞𝓁ℯℴ; ; Report