this is not serious commentary

[sideways]

The web's sure getting wobbly. Twitter's a hole, Reddit's rioting, Tumblr keeps crowing about its invincibility even as worse features are being implemented directly in front of their salads, and AO3 is undergoing the kind of drama I am not equipped to summarise beyond "someone opened a can of worms and oh god the worms are everywhere and now the worms are fighting each other and the birds that were meant to eat the worms are also fighting each other oh god oh no".

One good thing to come out of this for me, personally, has been the drive to do a lot of backing-up and digital filing! I still keep chewing my thumbnail over whether to try and digitise the DVD library too... some of 'em are getting a little old and are in danger of your more standard physical decay. Woe to life on this ephemeral earth.

Comments

[muladhara]

I did not know exactly what was going on with AO3, but I like your summary :D

Also I was thinking about rejoining tumblr, but maybe not now.

[atamascolily]

The Internet is indeed in dire straits, but your summary made me laugh, and I appreciate that. Good luck with your backups!

[grayestofghosts]

It’s amazing how everything seems to be happening all at once. Even if I’m still active on those platforms I’m looking for alternatives, here and Mastodon and even neocities and the smol web to an extent. The whole thing is nuts.

[lebateleur]

I am trying to stay well away from all these implosions, but your post is a good reminder that I should back up my content on them, so thank you for that!

[hokuton_punch]

It sure has been Some Weeks On The Internet, hasn't it? I keep wanting to lie down and not get up again... (Especially when I look at the amount of fic I have yet to back up to my writing journal. ;_________; At least most of the Marathon fic that isn't already backed up is short/can be collected in batches of ficlets, but between Naruto and Saiyuki I've got at least five chaptered fics and a couple of series... *sobs*)