goodbye cohost my beloved
my initial response towards cohost’s inevitable future was to panic-screenshot anything i deem valuable for safekeeping
these include:
- comments on my art
- tags on my art
- indie games and the devs behind them
- long essays on a variety of topics
- css crimes
as of writing this, i feel like there are a lot more things I need to try harder at committing to memory, or i'd risk not remembering any; has it really been just a year ago since i started there?
feels weird to feel so strongly about a platform that's been around for...what, 2 years? it still feels surreal, honestly
in the aftermath of my attempts to replicate my cohost experience on other platforms, i realize that ... "no metrics" was just one feature among all other stuff combined that defined my experience there. yes, the lack of numbers was a breath of fresh air, but no amount of metric-hiding extensions can ever make me look forward to using twitter or tumblr again
it's probably not the presence of numbers that makes me so antsy but the lack of control i feel within most online spaces nowadays. but that's something for future me to reflect on
many people have written eulogies for cohost, this one's mine. i will miss cohost for the experience it allowed me to have on the internet, and for the future that it couldn't have
but the collective grieving helps make the loss feel a little less overwhelming, and a little bit hopeful for what's to come
see you around, eggbug
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