There was a time when owning digital space seemed thrilling, and our personal sites motivated us to express ourselves. There are signs of a resurgence, but too few wish to make their digital house a home.
The nice part is that this applies even if you’re not a designer. Reminds me of the most important IndieWeb principle: have fun.
I think one of the parts of having a web presence is that we realized we weren’t building a home as much as renovating a rental, and in a bad neighborhood. We need an identity system that isn’t DNS, and discovery that isn’t Google.
@c good observation from him that socials “deprived personal sites of oxygen”. Esp. IG with no links out. That’s the biggest problem.