March 18, 2023 Carrd
OOOOOGH THIS MIGHT BE KINDA NEGATIVE... SORRY ABOUT THAT!!!! I'LL END ON A POSITIVE NOTE THOUGH! PINKY PROMISE.
OKAY SO. I WAS LIKE... THINKING ALL DAY TODAY... WHAT DO I WANT MY FIRST REALLLL BLOG ENTRY TO BE ABOUT? BECAUSE, LIKE, I HAVE THE FIRST FIRST BLOG ENTRY, OBVIOUSLY. BUT LIKE. IT DOESN'T EVEN COUNT, RIGHT? SO, LIKE I SAID, I WAS THINKING, RIGHT? AND THEN... THE SUBJECT OF CARRD CAME TO MIND. AND I WAS LIKE. YKNOW WHAT, I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER IDEAS, DO I? AND IT IS SORTA A WEE BIT RELEVANT.
PREFACING THIS WITH: I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEM WITH MOST PEOPLE THAT USE CARRD!!!!!! IN THIS ENTRY I WILL MAKE IT VERY CLEAR WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE I'M REFERRING TOO AND'LL PROBABLY BE USING A LOT OF BUZZWORDS THAT, IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT U!!! DW!!!
ALRIGHT. TO THE MEAT OF WHAT I WANNA TALK ABOUT NOW.
FOR A LARGER CONTEXT TO THIS ENTIRE POST, I'VE USED CARRD FOR ~3 YEARS NOW. CARRD IS A WEBSITE BUILDER THAT'S FREE TO USE, SIMILIAR TO SOMETHING LIKE WIX OR SQUARESPACE BUT (AS FAR AS I'M AWARE) HAS A LOT MORE FEATURES AND ISN'T AS PAYWALLED AS SOME OTHER FREE WEBSITE CREATORS OR WHATEVER. I'D SAY THE LARGE MAJORITY OF THE INTERNET USES IT FOR ENTIRELY NORMAL PURPOSES LIKE COMMISSIONS OR LIKE A BRAND WEBSITE OR SOMETHING BUT THERE'S A VERY SPECIFIC COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE THAT USE IT AS SORT OF AN INTERNET PROFILE OF SORTS. ALSO NOTHING INHERENTLY WRONG WITH THAT!!!
BUT, UPON PURCHASING PRO (LIKE THE PREMIUM TIER VERSION THAT GIVES YOU ACCESS TO A TON OF FEATURES [INCLUDING.. EMBED... AND UR OWN HTML... I'LL GET TO WHY THAT PISSES ME OFF LATER]) I WAS INTRODUCED TO LIKE. A WHOLE DIFFERENT SOMEHOW EVEN MORE NICHE COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE WITHIN KINSTA WEB PROFILE CARRDERS. KINSTA WEB PROFILE RESOURCE CARRDERS
"HOLY SHIT HOONIS WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT" HONESTLY I DON'T EVEN KNOW?$?@$# LFAMKOFEw$??#mgefdm BASICALLY: KINSTA IS A BUZZWORD FOR PEOPLE WHO (MOSTLY) MODERN-DEFINITION KIN ON INSTAGRAM. "OH WHAT'S MODERN DEF KIN" OH MY GOD HYPOTHETICAL READER IF YOU KEEP ASKING ME THESE QUESTIONS THIS ENTRY'S NEVER GONNA END!!!!!!! OTHERKIN IS A COMMUNITY THAT'S EXISTED FOR AGES THAT HELPS FOLKS DICTATE THEIR MANY COMPONENTS OF IDENTITY IN A WAY THAT FEELS MORE COMFORTABLE TO THEM. THATS THE SHORTEST DEFINITION I CAN THINK OF. KIN HAS SINCE BEEN WATERED DOWN TO JUST SOMETHING YOU RELATE TO. THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABT HERE.
OKAY NWAYS WITHIN THIS NICHE COMMUNITY EXISTS RESOURCE CARRDS. CARRDS DEDICATED TO COMPILING RESOURCES LIKE HELPFUL LINKS, CODE, GRAPHICS AND EVEN SOMETIMES FULL ON TUTORIALS FOR HELP WITH THE SITE. SOUNDS TOTALLY FUN AND HARMLESS RIGHT? EXACTLY!!! SO HOLY SHIT AS SOMEONE WHO FREQUENTED RESOURCE CARRDS WHY IS THERE SO MUCH FUCKING INFIGHTING MY NON-EXISTANT MOUTH WAS AGAPE.
YOU'RE PROBABLY ASKING LIKE. "HOW THE FUCK DOES INFIGHTING EVEN HAPPEN???? AREN'T THESE SITES DEDICATED TO RESOURCES??" THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING!!! BUT, SOMEHOW, SOMEWAY... IT HAPPENS! OVER THE MOST MUNDANE SHIT TOO. AS SOCIAL MEDIA USERS TEND TO FIGHT OVER...
LIKE 90% OF THE TIME IT WAS PEOPLE STEALING UNIQUE URLS FROM EACHOTHER. PEOPLE GRABBING PAYWALLED URLS THAT SUDDENLY GO FREE FOR THEMSELVES WHICH IS. KINDA MORALLY GRAY BUT WHATEVER BUT THEN THEY END UP GETTING SENT DEATH THREATS FOR FINDING A URL THEY WANNA USE AND. USING IT???? FFS LIKE YOU DON'T KNOW IF THIS PERSON EVEN KNEW ABT THE CARRD IT BELONGED TO PREVIOUSLY.
THERE WAS ALSO THIS ONE TIME THAT'S LITERALLY STILL FRESH IN MY HEAD THAT SOMEONE TOOK A CARRD URL TO MAKE A CALLOUT ON SOMEONE PRESUMABLY ENTIRELY IRRELEVANT FOR DOING SOMETHING LEGITIMATELY... TERRIBLE. IT WASN'T EVEN A CALLOUT IT WAS JUST A NONSENSICAL FUCK YOU TO THIS PERSON SLAPPED ON THIS RANDOM ASS URL I CAN'T EVEN EXPLAIN IT IT'S SO... GODDAMNED STRANGE.
OKAY ANYWAYS QUICK LITTLE TANGENT ABOUT CARRD PAYWALLING CODING THEN I'LL SHUT UP. IT REALLY IRKS ME THAT YOU HAVE TO PAY UPWARDS OF 50 FUCKING DOLLARS A YEAR JUST TO BE ABLE TO MODIFY YOUR OWN LITTLE WEBSITE OR WHATEVER WITH CODE. IN WHAT WORLD DOES THAT MAKE SENSE. SINCE CODING IS SO GD HARD PAYWALL THE OTHER FEATURES INSTEAD??!?!?#? IT REALLY DISCOURAGES CREATIVITY IF I'M BEING HONEST.
I COULD TOUCH ON THE ACCOUNTS THAT POST CARRDS THAT ARE JUST DUMPSTER FIRES BUT. I DON'T WANT TO... THIS IS LIKE WAY TOO NEGATIVE ALREADYDFGSYGSFD
ANDDDD NOW WE'RE NEARING THE END. THIS HAS TURNED OUT A LOT MORE RANTY THAN I WAS EXPECTING BUT ALSO. THIS IS MY WEBSITE. I CAN WRITE ABOUT WHAT I WANT...! OH MY GOD!!! THAT'S TOTALLY THE FUN OF IT. ANYWAYS... POSITIVES: CARRD IS WHAT ORIGINALLY GOT ME BACK INTO HTML/CSS. I WANTED TO PIMP MY SICK/NEG KINSTA PROFILE OR WHATEVER AND... THAT WAS MY GATEWAY BACK INTO THE LANGUAGES! SO FINE, CARRD, YOU GET ONE POINT. JUST BECAUSE I DON'T THINK I'D BE HERE WITHOUT YOU. I STILL HAD TO PAY MONEY TO ACCESS CODE THOUGH. YOU FUCKING GREEDY GREASECHILDREN. BUT YK WHAT?? IF YOU'RE AN ARTIST THAT JUST NEEDS A SIMPLE COMMISSION CARRD OR SOMETHING AND YOU DON'T WANNA PUT A TON OF EFFORT INTO IT, OR IF YOU'RE SOMEONE WHO WANTS A BASIC INFO CARD TO THROW ONTO WHATEVER SOCIAL MEDIA YOU USE, THEN... HONESTLY, I'D SUGGEST CARRD. IT'S PERFECT FOR JUST THAT AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO BREAK YOUR HANDS CODING FOR 3 WEEKS LIKE I HAVE MAKING CONFETTIGUTS. /LOVING, OF COURSE~
THAT'S ALL FOR NOW !
HOONIS ~