Join the indie web today!!
Hello there! Are you tired of modern social media being oversaturated, overstimulating, overwhelming, and leaving you constantly doom scrolling? Do you want a place you can disappear onto and create yourself a little safe haven for yourself away from socmed? I have some very cool places to share with you, that I think should become utilized more!
I myself, have been working on weening myself off of modern social media, there are certain ones I haven't left yet: Tumblr, Bluesky and Toyhouse being the main ones, but they don't have that toxic addictive feeling for me personally. I can step away from them when I want to easily. I had the most difficult time letting go of Xitter, Instagram, Discord and Tiktok for some reason. But I am rid of those thankfully now. So, here are a few options, in categories that I hope you will explore, see if it's up your alley or not! You never know unless you try it first, yknow?
Journaling/Blogging - Dreamwidth - Livejournal - Write.as - Status Cafe - DeadJournal - Pillowfort - Mbin - Bear Blog - imood - Ellipsus - Mataroa - Pika.blog
Alternatives to Main Social Media - Lemmy (Reddit alt) - Spacehey (myspace rebuilt by fans) - Pixelfed (Instagram alt) - Peertube (youtube) - Invidious (youtube frontend) - Auride - Aethy - Tetratto - Mididungeon - Mastodon - Chaos.social - wetdry.world - Furry.Engineer - Void.Rehab - Misskey.io - Sharkey.World
Forum sites - Raddle - Lainchan - Vk.gy - MelonLand Forums - Cult9 - 32bitCafe
Music/Video - Bandcamp - Soundcloud -Radio Garden - Vimeo - last.fm - Rate your music - Funkwhale
Make your own site - Neocities - Nekoweb - Dreamhost
Anime/Manga/VN - AniList - MyAnimeList - kitsu - Nyaa
Fun stuff/Misc/Art - Moth.Monster - Sheezy.Art - Unvale - ComicFury - Cara - Geocities Gallery - Internet Archive - Hotline Webring - Retronaut Webring - Wiby.me - Marginalia Search - Yesterweb - Novel Updates - cinni.net - Libera.Chat - Atabook - Virtual Galleria File Upload/Share - Catbox - Filegarden
Games - Flightrising - Neopets - Everskies - GaiaOnline - Subeta - Mycena - chickensmoothie - Dappervolk
There is just so so so SO much more I could share, and I might add onto it, but for now, I think that is a good start?? Just explore and you might find something new!! If you have any questions or concerns, send me an ask and I'll get to it, when I can~ - Dove