July 30, 2013
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Down With The Ship
With Xanga going under like this, I've gone from sad to indifferent. A few months ago, I was walking around, nearly depressed because this site was my baby. It's just like finding out your favorite novel has come to an end and you are hesitant about reading that last chapter. It was rough. Now, I'm at a place where it just seems like a good excuse to finally work out the kinks of Word Press.
The promotion of the fundraiser was piss-poor and I doubt that they will reach their goal. It would be cool if they did, but... I don't know. I'm betting they will make another extension until they reach it. Unfortunately, I won't receive any significant amount of money until December or January, at the latest. In a perfect world, I would have been able to donate... That's my situation and I wouldn't wish it on anybody.
The captain must go down with the ship. So, after seeing so many goodbye entries, I figured it would be nice to do one, too... even if it's for the 2nd time.
It was a good run. There were lots of ups and downs throughout my life. I was a kid, fresh out of high school and very hungry to find friends and make connections on the internet. When I look back at it, Xanga was like the "Mother Hen" to most of my online friendships. Most of the people I communicate with on the internet are former and current Xanga bloggers (mostly former). That says a lot when you consider all the other sites that were out around the early 2000's. Of course, none of them had the community and spirit of Xanga. This place was different. In a few ways, even in its twilight moments, it's still my preferred home on the internet.
Life must go on.
If Xanga magically has a second coming and I'm able to purchase a membership, I just might do it. Things might look better down the line, but you never know. Uncertainty is a nasty old hag that needs to get shot. It's a shame that I know her well.
We danced to this song before, but you can click the link for my contact info. It's not like this is the death of the internet, so you can definitely keep up with me on the other sites and social networks I joined. From this point on, we're all going to be nomads, spreading across the internet. We're going to have Google+ and Word Press tribes... Or we just might have a Xanga 2.0, but there's no place like home.
I'll be around.
-KG
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Promotion of the fundraiser was terrible---It should have been a piece of cake to raise the money from this community. I personally don't think the site will go down even if they don't raise the money. Still won't be the same. In any case, I am on WordPress as pluckyred. Would love to keep in touch there. I think I'll be posting there even if I'm also on Xanga 2.0.
@reginasikora - I have a Word Press site, but it seems to be separate from a Word Press blog... unless it's something I'm missing. I used to think I was tech savvy, but some things are just over my head. Blogger is easier to use, but I suppose I should just maintain multiple accounts throughout the internet. As a matter of fact, there should be a way to just merge two blogs together, concerning linkage. Maybe my Word Press site can just be a hub and have a link to a blog that's powered by blogger. I don't know. I'll figure it out.By the way, your site looks amazing.
@reginasikora - Oh, and one of the main things I hate about Word Press is the high volume of spam. When it comes to approving comments, there's an endless supply of accounts that are run by virus bots and all the like.
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