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To everyone who joined these forums at some point, and got discouraged by the negativity and left after a while (or even got literally scared off): I'm sorry.
I wasn't good enough at encouraging people to be kinder, and removing people who refuse to be kind. Encouraging people is hard, and removing people creates conflict, and I hate conflict... so that's why I wasn't better at it.
I was a very, very sensitive teen. The atmosphere of this forum as it is now, if it had existed in 1996, would probably have upset me far more than it would have helped.
I can handle quite a lot of negativity and even abuse now, but that isn't the point. I want to help people. I want to help the people who need it the most, and I want to help people like the 1996 version of me.
I'm still figuring out the best way to do that, but as it is now, these forums are doing more harm than good, and I can't keep running them.
Thank you to the few people who have tried to understand my point of view so far. I really, really appreciate you guys. You are beautiful people.
Everyone else: If after everything I've said so far, you still don't understand my motivations, I think it's unlikely that you will. We're just too different. Maybe someday in the future it might make sense, but until then, there's no point in arguing about it. I don't have the time or the energy for arguing anymore. I will focus my time and energy on people who support me, and those who need help.
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Faby
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Websites
Personally, I don't have many hobbies...One of them is webdesigning. Making sites, I mean. But there is a problem. Or problems in general.
First is the hosting. Cash isn't exactly a problem, I have enough to pay monthly. But I don't have means to buy hosts or domains. Sure, I can always buy hosts or domains from Romania, but they're very sucky and generally hoaxes. I don't have a credit card to buy foreign hosts, and neither do my parents. If I go up to them and ask them to get one for me, then they'll throw me really dark looks.
I've done research on decent free hosts, and I think I've found some suitable ones.
My second problem is my motivation. No, it's not that I have a lack of motivation -- in fact, due to that motivation I started trying to learn PHP again, and this time I grasped what variables and functions and stuff do. But wherever or whomever I talk to, I get replies like:
"There are already tonnes of websites made by web designers / Photoshop users."
"There's no such thing as a good free host."
"Why do you want to make websites? Go out and find stuff to do, don't sit in front of your PC typing code!"
And it really hurls me into depression.
Oh, and: what should I make sites about? All I have in mind right now is a "personal" page -- where I put stuff I made, like essays, fiction, Photoshop works. I could make a website about Photoshop tutorials, but there are gazillions of those already.
Let go of all desire for the common good, and the good becomes common as grass.
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Good fortune follows upon disaster;
Disaster lurks within good fortune;
Who can say how things will end?
Perhaps there is no end.
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vonunov
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Re: Websites
If you think you could learn to use Unix (or do already) you might try a free shell account. I can get you an account on Anapnea if you drop by the IRC channel. Shell providers such as this have free webspace and generally support fun things like PHP, CGI, and whatever other webdev shenanigans you may want to get into.
It's not a domain and full hosting, by any means, but it'll do for a single website.
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SoulRiser
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Re: Websites
I had the same problem as you with regards to the "no credit card" thing, so I used free hosts for ages as well. Generally they're nowhere near as good as proper hosts... but I have had good experiences with these:
freehostia.com
100webspace.net
Oh, and don't talk to people. No seriously, if you wanna do something, don't tell anyone. 99% of people will just drag you down and/or get in the way, or (even worse) try to "help", so you're better off keeping it a secret. XD
Make sites about something you feel strongly about.
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