Some years ago, I let a number of my web domains lapse because my hosting service not only was becoming "antiquated" in terms of features, but they had made the process of migrating domains to a different provider pretty much a technical maze and nightmare.
So I ended up simply letting those domains go away.
Periodically, I regret that decision a bit — particularly two "top level" .com domains that were just five letters — but so be it.
Lately, I have been working with several artists and writers, concerning their "web presence," and I suddenly realized that fewer and fewer people — particularly with creative businesses — seem to have "their own" web sites, these days.
If we take a random fictional person sames Suzy Smith, she probably has a Facebook profile, a Facebook page, an Instagram, a Twitter, a YouTube account, maybe an Etsy or Bandcamp (depending or her creative sphere)... but it seems less and less likely that there's a "SuzySmith.com" anywhere.
Maybe I'm just showing my age, but my starting point for web presences was always that your own site was the "hub" that connected all your other social media pieces to a central point.
Is the importance of having a "central point" going away?
On these pages, I have periodically talked about the ongoing "shortening" of everything in our lives... from fast food to twitter, it seems that humanity's experience of life gradually gets chopped into smaller and smaller bits.
Which, in turn, makes me wonder if the "problem" that's leading to less use of primary web sites is related to the fact that web sites inherently tend to be "longer;" they tend to house an amalgam of content that requires an investment of both time and bandwidth to process... in a way a "Facebook post" does not.
Of course, there's a whole separate rabbit hole there... in considering whether or not the condition known as ADHD is even a thing, or merely an evolutionary response to the speed and volume of information we are being subjected to.
This morning's confession is that I actually sat down with the intention of writing a Christmas post, but instead got sidetracked because I was looking for a musical artist's web site... and came to realize that — even though he is quite well known and has been making music for 20+ years — he doesn't have one, he just has dozens of profiles on every conceivable social music venue you can imagine...
And so, I ended up writing about something completely different.
Although I probably will post about the Holidays, later today. No, really. At least that's my good intention!
In the meantime, wishing everyone out in Steemlandia all the best for the Holidays — wherever or however you may (or may not) be celebrating!
Thanks for reading!
(Another #creativecoin creative non-fiction post)
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