Jama

If anyone has found a good TTRPG webring of sites, can you let me know?

exerian

i'm currently unemployed¹ and a month behind on rent ($1200). my auntie is my landlord. i don't think she will actually evict me but she also really needs the money to support 4 teenagers, some of which are autistic. they're kinda foster kids but not through the foster system so not technically. they're just kids from the crick whose parents can't/won't support them so she took them in. if you have a few bucks and would like to support a single mom raising someone else's autistic kids, please help.

if you need some work done on a website or are looking for a place to host a website i can help you! (for a fee)

1. technically i have one client who i'm building and maintaining a website for but it doesn't pay much.

i really hate doing this but if i don't have $200 in my bank account on the 20th then it's going to overdraft and spend money i really don't have right now. i'm only eating because decent commodities are available here. i've already strained my immediate contacts as much as i can and the job hunt has not been going well. if you can contribute anything it would be greatly appreciated.

https://cash.app/$elsendrea
https://ko-fi.com/exerian
https://paypal.me/exerian

Looking into longer-form posting options, I probably need to go the route of either making a blog or making a website. I'm behind on everything on top of being incredibly busy, so any guidance on sites to avoid is desperately welcome. A quick perusal of blogs I read and posts I've seen in my feed suggest starter options are:

• NeoCities
• BlogSpot
• WordPress
• Dreamwidth

Are there any red flags with these? I know WordPress is owned by the same company as Tumblr, and that has a lot of issues with its current leadership and possible AI scraping. Do these sites:

• Require registration or subscription fees
• Require you to provide your own URL/domain
• Require you to provide hosting
• Claim any sort of ownership over your content beyond normal "you provide us a license to host this" allowances

I'm going to do my own research as I can, but given the compressed time frame, losing time to health issues the past week, and needing to tackle a bunch of chores and errands before a friend arrives in a week, I figure asking for help is the smart thing to do. If folks have good guides, those are also welcome.

EDIT 1: Apparently BlogSpot is now Blogger and is owned by Google. I really, truly have not paid attention to this space since I made a LiveJournal on a lark 19 years ago, updated it twice, and promptly forgot about it. Knowing that answers probably all my questions about the risks and costs of Blogger.

I hate when I circle around on being so tired that it's hard to fall asleep.