I'm feeling gutted right now. Cohost is just, nice.

The rest of the post-Gamergate internet has had me in a defensive crouch, with few exceptions. Everywhere else I go, I feel like I'm walking down a street with a hornet's nest in every tree, and talking to people who are like "lol, lmao" as they kick it, or point and laugh as someone else bumps into it by accident.

Twitter is a site that destroyed my mental health, that became a place I couldn't even type the word 'cis.' Bluesky is Earth-2 Twitter and will inevitably have the same problems. Tumblr has heavy levels of Fandom to the point I feel it loves things more than people, which as any Pratchett fan knows is the cardinal sin of our time. Mastodon is fine, right up until a moderator's ex-girlfriend's girlfriend's ex-girlfriend posts a bad opinion and within twelve hours everyone is defederating from everyone else, including people who had nothing to do with it.

I didn't feel any of that here. I called my time on this site, the Cohost Exhale; being able to stretch a little and relax. ¹

I admire what ASSC set out to do, and for a time, did. They really did try to create a space where your data was not sold and you were more than a target market, a place for posting first and foremost. A place to be, as the Internet used to be. And it was so, nice.

And it didn't work out, and damned if that ain't a sad indictment of the internet in 2024.

I'll really, really miss this place.

But I'm gonna try to smile because it happened. Nothing lasts forever, but I'll always have fond memories of Cohost. And I did so much healing on this site that I'll cherish the good it did me.

Anyways! Other places to find me.

https://charlottearielfinn.com/ - my blog!

https://arielfinn.social/@Charlotte - Mastodon!

https://bsky.app/profile/bycharlottefinn.bsky.social - Bluesky!

https://charlottefinn.tumblr.com/ - Tumblr!

1. _{(I know this wasn't everyone's experience, and I'm sorry for those that didn't find a home here.)}

NO NUMBERS

NO NUMBERS

Without numbers there's no engagement chasing, and it turns out, that fuels a lot of the worst examples of poster's brain!

WEALTHY FURRIES!!!

GRANT THE COHOST DEVS A LARGE SUM OF WEALTH AND MY LIFE IS YOURS!!!!!

Where do people go to find cool small indie video games. I follow a bunch of people on itchio, but is there anywhere else to see what people are playing? (Besides discord, I can't use that)