I wish i knew this site existed years ago, i dont know how long it has been running but someone on yno mentioned it randomly and i wanted to check what was it about

Gotta say that this is probably going to be a sanctuary for me now, honestly the state of the internet right now is horrible to me, I have been chronically online since I was around 12 and had the opportunity to see how this has evolved, many years ago internet was something totally different, you would log into some forums or chat rooms and chat with random people about random stuff, would explore the net seeking weird sites and sometimes you would find cool stuff

I feel neocities is like going back to that experience where I used to just look for cool sites and spend my evenings there, except this time 100% of the sites are already cool and interesting

Im a loner, I literally have zero friends irl, Im not saying im suffering because of that, but just recently I realized that even if I was in the place where you can feel connected with people from all around the world I never put any effort in keeping online friendships, which is not wrong, but its also ironic, I guess its mainly to my inability to connect with people, I dont know how to do it and I feel like a liar when I go outside to the world and put a mask to be accepted, because without social skills you are basically isolated from the world

Guess I just have not find the people that have similar interests to me or with whom I can connect, that is mainly due to my decisions in life, when I has in high school i dropped out due to some circumstances and started going to a part time school (I think in USA they have something similar but its like night shift school)

Then when I started college/university I did everything 100% online, the only social approach I had was in the work environment, which is not wrong, but I guess its not the same social interaction as one you would have in a school environment where there are hundreds of people your age

Anyway… I just want to try and connect with people here because I feel a connection to the concept and from the websites I have seen I think I would like to meet the creators and maybe try to become friends