Disabling My Neocities Profile- 027

Here are the top 5 reasons for disabling my Neocities profile:

I. I believe that website traffic has a psychology, which implies that a lot of people are more inclined to visit sites with a stronger history of traffic and less inclined to visit those without. Keeping in mind that my site isn't exactly viral or invisible just part of a fragile middle. As a result, I don't want visitors to be influenced to visit my website or avoid it completely based on the number of hits shown on my Neocities profile.

II. I believe that the numbers aren’t necessarily good or bad. They simply are, until we begin assigning value to them; internalizing these external measurements of success. The numbers are just a thing unto themselves, until we start measuring how well we're doing in comparison to some else or how poorly someone is doing in comparison to us. Your visibility is always being interpreted. Ironically, if the hits aren't viewable, we eliminate a lot of this monotony.

III. In the event of severe illness or untimely death, a time and date stamp or even worse; a slogan based on my last or most recent Neocities feed post threatens to reduce my existence (bad enough that can happen anyway without me consenting to it). These digital markers can be kinda creepy for me personally. Even moreso; if it's spidered out to search engines like google- some place where your intimate thought is just left dangling without any good context.

IV. I'm not convinced that my interactions- who's been commenting on my page and who's page my comments are showing up on really needs to be made public. Not that we're necessarily talking about anything sensitive; just the fact the comments are on display for anyone and everyone who randomly stumbles on it to read- removing it from the intended audience, so the goal is to exercise some kind of control over that digital presence.

V. I woudn't want my fb to be browsed by the general public, therefore my Neocities profile shouldn't be made publically viewable either. Some of the interactions still fall within the realm of personal privacy. This preference isn't about me hiding information or not being transparent with visitors but it is about me maintaining a consistent boundary across platforms; making it clear how my content was meant to be accessed.