From 0559c33e90a011caf0280578b94724aff9142a70 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nicholas Lamicela Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2024 11:15:06 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] the cohorst --- content/blog/2024-09-12-01-hey-cohost.md | 1 - content/blog/2024-09-15-01-the-cohorst.md | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 content/blog/2024-09-15-01-the-cohorst.md diff --git a/content/blog/2024-09-12-01-hey-cohost.md b/content/blog/2024-09-12-01-hey-cohost.md index 2ff9bd3..8e408c7 100644 --- a/content/blog/2024-09-12-01-hey-cohost.md +++ b/content/blog/2024-09-12-01-hey-cohost.md @@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ title: Hey Cohost date: 2024-09-12 tags: - - hey-cohost - my-blog --- Holy shit I'm doing this. I'm... "blogging." diff --git a/content/blog/2024-09-15-01-the-cohorst.md b/content/blog/2024-09-15-01-the-cohorst.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..30de26f --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/2024-09-15-01-the-cohorst.md @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +--- +title: The Cohorst +date: 2024-09-15 +tags: + - cohost + - the-cohorst +--- + +_[cross-posted from Cohost](https://cohost.org/nycki/post/7735017-the-cohorst)_ + +I don't think we're going to ever have a true "successor" to Cohost, and I don't think we should! I think we should look at this more like [The LucasArts Breakup](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucasfilm_Games#Legacy) which resulted in Doublefine, Telltale, and a handful of smaller indie teams, each one led by an alumni of the previous team. + +- **Mynotaurus** has already stepped up with [an active Mastodon](https://floofy.tech/@mynotaurus) and [The Enclave Webring](https://zatzhing.me/webring) +- **Smutteo** has put together [The NSFW Cohost Starter Pack](https://bsky.app/profile/smutteo.bsky.social/post/3l3qzrrkd622p) on Bsky +- **Cania** has written a [quick start guide](https://cania.neocities.org/blog/how-to-use-publii-to-make-a-blog-on-neocities-without-writing-html-and-minimal-css) for how to make a blog on Neocities or similar (try Nekoweb)! +- A bunch of other artists have moved to private Discord groups for the time being, some of them are also starting personal homepages. +- If you know someone else who's stepped into the community organizer role then let me know! Maybe I'll make a Cohost Legacy article like that LucasArts Legacy section on Wikipedia. + +It's up to us to step up as moderators of our own communities. We should absolutely reach out to other members of the Cohost cohort (the **Cohorst**) for help, but ultimately I think the community is going to split and go several different ways.