elinsyw ([info]elinsyw) wrote,
@ 2001-10-07 14:29:00
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::to mark the passing::
Alma by Sheana is gone. One of three 'personal sites' linked from my links page. Which means now I gotta go find another one, 'cause just linking Jonathan and K.C. is kinda... pitiful. Eh. I should link Rae again, but she changed her site. Natalya's site was down last time I checked... and Kaitlin (Kaitlin being the one site that everybody who's anybody in this clique-y thing always links) and I have, em, too many differences. Although she links me. But I was imitating Sheana and not linking because of reverse links. But Sheana is gone. Okay, so soulflare is still there, for the moment, but I've never been big on linking weblogs. ::grin:: And Sheana and I definitely have our differences. Ahem. But we talk, and we appreciate each others' sense of design... and I like the way she writes, so... mutual links. And she still links me --"She thinks, she writes, she does most everything" -- I gotta meet this girl who apparently runs my site, 'cause it sure isn't me... everything? ::laugh::.

Anyway. If you want to read more sites like mine, then read some of the various sites I just linked. Otherwise this entry is pretty pointless. Eh, if anyone knows of well-designed writing/personal sites, let me know... especially if they're Christian... that would be unique. Heh, and it'd be nice to run into someone I could say 'yes' to for hosting... said 'no' to everyone (1) so far... speaking of which, what do you people think of my requirements/site goals thingie under 'hosting' on hiraeth? Too strict, too lax? Suggestions welcome.

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[info]mayhemwench
2001-10-07 01:18 pm UTC (link)
*has no life, so is therefore living online today* I've gone over your hosting requirements a few times and I think they're all reasonable. Most of them are what most people would have on their pages (the no porn, good design, etc.) As for the religion thing, which may deter some people...it's your site, and if you want Christian hostees, that's your prerogative. I know that I ran across another very well-done site where the owner did the same thing, and I wish I could remember the URL right now, but I can't. But anyway, it's your site, whatever you want as requirements are your business, and since their reasonable and well-thought out, and you're honest about why you chose them, I don't think anyone has a right to complain. *steps down from the soap box now*

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[info]elinsyw
2001-10-07 01:28 pm UTC (link)
Heh, the stuff I have that most people have is mostly there because I'm not altogether sure where I stand on the issue of free speech. It's one area where I tend to be amazingly liberal, but then all my like-minded friends are totally anti-free speech, which makes me think I'm probably wrong... therefore I'm very wishy-washy and trying to err on the side of caution.

The Christian part is actually what I'm sort of wrestling with right now. I'm thinking that it might be a better witness to have non-christian hostees... not sites like Sheana's or K.D.'s, necessarily, but sites like yours (at least, I don't think you're a Christian, are you?) or Anne (tangled).

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[info]mayhemwench
2001-10-07 04:18 pm UTC (link)
Well, first, thank you for the compliment. :-) And I'm not Christian, though I do have quite a healthy respect for the religion, having been raised in it.

Like I said before, the choice is yours. If you want, though, I can try and keep an eye out for good-quality sites that fit your criteria (both content and religion wise) and send them your way...or send you their way. Whatever. *shrugs* Personally, I liked your requirements. *grins* Despite the fact that I didn't quite fit them.

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[info]elinsyw
2001-10-07 04:21 pm UTC (link)
::grin:: Yes, do send them my way. Or vice versa. Although I'm not quite into inviting people to join my domain, prefer them to apply... I got invited a few times, and was never quite sure how to say 'no,' and I'd rather not put anybody else in that position. :-)

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[info]mayhemwench
2001-10-07 05:06 pm UTC (link)
Good deal. Will do, when I spot people.

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About the requirements/site goals thing
[info]marnanel
2001-10-07 01:37 pm UTC (link)
I think it's fair enough for a beginning, and you perhaps won't be able to tell where it needs tightening up or loosening until you host some people's domains.

(There's a server I help run which is a project that spun off from a Christian summer camp for teenagers-- the aims are "making Jesus known and having fun with technology"-- and we decided to give all the campers a chance to host on the server. The hosting policies aren't dissimilar from yours, except for the point about content which is a "significant deviation from what you believe"-- I don't think we've even considered whether this would be a bad thing yet, and I'll raise it. We haven't had any violations of it yet, but then we've only been online two months or so, and of course I'm sure I can expect to see more as more of the campers start using the service.)

I want my own site to be something well-designed and worth visiting one day. But at present it has little on except a bit of poetry and some text that's a year out of date.

Anyway, now to follow all your links.

(1) You're missing a footnote. :)

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Re: About the requirements/site goals thing
[info]elinsyw
2001-10-07 02:05 pm UTC (link)
Ah, the old 'wait and see' thing... actually, probably a wise idea. And one that hadn't occurred to me for some reason.

The significant deviation thing is really sort of a blanket statement that allows me to get out of hosting any site I don't want to host, and lets me reject a whole host of issues without offending my readers who disagree with me. If somebody had a site that I hosted, and they wanted to post an article on, say, why copyright laws should be abolished, I'm not going to have an issue with that -- even though I disagree. On the other hand, if somebody wants to post a very opinionated article on why conservative Christians need to get a life and be more liberal (ecumenical, tolerant, take your pick), that I'd have a problem with. And I couldn't figure out how to be free about it and unrestrictive without opening it up to all sorts of stuff. So I used the word 'propaganda' (as opposed to 'opinions'), and 'significant deviation'... leaving myself a nice little loophole that hopefully doesn't scare off too many people.

Interesting hosting policies; you're right, they are a lot like mine. Except for the legal bit. But I think our free speech laws are a little more relaxed than they are there -- I can't think of anything that's illegal that isn't covered by the other two reqs.

::grin:: I'll add your site... in the section with Jonathan's. Whenever I get around to updating it, which could be next week... Btw, the stories on your sister's site, the fairy-taleish ones, are great. (As in, get-an-illustrator-and-publish great.)

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footnote
[info]elinsyw
2001-10-07 02:09 pm UTC (link)
Eek, I forgot... it wasn't a footnote mark. Just a I'm a lazy American who can't be bothered to spell out 'one' mark.

IOW, one person asked me to host. I think my reqs are doing a too-nice job of convincing people they'd be better off elsewhere...

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