Recently I've been into the indieweb and I browse it quite frequently. That's how I found this cool retro style social media platform, the Cyberspace.

## Indieweb
So a while ago a friend of mine sent a video in a group chat about the **indie web**. If you don't know what that is, it's basically just a bunch of people making websites **just like old times**, usually crafting them by hand and making them special and personalized. You know, the **total opposite** of what most **of the internet** looks like **today**? If you've read [my first blogpost](https://blog.wazul.moe/posts/2024/let-there-be-light-theme/), you know that I love the **old internet aesthetics**. Turns out I wasn't the only one. These people have been active ever since the dawn of the internet.

It turns out, there is even a "new" **free webhosting site** following the footsteps of GeoCities, called [NeoCities](https://neocities.org/). I recommend checking out some of the **featured sites** on the homepage, it's a treasure chest waiting to be opened. Anyways, I will get into the indieweb in a later blogpost.

What I wanted to talk about is my newest discovery on the indieweb: the [Cyberspace](https://cyberspace.online).

## Battling the giants with simplicity
So what is the Cyberspace? It's quite simply a social media de-imagined (I stole this phrasing from the [solo dev](https://cyberspace.online/genghis_khan) who's making this whole thing). It's a small **microblog-like website**, where there is no algorithm, no suggestions. You have to **discover things** you are interested in **by yourself**, much like you do it on the rest of the indieweb. There is almost only **text content**, that means **no videos**. You can post a limited number of images if you are a supporter, but even those are going through a **raster effect**, not to break the **retro immersion**.

![a rasterized image of a caveman looking at a skull](cyberspace.png "To think or not to think?" https://cyberspace.online "")

"""A quiet corner of the internet where you can think, write,<br>read and connect. Like how the internet was supposed to be. "" Cyberspace introduction """

Other than the normal feed, there are **DMs** (called C-mail), **IRC** chatrooms, **guilds** with their on private chat. You can filter content with **topics** which are basically the Cyberspace equivalent of **tags**. You can **follow people**, and if they follow you back you become **friends**. There are quite a few **styles** (even a Commodore64 one!) and you can even customize them. Lastly there are some fun features like **jukebox** which is a collection of Youtube music that the users shared, **fortune cookies** and **tarot cards** to pass the time.
Also you can customize the keyboard hotkeys and much more. There is even a [CLI](https://github.com/johannesalke/cyberspacecli) and a [TUI](https://github.com/unremarkablegarden/cyberspace-tui-go) client. They are work in progress, but seem super cool so far!

![my post reading: Hello world! Making my first public post so I can feature my Cyberspace profile on my website! :D](post.png "" https://cyberspace.online/wazul/blog/56y0q3KicEnNANSITtWW "I use this style now, but I might change it soon cause all of them look very cool.")

New features and fixes are coming frequently, but the vibe stays the same. And the **people are super friendly**! If you are interested, come and **join this community**. And while you are there, [follow me](https://cyberspace.online/wazul), so I can follow you back!