So lately I’ve noticed a few of my long time affiliates’ sites going down. I’m not sure if it’s permanent, but it got me thinking about how long I foresee my own site going on. Clearly I don’t update as often as I used to back in the day. It depends on how quickly I get to the mobile wallpaper requests, so it fluctuates from one to ten times a month. I’d call that a win considering how busy my adult life is. Even so, I feel I’ve missed the mark when it comes to fully engaging with the visitors of today, compared to the interaction I had with the viewers of yesteryear. I blame the explosion of new social medias and the fact that everything is “grab and go” nowadays.
I’ve just made the step to invigorate my Tumblr account again by connecting my Twitter. I apologize to the Tumblr followers that kind of got hung out to dry… Not that I feel my content was being watched very closely anyway… Ugh, the struggles of running this site alone…
Anywho, I may open up affiliations again shortly and extend the invite all year round rather than just Novembers. Hurray for new friends! 😀
As always, do follow my Twitter and Facebook for updates… And I guess Tumblr now! 😀
October 28, 2015
It’s good to see a graphics website! I had one of my own many years ago. I miss those days! I noticed all my affiliates closing, going on open/closed hiatus, under construction & never pop back up. I was about 13-16 when I finally closed website. I’m 23 now 😅 I do think what changed the whole graphic standards is social media. Nobody wants 100×100, 50×50 avatars, or buttons or banners, or layouts or desktop wallpapers. Everyone wants a cool meme to share & thats it 😕
October 29, 2015
The day I start making memes for this site is the day this site begins to die on the inside LOL… The reason many of my sections haven’t been updated in years you’ve listed quite clearly, although I feel people still use wallpapers nowadays… 😀 You just can’t blow up a shitty sized meme image and make that a desktop wallpaper… Unless you have bad taste. 😀
September 5, 2015
On the contrary, I think you’re very diligent with uploading content to TFL! You are always adding plenty of mobile wallpapers (via requests!!), it is inspiring! I feel like it’s hard to get in contact with any visitors of mine other than my regular affiliates and link exchanges, so I think you’re very fortunate to have many loyal visitors that interact with you through social media and also through your site. I need to learn how to make my site more interactive…
I will step up my game to eventually apply ;P