Every blog I've read has made a "omg i forgot about this site!" blog before, so I'll set it up:
I didn't forget about neocities.
Truth be told, I just haven't cared. I was more active on Spacehey, I relapsed to using Reddit sometimes(but stopped), I... I've been, but not around.
Now, I didn't see this as a problem, because who the fuck cares about some random blog on neocities? My site has no effort put into it, no character, no purpose; blogs alike. Who the hell is going, "oh, Alyssa didn't upload. It's a disaster!"
Well, see, nobody cares, and nobody HAS to care. That's beautiful, really...
But the point! I was having dinner earlier(tamale, salad, tea) when I realized the reason people kept up blogs like these in oldweb(and some still do!):
Popularity doesn't matter, validity is found in everyday life... people blog for the fuck of it. They keep up their websites because, why not?
Now, as someone with an RSS reader, I can keep track of all y'all VERY EASILY. I haven't tried it with Neocities, but that's possible, probably?
Leaning further, all the youtube channels I enjoy are ones who upload when they feel like it- next week, next month, 5 years from now. They upload when they're ready, not to save their statistics and popularity.
I use Freetube, so I'm not subscribed to them, they don't know I exist(as if they know the average subscriber exists), and I don't interact. They post the videos, I see them in RSS, I copy/paste the link, and watch.
Is it so wrong to assume that there's someone watching me who I have no idea of, waiting ever-so-patiently for the next post?
And when you've got an RSS reader, you're not picking through every feed of, "oh, that one never updates." You just keep it there and wait, if you do notice at all.
When this blog goes up, will my neocities update in this fictional character's RSS feed, letting them read my blog and disappear? I have no way of knowing!
And that's a good thing.