Discordance and Discord

i was putzing around the other night, don’t judge me, loaded up my site’s admin page and was about to reply to some comments. i was greeted with a symbol in a place i had never seen it. a red exclamation point indicated there was an issue, and my site was down. no big deal, and i went to work on fixing it. then it happened. the site disappeared. entirely.

this isn’t me being hyperbolic, as though there was a blank page, or a 404 not found, this was worse. when i loaded my admin page, i was greeted with a statement that said something to the effect of ‘it looks like you want to start a website’ followed by stats that stated that i had never had a visitor, and i had never posted anything.

i proceeded thoughtfully towards having a mini panic attack, as one should in such circumstances. i think a blank page would have been better. this was the difference to find an empty house when you thought someone was home, and finding a body. i’m not web guy, and if the site went down, the hoops i would have to jump through…. i don’t even know where i would start.

anyways, an hour or so goes by, i’m sifting through emails regarding hosting, domains, and what have you, and it corrected itself. i have no idea why. but if there’s a lesson here, it’s ‘freak out, or don’t, nothing matters and we dance to the tune of a capricious and sadistic god.’ but it started me thinking, maybe i should diversity a bit. stretch out my platform.

that lead me to what i’m announcing here, in a long and winding way, that i’m starting a discord server. i plan to post the comic in it’s entirety there, and maybe open a general chat room. people can ask question, rant, maybe fan art if i were to be so lucky…. i don’t expect that this would be the kind of thing that would make someone want to intall discord, but if you’re on it already, check it out! i’m also hoping maybe i can pull some new readers by being on multiple platforms. and, if the site ever decides to give up the ghost, at the very least, there would be a place i could tell people what’s going on, without them assuming the worst.

so, here’s the invite, it’s a little bare bones at the minute, but i’m always up for ideas, especially from people who know discord better than i do. at best it could be a fun little way to grow the community, and at worst, a back up space for the comic should something ever go actually wrong. see you there, or see you as some sort of 4 sided shape…. equal sides…. right angles….. you get the point.