People creating little corners of the internet
that felt unmistakably their own.

Places you could visit, bookmark,
and browse without being timed.

Somewhere along the way,
homepages became
feeds.

We built more and more of our lives
on platforms we don't own.

Handed pieces of ourselves
to someone else's
terms of service.

Hoped tomorrow's algorithm
might remember us.

Some things are too important to build
on borrowed land.

I'M PLANTING MY FLAG.