{"id":5388,"date":"2025-07-10T01:44:44","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T05:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexbridge.com\/blog\/?p=5388"},"modified":"2025-07-10T01:44:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T05:44:44","slug":"as-i-was-saying-page-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexbridge.com\/blog\/as-i-was-saying-page-3\/","title":{"rendered":"As I Was Saying &#8211; Page 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>The Future of TXB<\/h1>\n<p>I wanted to address the state of the site.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s going to be fully back some time in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The reason why I&#8217;m going with a 2026 return is because I don&#8217;t want to half-ass what I do here. I want to bring you a better animation news and opinion site. If anything, I want TXB to be a site where I can present well thought-out opinions about animated topics I want to talk about on my own time.<\/p>\n<h2>Should I create a paid option?<\/h2>\n<p>I just need to figure out a way to modernize and monetize this site Yes, I want to find a way to create some kind of income with this site when I fully relaunch it. I know some people resent paying for anything these days, especially online commentary.<\/p>\n<p>At least that&#8217;s what people told me long ago when I dared to ask was my words worth paying for. After being told repeatedly they weren&#8217;t, that was one of the main reasons why I walked away. It was that disheartening and soul-crushing that so many felt my words were worthless and meaningless.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll never turn TXB into a paywalled site. I just want to give folks something worth paying for, and when I realize what that will be, that&#8217;s when I&#8217;ll introduce it and fully relaunch the site.<\/p>\n<p>Another thing I want to talk about is what I don&#8217;t want TXB to become:<\/p>\n<h2>TXB is NOT a Toonami site<\/h2>\n<p>I know I don\u2019t want it to be solely a Toonami site. I\u2019ve been having qualms about that block within a block on a dying channel for a while now. Don\u2019t get me wrong, I still love what the block once was as well as the legacy it had created. That said, I don\u2019t want TXB to just be limited to a block that might not be here in five years.<\/p>\n<p>Been there, done that a long time ago. I feel what I did in the years when Toonami WASN&#8217;T on the air were some of the best things I&#8217;ve made for TXB. No longer bound to cover a cable block, I could do a lot more.<\/p>\n<p>I know I did a lot of those kinds of things when I relaunched Thoughtnami, but I want to do them in an outlet I own and control outright.<\/p>\n<h2>TXB is Creator-Owned<\/h2>\n<p>Social media is limiting, and it could change just like that. Just look at the site formerly known as Twitter and the reason I&#8217;m so reluctant to call my site by its full name of The X Bridge.<\/p>\n<p>I am on BlueSky, but as I said, social media is limiting. I think every creator should create their own webpage. Since regaining access to my site after all these years, I&#8217;m not in any rush to just give it up any time soon. I&#8217;m just trying to figure out what to do with it.<\/p>\n<h2>The future is uncertain<\/h2>\n<p>Nothing is guaranteed. But when TXB returns in full in 2026, it&#8217;s going to be the best version of the site I could make. 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