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[memorizingthedigitsofpi]

I'm trying to decide what I want to use this space for, and I'm kind of tempted to use it for the posts that I tag as "thinky thoughts" over on tumblr.

tumblr's great for a lot of things - obviously, I've been blogging there for almost a decade. But it can also get overwhelming sometimes.

My personal account there is semi-dormant since I tend to think of that as a place where I can hyperfixate on my fandom of choice and interact with other people in that fandom - but I don't currently have a fandom that I'm obsessed with the way I was with my last one.

I do miss that feeling, though. A lot.

So I think I might use this space to dump all of these thoughts that I have about social media and fandom and the various discourses that keep me up at night. This is a better forum to have those kinds of conversations. Even when I reblog other people's opinions on tumblr, it feels too much like I'm an audience member watching a conversation rather than an actual participant in it. Especially when so many of the speakers are actually just whispering in their tags.

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[nrgburst]

Oooh, agreed! Can't wait to hear your meta thoughts about fandom. :D

This is a great space for that just because conversations can be parsed by thread and it's just so much neater/easier to follow than the unwieldy long thing a chain of reblogs can quickly become! Also you can tag your posts and keep them organized. Discord has its merits, but I think thoughtful discussion there can be hard just because statements gets washed downthread so quickly sometimes, and if there are like, 10 people commenting it can turn into a chaotic shouting match in seconds.😬

[memorizingthedigitsofpi]

Yeah, I'm hoping other people decide to post things too - fandom specific or nonfandom or anything else. I'm eager to see a reading page full of posts for me to read and connect with.

I'm so freakin' excited for the possibilities!