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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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[memorizingthedigitsofpi]

I think the other benefit of dreamwidth is that people will only see the discussion if they want to. On tumblr, things get thrown onto your dash whether you want to see them or not, and I think that's where some of the dumpsterfire pile ons can happen. Same thing with the additions to posts. If it's in a space like this then the OP has the ability to remove comments they don't want associated with their thoughts. On tumblr, once it's out there you have no ability to get it back.