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[wolfish_willow]

Hello! Nice to put my old Dreamwidth account to use! I miss the old Livejournal fandom days for sure.

Anyone wonder whether their current fandom has any sort of presence on this platform?

[themightyflynn]

\o

Saw the tumblr post. I know Harry Potter still has a bit of a presence on here (and LJ for that matter), but not so sure about other fandoms.

[memorizingthedigitsofpi]

I just started adding interests and it seems like there's some MCU and Agents of SHIELD people here, so I'm off to a good start!

[memorizingthedigitsofpi]

it seems at first glance that there's at least a few people representing anything I look for. I haven't poked too much yet, but yay!

[wolfish_willow]

Oh, that's cool! I feel like I shouldn't be surprised that Harry Potter would still be hanging on. It's still going strong over on ffnet, too. One of the plus sides of being so big for so long, maybe?

[memorizingthedigitsofpi]

and of having members in the fandom who are old enough to know what dreamwidth is and/or to have experience with sites like this or LJ

[wolfish_willow]

Very cool! The MCU is so big, it's really cool that it's branched out to here as well.

The last time I looked for anything Stranger Things related, there was only what looked like an abandoned exchange for my Notp.

[memorizingthedigitsofpi]

hmm. might be an "if you build it, they will come" situation XD

[wolfish_willow]

Yes! A decent number of them were probably mainly on LJ or DW back in the day :D

[memorizingthedigitsofpi]

I'm betting some of them never left lol

[wolfish_willow]

I've thought something similar in the past! Only wonder if what seems like a fandom made up of a lot of younger fans would be at all interested or willing to give it a chance.

[memorizingthedigitsofpi]

I think if you want to make a go of it, you'll have to be willing to either find existing tutorials (preferably video) or create some to help them learn how to use the site.

I've been talking about this with friends a lot recently - younger people were brought up on apps and never actually taught how to use websites, so things that we take for granted as basic navigation skills, they were never given a chance to learn.

Make it easy. Make it accessible. Make it worth the effort. It ain't easy, but I think it's worth it in the end.

Who knows. I might end up making some tutorials myself XD

[wolfish_willow]

Oh wow, you're right! That would never have occurred to me! I wonder if that's part of why so many people talk about wanting an AO3 app despite the layout working so well on mobile as it is.

Definitely something I'll keep in mind!

[sarken]

Just last night, I was having some major nostalgia for the old LiveJournal/Dreamwidth-based multifandom porn battles.

o/

[anaisonfire]

this is very nice but also logging in made me see my old icon 😂 shows how often i'm on here really
would love for that to change but i don't think my current 'main' fandom would follow me over from tumblr and everything else is more 'niche fandom within a fandom' that's perfectly at home on tumblr and discord... might have to cast a wide net looking for things 😂

[memorizingthedigitsofpi]

that's actually what started the conversation. and then I made a tiktok and started posting tutorial videos. and then I saw someone else's video where they were frustrated because they didn't know you had to click on the title to enter the fic - and I realized that apps don't underline links, so that standard isn't a part of their visual vocabulary

also, apps only show you the simplest information and the narrowest options so the buttons and links and menus (apps don't have menus) all get overwhelming and they just get into the habit of pressing next chapter and don't even see kudos, comment, subscribe, bookmark, download etc.

I've been thinking about this a lot clearly XD too much.

[memorizingthedigitsofpi]

lolol yessss

Re: o/

[memorizingthedigitsofpi]

yeah, I don't think it'll be fast move if you can even make a full move at all. but I'm going to make a go at it and I'm happy to chat about other things, even if we never write in the same fandoms at all :)

Re: o/

[anaisonfire]

nice! yeah i doubt i'd ever make a full move as you say to dw - this kind of implied-longform text posting isn't something i'm good at doing consistently over time esp. when there isn't already an established community 😅 but i'd definitely be happy to be more (or at all, oops) active on here - a commenter on the tumblr post mentioned how lots of events happen on here, so i'll have to dig around and see what i like 'cuz i love doing events XD

[sarken]

I've thought a few times about maybe trying to run one on AO3 -- keeping it as simple and close to the original format as possible by using the sign-up form's description field rather than tags -- but I know it just wouldn't be the same.

[wolfish_willow]

Oh man, so much fun!

Re: o/

[memorizingthedigitsofpi]

I'm hoping that reviving my sense of community and talking to other people will also revive my interest in writing - but I need to decide on a fandom (or fandoms) first lol

[memorizingthedigitsofpi]

oof yeah. I can't actually picture how that would work, but if you ever decide to dive in and give it a shot, I'll definitely sign up!

[anaisonfire]

not too much at all as it really wouldn't have occurred to me that 'links are underlined' is something young people (...other young people, i'm 21 lmao) wouldn't automatically know; i've never gotten the complaint that ao3 is too complicated bc it makes perfect sense to me even if it takes time to remember where everything is once you've clicked around a bunch. ig to someone who's experience is primarily streamlined apps that do most things for you, having all of that *would* be overwhelming huh

[vriddy]

Ha, delighted to see you on DW too!! I've been trying to use my account, and I do like being here - it feels more peaceful, things moves slower, it's okay to take your time...

But it's hard to meet people :') There aren't as many communities with "my people" as there used to be, and my current focus is an anime fandom which, I don't think they ever really thrived on LJ and DW?

Either way, welcome here and looking forward to follow what you have to share :)