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May. 23rd, 2019 01:42 pmSo I was like "Tumblr and Dreamwidth are both deathly quiet and I'm bored and lonely", and then I was like "perhaps I should try posting more?", and then I fell down ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
metaquotes which is apparently still going, and then I was like "I remember why I don't make more public posts on Dreamwidth". Because obviously metaquotes concentrates this effect, but the people who are still active on Dwth are the ones who use things like grammar and punctuation and write essay-like posts on thinky thoughts with interesting turns of phrase. I am far more of a tumblr goblin by habit these days, and between that and [walking the fine line between remaining semi-anonymous versus talking about my personal life], I feel a bit intimidated of trying to Post More On Dreamwidth, and a bit uncertain what I would even post publicly anymore. But as I was earnestly telling people ten years ago when AO3 launched, you can't get traffic without putting up content first...
(I have been doing a lot of writing, but it's all been on longfics that keep getting farther away from being done, as longfics are wont to do. Also I'm having a lot of trouble sleeping, partly because my CPAP mask does not fit. I did just have an appointment to get a different one fitted, so hopefully that will help once I actually get the new one in a few days...)
I have been thinking about the olden days, though, and specifically about events like 3w4dw, where the goal was to encourage people to post more here and try to jumpstart activity. I might try doing daily posts about something for a while, see if anything happens. Apparently nobody knows where fandom has migrated to or is in the process of migrating to yet; it will not be Dreamwidth, because our communication has shifted so far to the visual as Tumblr made that easier, and Dreamwidth really doesn't have facilities for any kind of remotely easy photo posting. But I am here, so.
metaquotes which is apparently still going, and then I was like "I remember why I don't make more public posts on Dreamwidth". Because obviously metaquotes concentrates this effect, but the people who are still active on Dwth are the ones who use things like grammar and punctuation and write essay-like posts on thinky thoughts with interesting turns of phrase. I am far more of a tumblr goblin by habit these days, and between that and [walking the fine line between remaining semi-anonymous versus talking about my personal life], I feel a bit intimidated of trying to Post More On Dreamwidth, and a bit uncertain what I would even post publicly anymore. But as I was earnestly telling people ten years ago when AO3 launched, you can't get traffic without putting up content first...(I have been doing a lot of writing, but it's all been on longfics that keep getting farther away from being done, as longfics are wont to do. Also I'm having a lot of trouble sleeping, partly because my CPAP mask does not fit. I did just have an appointment to get a different one fitted, so hopefully that will help once I actually get the new one in a few days...)
I have been thinking about the olden days, though, and specifically about events like 3w4dw, where the goal was to encourage people to post more here and try to jumpstart activity. I might try doing daily posts about something for a while, see if anything happens. Apparently nobody knows where fandom has migrated to or is in the process of migrating to yet; it will not be Dreamwidth, because our communication has shifted so far to the visual as Tumblr made that easier, and Dreamwidth really doesn't have facilities for any kind of remotely easy photo posting. But I am here, so.
