Right? It would be perfect! Just somehow translate the images from my brain into words, please and thank you. :D
You really sum up the situation really well. Other platforms just don't seem to have the same vibe. I definitely see that DW has some communities but the ones I've found don't seem to have the same level of engagement. Of course my main fandoms are closed and not as active but even the newer ones don't really seem to have any sort of community base and fans don't really seem to be inclined to start, probably preferring Twitter or Tumblr or even Discord/Reddit. This is my first time doing Snowflake and I do like the opportunity to go into other people's journals and have discussions, but also like you, this is the only time my journal will be filled with these type of posts. It's not my usual content either.
Seconded! People have discussed the negativity aspects of shipping as activism in better ways than I could but it is something that needs to go away. I like the tagging system because it is much more likely that you will be warned of things you don't want to read than you would've in the days of fic being posted to forums/FFN.
it's the database migration that could be trickier, since that would be new data for seven million plus works to work with. Oh yeah, that's a good point. I am not sure how many people who go back and properly tag their stories either.
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You really sum up the situation really well. Other platforms just don't seem to have the same vibe. I definitely see that DW has some communities but the ones I've found don't seem to have the same level of engagement. Of course my main fandoms are closed and not as active but even the newer ones don't really seem to have any sort of community base and fans don't really seem to be inclined to start, probably preferring Twitter or Tumblr or even Discord/Reddit. This is my first time doing Snowflake and I do like the opportunity to go into other people's journals and have discussions, but also like you, this is the only time my journal will be filled with these type of posts. It's not my usual content either.
Seconded! People have discussed the negativity aspects of shipping as activism in better ways than I could but it is something that needs to go away. I like the tagging system because it is much more likely that you will be warned of things you don't want to read than you would've in the days of fic being posted to forums/FFN.
it's the database migration that could be trickier, since that would be new data for seven million plus works to work with.
Oh yeah, that's a good point. I am not sure how many people who go back and properly tag their stories either.