Strikethrough 2018 (Tumblr)

[luna_manar]

So...yeah. Tumblr.

I've seen a bunch of people talking about offloading onto DreamWidth, but I'm not sure exactly how prevalent that exodus will be. I tuned up my profile and icons here a bit, so maybe (hopefully?) I'll be using this site on a more regular basis. I'm just not quite sure yet what that will look like, if it comes to pass.

Anyway, I'm still here, never really left, I just haven't had as much reason to say much here as I have in the past. I'm still on Tumblr, too, but if you're done with that site and came here instead, hello, glad to have you!

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[irreversibly]

I had noooo idea you were on here too. Hullo. :) chrysalisthoughts on tumblr, although I've been hibernating there for most of this year since I haven't had much time for FF

[luna_manar]

To be fair this blog was named something else (I ponied up the $15 to change my user) until just recently. I didn't use DW as a fandom/writing blog, it was more of a personal outlet during a sort of writing-desert. I'd like to change that though, since I think I can more comfortably blend the two nowadays. I like the LJ/DW style of longform blogging, as well as the multiple avatars, so I wouldn't mind this place becoming more active again. Just...uh. If you read back past the last couple of entries, don't judge me by whatever nonsense I was vomiting in my early-mid 20s, I guess.

Good to see you here, too!

[irreversibly]

Hah hah, no problem, I have quite a long history here myself too :P My DW (/LJ/IJ) has always been a general blog with a mix of everything that crosses my mind. I tend to prefer the longform blogging style too, tumblr style does it its advantages but it's never really felt like home to me.

[luna_manar]

I was discussing with someone else about the key differences between tumblr and DreamWidth having to do with the type of interactions each encourages. Tumblr rides on "share culture," whereas LJ/DW rely more on "comment culture" as their method of engagement. It's much harder to share things (you have to link back and deliberately point to a thing) on DW but large, nested conversations are comparatively easy to navigate, while carrying on any conversation at all on tumblr is an extremely chaotic affair, but sharing things you've found is as easy as two clicks.

It really depends on what sort of connection makes you most comfortable, I think...the back and forth discussions of a place like DW are personal, oppositional in that point-counterpoint sort of way that is not necessarily argumentative but builds connection through increasingly specific understanding with individuals; you become ever more aware of exactly what your followers/friends think and feel, and where you stand in relation to those thoughts and feelings. tumblr, on the other hand, promotes a more collective, "speaking together" sort of connection between people, everyone sharing all the things that they like or that speak to them, but only rarely commenting themselves, being part of a force of voices without having to put yourself on the spot to be noticed. I think both have their pros and cons, like you said. I'm not sure which makes me feel more "at home," although I do lean toward wordy posts and replies (obviously, haha).

The one thing I wish DW had, though, was the option to hide all your subs/followers. I don't feel like that is pertinent information and I never liked it being in the open. tumblr is unique in that it hides it, and I always appreciated that. Maybe they'll consider making that an option in the future, if it's even possible.