Tumblr -> DW?

[ladydrace]

I desperately want to move from Tumblr back to DW, but there's a problem. There's just not a lot of activity here. And I'm struggling to work out how to fix that.

I mean, obviously I would have to contribute more myself. Tumblr was wonderful in the fact that I didn't actually need to engage in any kind of activity, there was already so much there. And despite an increasingly fandom-unfriendly platform it remains the place where fandom seems to live. 

But it's rapidly reaching the point where Tumblr aggravates me more than it inspires. It's been coming on a long time, but the lack of my preferred obsessions anywhere else is what's keeping me there. It sure isn't the interface or (apart from a very select few) the company. 

It's gonna happen. I might mourn the pretty pictures and hip-shooting fanfic bursts, but unless some really big magical turn-around happens, then Tumblr will have to see me go.

First step: tag-surfing here. I WILL find something new to fill my feed with. I WILL, DAMMIT!

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[ladydrace]

True. But how? Via communities? Or just random posts on my own blog? I don't think I have enough followers for the latter, and I struggle to find active communities for the former.

Any suggestions?

[whit_merule]

Well, I was thinking a post on a personal blog which we then pimp out on tumblr. And get a few friends with bigger follower bases to do the same. Practicalities, though... hm. My first instinct is to say 'something sabriel-themed' because if we were to rope, say, aria and grey in, there's a pre-assembled enthusiastic gang right there (of prompters and authors and promoters, which are the three key ingredients). Though I wouldn't want to muscle in on aria's SFF. But that's the thing - would it be direct competition or would it be complementary enthusiasm? After all, the whole point of SFF is that it's Friday - it's one day of the week, it's ephemeral - which is a very tumblr thing. Things have to be reblogged each week or they don't exist anymore. Whereas a post like the propmt posts is an ongoing challenge and a repository at the same time.

[ladydrace]

First of all, I think Aria would LOVE for us to "muscle in". Especially if it means she gets more to reblog.

But I get what you mean. I think. I just have no idea what the template should be for such a thing. Should it be a fixed post with prompts in it, or should the prompts be in the comments for people to sort through on their own? Or should it be just comments, and the main post keeping track of and linking to prompts and fills?

[whit_merule]

As per this beautiful post (and there's a lot of lovely smut for your next relaxed evening in bed). Hmm... if we could get bewaretheides back off tumblr...

[ladydrace]

Oh, right, I see. I never participated much in these things, although I seem to remember one comment-fic community I know I wrote a few things for. But I'll be damned if I can remember what it was. Curse my faulty brain!

But yeah, a prompts post wouldn't be out of the realm of possibility, but... definitely not right now. But I'll have a ponder!

[whit_merule]

Yes, we probably need to find our own footing and establish our own journals a bit more first.