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[olivermoss]

Poll #19680

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Post Imzy, where have ya been the most?

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Here
8 (47.1%)

Facebook
1 (5.9%)

Twitter
3 (17.6%)

Mastodon
0 (0.0%)

Writscrib
0 (0.0%)

Reddit
1 (5.9%)

Pillowfort
0 (0.0%)

Tumblr
3 (17.6%)

Vero
0 (0.0%)

Other
1 (5.9%)

Nowhere, just staring at the Imzy app still on my phone
0 (0.0%)

Comments

[wolfpurplemoon]

"most" is hard to define XD I picked Tumblr, but I also use Twitter a lot, and I'm getting in to Mastodon and Writscrib as well at the moment! I read everyone's posts that I follow here though I neglect to comment or post very much. Oh and Discord is where I can be found a lot too!

[full_metal_ox]

I don't see an option for "Never an Imzist at all"; upon mirroring my LJ on Dreamwidth following Perevorot '17, I sought communities of interest, and darned if I didn't fit the title description.

[olivermoss]

Welcome!

[full_metal_ox]

Happy to be here!

As for what other precincts of cyberspace I've been wandering besides Dreamwidth and LJ (I've kept the latter account for reference purposes, and because there are a few individuals and communities I can contact only there): Tumblr seems to be where the fannish action is these days (and there aren't a lot of boomers who want to discuss, say, Steven Universe); I lurk and--when the blog owners permit--comment anonymously. I haven't yet worked up the nerve to set up my own account, though--partly because the format is a clusterbomb and partly because Tumblr culture tends to want your demographic details (and I'm fairly high in the privilege food chain.)

I've also taken to commenting periodically on an MRA sporking blog called We Hunted the Mammoth, and am working up the nerve to start an Imgur account--one obstacle there being the difficulty of tracking down the originators of a lot of popular images that I'd like to preserve; the Internet has an insidious way of melting down content into Trad and Anon, and I don't want to be part of the intellectual chop shop.

This isn't exactly my cybereducational path, but suffice to say that it's similar: https://xkcd.com/1988/

[ahbuggrit]

Twitter but that's primarily an IRL space. I do do some fandom shit there, but not a whole pile.
On tumblr intermittently, exclusively fandom stuff.
Heard of pillowfort but I've not checked it out.
I've visited writscrib a few times but i'm not really taken with it? I don't have the enthusiasm I did for Imzy so I'm not putting in as much effort (thus I'm not enjoying it as much, so I don't visit, so I don't give it a proper chance... a bit cyclical).

I check in here every now and then.

Overall, still quite poor @ starting conversations re: fandom ish other than my close IRL friends ^^;

[olivermoss]

I like pillowfort, but it's sleepy and I think it needs more features.

Writscrib ... I pretty much show up, scroll, report porn posted to the main feed, report gore posted to the main feed, drop a link to what I've been working on because I might as well, and then leave.

[ahbuggrit]

Are ppl not tagging their nsfw/adult shit on WS?

IDK if we're going to get the opt-in fandom site that I'd like... DW is ideal, but no big numbers. It's looking like the bigger platforms are going to hold on for another bit

[olivermoss]

They didn't even have working nsfw tags for a while and everything gets posted to the main feed. So when you first click on the site it's whatever the most recent posts are and sometimes they are interesting.

It's weird to see people making these sites with fewer features than DW and trying to get them started.

[ahbuggrit]

Everything getting posted on the main feed might contribute to me being lazy over there.. not sure tbh

the only thing about those sites is I find some of the thing easier to do there than on DW (i really need to set aside a day to learn how to do some things)

[olivermoss]

Writscrib is going hard on the idea that all fanworks are illegal, so why not make money off them and give us a cut. They are explicit in the idea that they consider fanworks illegal and they intend to make money off of them. So, I am not going to put in effort there.

Pretty much the only place I put in real effort is here.

[ahbuggrit]

Illegal? I hadn't picked up on that, but haven't really paid attn in a while

[olivermoss]

I used to follow them on Tumblr. I follow a lot of social media on social media because I do need to be informed about things to promote photopigs.

IDK what is up with them. Most fanworks are not illegal. Making money is a tricky area, but if you are doing it you don't go around being all 'I know this is wrong doot doot doot'. I could ramble on this topic, but I've run artists alleys and dealer halls and have talked to actual lawyers about the legalities. The social fiction of 'oh my gosh we didn't mean to do anything bad' is important if there ever is an issue.

I've linked their posts on it before, but I didn't save the links. I should refind them on their tumblr. I keep meaning to make a DW page for myself that is just links I refer to a lot, so I can grab them when I need :)

[ahbuggrit]

:| didn't know that, a bit disappointing.