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eldabeThere's an effort out there to make a *BRAND NEW!* social media site combining favorite features from sites we’ve used like Tumblr and LiveJournal, and create the best kind of blogging platform we could think of."
Of course, the elements they are focusing on aren't the ones I care about anyway (Where are my spoiler cut-tags, text-focused nesting comment conversations, and tight control over my security settings so I can choose who sees what?) but I actually do with them luck. They are getting an awful lot of hate for a site that doesn't exist! I'm skeptical, but not angry. Meanwhile, the site doesn't exist yet and people are demanding it be a safe space, which is just...impossible, in my opinion?
(It's one of the reasons I like DW/LJ better. Sure, the site isn't a safe space but I have an awful lot of control what goes on in my space that the tumblr reblogging system completely removes.)
Anyway, I'm curious about how they are going to accommodate people who have a hard time with certain visual layouts online, which I think Dreamwidth has worked continuously to improve, and even LJ has ?format=light (or ?format=mine) which has made a huge difference in my ability to enjoy the site and I can handle size-8-green-text-on-yellow backgrounds if I have to.
Anyway, I'm mostly noticing this for posterity. I'm fairly neutral on the topic of a new site, because I doubt it be as good for me as DW, and even if it's better than tumblr I will have to figure out how it works and I'm just a grumbly fan-person.
I'll probably go claim my username as soon as it goes up though. Because REASONS.
ETA: Oh, nope, they don't have a funding plan. I'll...check in later when they do.
Of course, the elements they are focusing on aren't the ones I care about anyway (Where are my spoiler cut-tags, text-focused nesting comment conversations, and tight control over my security settings so I can choose who sees what?) but I actually do with them luck. They are getting an awful lot of hate for a site that doesn't exist! I'm skeptical, but not angry. Meanwhile, the site doesn't exist yet and people are demanding it be a safe space, which is just...impossible, in my opinion?
(It's one of the reasons I like DW/LJ better. Sure, the site isn't a safe space but I have an awful lot of control what goes on in my space that the tumblr reblogging system completely removes.)
Anyway, I'm curious about how they are going to accommodate people who have a hard time with certain visual layouts online, which I think Dreamwidth has worked continuously to improve, and even LJ has ?format=light (or ?format=mine) which has made a huge difference in my ability to enjoy the site and I can handle size-8-green-text-on-yellow backgrounds if I have to.
Anyway, I'm mostly noticing this for posterity. I'm fairly neutral on the topic of a new site, because I doubt it be as good for me as DW, and even if it's better than tumblr I will have to figure out how it works and I'm just a grumbly fan-person.
I'll probably go claim my username as soon as it goes up though. Because REASONS.
ETA: Oh, nope, they don't have a funding plan. I'll...check in later when they do.
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Date: Nov. 12th, 2015 23:58 (UTC)Anyway, I'm constantly like a week behind on tumblr but half the "let's leave!" posts I see, basically what they seem to want is Dreamwidth with a like button.
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Date: Nov. 16th, 2015 03:13 (UTC)Basically, the big two problems (IMO) are the lack of good graphic support and terrible mobile options. Tumblr really excels in visuals. IIRC, fanart starting moving there first in fandom. And people love fanart! And manips and gifs. Which tumblr is frankly awesome for, and LJ/DW was never built for.
And DW doesn't have an app. And as far as I know, there is only ONE app that lets you post to DW and it's not great and it's Android-only. :/
So many people these days are using mobile for their primary computing device and tumblr is great for passive scrolling while hitting "like" buttons. It looks great on mobile view and I'm pretty sure there are lots of apps that work with it.
Dreamwidth is good for text. Really, really good for text. But with AO3 there to host fic, fans can sort of lose the long meta posts and in-depth text conversation because they are getting pretty pictures and seemingly never-ending easy-to-get content instead.
Also, the youth found tumblr first. Anything that looks like LJ is so circa-aughts to them.
(BUT DREAMWIDTH IS THE BEST THEY ARE WROOOONG.)