Okay, so first of all, I caved.
I'm now on Tumblr. I'm still figuring out how it works! I haven't posted anything yet. I'm planning to use it for fannish and writerly stuff only; this place will still be where I babble about a combination of RL, writerly, and fannish stuff. I'd certainly appreciate anyone who wants to follow me or who has any good
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Hopefully this isn't an annoying answer to a rhetorical question!
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Pretty pictures are nice!
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Dawn - I'm glorfindel on Tumblr so I shall certainly add you, though most of my ramblings are Marvel-related.
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The thing is, many of these people are a new (often younger) fandom generation, many of whom probably weren't even around for the Y!Groups or LJ-era of fandom and have no access to that part of the web, so I can definitely see why old discussions keep repeating. Maybe it's boring and repeptitive for us old fandom farts, but I can see why it's happening. (What bothers me is the tone, not people negotiating the content - sometimes more, sometimes less.)
The rest, though... yeah. Pretty much.
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Definitely seconding the assets. Depending on where you look, tumblr can be a very nice place, even if the conversation culture isn't all that prevalent.
(I'll definitely check out that tumblr! More pretty photos are always a good thing, and I'm also considering making a rec list of non-personal tumblrs that I follow and enjoy, of the sort that would be called communities in LJ lingo.)
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That would be wonderful.
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Elleth, you have the patience of a saint in responding so intelligently to those discussions, which indeed have a tone, a tone that I indelicately described as vitriolic bullshit, but I stand by the description. ;^)
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I like the conversation aspect too. I'm sorry that LJ seems to be quieting down; I'm guilty of that too because this year has been hellish without much time or drive for journaling. And I only follow a few people on LJ--people I know in RL (like you!)--via email notifications.
I can see myself mostly using it to post links to longer stuff that I write elsewhere, where people can engage in honest-t'-god conversation if they want. I have Disqus installed on my Tumblr, but someone mentioned that, even with Disqus, comments are rare.
It seems a ... weird site to me. A weird concept. As though people are posting in a vacuum, where you are expected to look but not comment. I don't see getting much satisfaction there but, as I noted on email, I think it's important to keep something of a presence there, since so much fannish stuff is going on. :^/
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