Discussion Post 1
KINK MEME AND DISCUSSION HAVE MOVED: http://hetalia-kink.dreamwidth.org/
Talk with other anons from hetalia_kink about everything and anything related to the kink meme.
Allowable topics include, but are not limited to: Characterization, Fills (past or ongoing), mechanics of kinks, seconding threads, prompts, writing help, general kink meme fic discussion, ( Read more... )
This place has slowed down a lot since I first started coming (in Sept. 2009, during Part 7 I think), and while some of that slowdown can be attributed to the fandom moving on/Himaruya going MIA, many people can't access LJ at all anymore without errors or other problems. Activity in the anonmeme has spiked since starting on Dreamwidth, and many old users who had disappeared came back. Obviously, we can't tell old users from new users on the kink meme due to everyone being anon, but I'm sure we would notice an increase in activity.
Some LJ problems I'm sure many of you have noticed: not being able to see all posts when not logged in, LJ staff not really caring about their users and not fixing problems/creating more problems, long maintenance downtimes, etc. LJ is dying and we are not going to attract new people by staying here in my opinion.
Please tell me your thoughts about this.
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I understand your concerns. I don't think there is anyone who can access LJ but not DW, so I don't think there should be much difficulty with people quitting the kink meme if we move.
I actually believe there will be more activity if we move. Thanks for commenting.
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I think the move of the anon meme to DW proved that it won't completely kill activity if things move here.
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A lot of people left the meme when lj started doing strange things, too, so it's very possible that at least some of them would return if we moved. As it is, I'm getting very tired of lj's increasing instability, and upgrades that make it less and less usable each time.
So, here's a vote for moving.
Might I also suggest that if we do move, there be a discussion post on the meme itself? That might help with increasing comments and the like, if people had a place to discuss things that was a lot more easily accessible from the main meme.
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Put me down for a move!
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Most of the indexes are out of date anyway, so perhaps after the move some people can work on making new indexes? I'm not sure what to do about them.
Just remember that the LJ meme will not disappear when and if the move happens.
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Now would be a suitable time anyway since part 25 is just about to start. The mod could lock things up, import what needs to be imported and then open part 25 on Dreamwidth.
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I also asked to put a hold on opening Part 25 until the decision has been made.
Thanks to all who have commented so far. It's nice to see so many people agree with me!
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I have no problem porting this comm over if that is how anons want to do it. The discussion post used to be part of the kink meme, but back in 2011 when this one started, there were a lot of issues with that. That was why we moved here.
If you guys would rather reincorporate it back into the meme, I don't have a problem with that either. It's obviously a quieter time in the fandom.
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(Pretty much everywhere I posted, I just sent people back here to talk, so that it doesn't get scattered around and hard to keep track of.)
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