Do we still need this community?

[dutchxfan]

Hi everyone. I've been working on a new website and relaunch LoganAndMarie.com and archive my own work over there. I would also like to archive all other fics from the authors that we love, but before I'm going to make stupid decisions, I'd like your input.

Is this LiveJournal community still the right social media platform to share things?

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[roguelotus]

I totally agree with paradisekendra, who put it so eloquently. Thank you so much for keeping this part of the fandom alive. If you start a new site, you can just leave a post forwarding people to the new site.

Please let me know if there is anything I can do to help!

By the way, there is a small group of Rogan fans who have gotten together on Discord, if anyone is interested. Discord is not my favorite venue, but it's really nice to see people interacting in real time and knowing that there is still enthusiasm out there in the fandom!

Come on over and join the conversation!!

Posted on tumblr by englismajor226:
"It’s more important now than ever that we keep in communication. As we are all socially isolated, let’s maintain the spaces where we have always been free to cross oceans and countries to come to gather and drool over some Rogan.

I created a discord. If you like Rogan stuff, join us, please. There’s a channel for writing/character questions, and a channel for linking to music that inspires, and general comments. I want to know how you are all doing. Let’s check in with one another.

Here’s the link: https://discord.gg/UFzT46x "

[dutchxfan]

Thanks for the info and the offer. I'll check Discord this weekend. It's nice to see you're still around here as well. :)

[paradisekendra]

I will check out Discord this weekend too! Latest next week if my job needs me long hours again due to the situation we're all in. Mid-week I'll have a break again.

I love the ability actually talk live with people. I desperately miss AIM, so I have been trying to find other instant messaging/chatroom like forums. So yay! I just need to learn how to use it. But the group of fandom archivists who helped me backup the YahooGroups got me as far as installing Discord and using it to teach me how to use the PGOffline software, so I know a little bit. I'll play around with it soon! Thank you for creating another sister platform for L&M fans!

[roguelotus]

Discord is super easy! Just click on that link and it will walk you through choosing a username etc. and then take you right into the message boards. There's no installation!

Yes, people chat in real time for sure; they've even had live watch parties where everyone watches an X-movie at the same time and comment live as they all watch it. Super fun!

I'd love to see you on that board!

[paradisekendra]

Yes! I love watching X-Men films together! That's a totally fun thing to do. I used to do that on AIM and Skye all the time. I'll definitely see you there soon! ;)