a lot of fandom communities still exist, they're just extremely dead right now. and it's not quite like lj is completely dead, since a handful of communities stayed on lj and are still fairly active there. (though they're not fandom related, just places like artists-beware or vaginapagina or something.) if the tumblr kids went to lj, they probably wouldn't have too much of a problem imo.
BUT if you want them here, why not go scope out what fandom communities are already available on dw and suggest users make journals and post something? they don't have to make a community if they're not confident about managing that kind of thing right off the bat. just make a journal and post, other people can comment, chat a bit and friend each other, etc. if you want, you can start up a friending meme for the people who migrate over to break the ice.
because i think one problem with asking the rp community to collectively try to bring them over is there are some of us without a tumblr who probably couldn't be arsed to make a tumblr just to do that. i think the tumblr folks have to make the jump to make a journal on dw first, then look for comms to be active in, and from there more penguins might jump into the pool. the dw folks with tumblrs can help out by suggesting comms for them to join and mingle in.
and i'm gonna be blunt, asking us as a group to care about helping tumblr users migrate might be a bit much because some/a lot of people don't... actually care. some of us oldbies have been out of fandom activity for years now. it's just not an important thing to some people right now when we can barely keep up with game tags, lol.
so i totally encourage the dw users who do care about it go ahead and take initiative in directing people over. show them the fandom communities that are aching for active members. show them dreamwidthlayouts and dreamcodes so they can have prettier layouts than the ugly-ass defaults. (and maybe encourage those more css inclined to come by and make layouts, too.) show them how privacy and friending works, how it can be managed, the codes they can use to insert images into their posts, things like that. if they're looking for a place that welcomes diversity and accessibility, show them dw's diversity statement and guiding principles.
stuff like that. i don't have a tumblr so idk what's making them hesitant to hit up dw, but if it's just lack of information/understanding then explaining is probably the best thing to do and, honestly, don't wait for anyone else to do it. because you really can't depend on us.
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BUT if you want them here, why not go scope out what fandom communities are already available on dw and suggest users make journals and post something? they don't have to make a community if they're not confident about managing that kind of thing right off the bat. just make a journal and post, other people can comment, chat a bit and friend each other, etc. if you want, you can start up a friending meme for the people who migrate over to break the ice.
because i think one problem with asking the rp community to collectively try to bring them over is there are some of us without a tumblr who probably couldn't be arsed to make a tumblr just to do that. i think the tumblr folks have to make the jump to make a journal on dw first, then look for comms to be active in, and from there more penguins might jump into the pool. the dw folks with tumblrs can help out by suggesting comms for them to join and mingle in.
and i'm gonna be blunt, asking us as a group to care about helping tumblr users migrate might be a bit much because some/a lot of people don't... actually care. some of us oldbies have been out of fandom activity for years now. it's just not an important thing to some people right now when we can barely keep up with game tags, lol.
so i totally encourage the dw users who do care about it go ahead and take initiative in directing people over. show them the fandom communities that are aching for active members. show them dreamwidthlayouts and dreamcodes so they can have prettier layouts than the ugly-ass defaults. (and maybe encourage those more css inclined to come by and make layouts, too.) show them how privacy and friending works, how it can be managed, the codes they can use to insert images into their posts, things like that. if they're looking for a place that welcomes diversity and accessibility, show them dw's diversity statement and guiding principles.
stuff like that. i don't have a tumblr so idk what's making them hesitant to hit up dw, but if it's just lack of information/understanding then explaining is probably the best thing to do and, honestly, don't wait for anyone else to do it. because you really can't depend on us.