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[dreamwidthrps]

Hey everybody.

Back when the RP sock community was a thing there was some talk about how we need some new blood in DWRP. And on the tumblr side of RP, a lot of people have been expressing the want to move to a different place. So I got the idea to make this community to try to help with that. I just made a plurk to help promote things.

If anyone has any suggestions or tips I'd love to hear them!

[(Anonymous)]

delete the shit out of any mentions of wankgate or rpanons

every friend i've tried to introduce to dwrp gets told about the anoncomms straight out the gate by other completely idiotic friends. the folks i've tried to invite in? they back the fuck out.

+1

[(Anonymous)]

listing the anon comms is an absolutely terrible idea.

[(Anonymous)]

... oh god

you discover the anoncomms
you don't let them discover you

[(Anonymous)]

...no, you can pretty much ignore them, they're not that important.

[(Anonymous)]

lol tell that to dragon called, cosmo, ryslig, etc

ayrt

[(Anonymous)]

i actualy agree with you but idk i think alot of rp culture used to be spun on anoncomms, fandom secrets etc

you wouldn't be worse off for not knowing about it
though you wouldn't have your hand on the pulse so to speak
sometimes you might wonder what prompted that angry hmd comment or why suddenly everyone's high fiving you out of nowhere (because you were namedropped and you didn't know for it)

or why suddenly the tone of posts shifted in a dressing room, why some players suddenly noped out of a plot, all kinds of things

nvm im starting to go off on a tangent
you get what i mean tho ?

[dreamwidthrps]

There are pros and cons to listing them that I've been carefully weighing.

Anon culture is alive and well on Tumblr and in a lot of ways it's significantly more toxic than what we have here on DW. One of the benefits of dreamwidth is it's more or less limited to RPanons and Wankgate. Sure, you'll get the occasional hate message, but since PMs and anon comments aren't critical to RPing, you're free to turn those off at will. But most of the time anons just want to sit back and watch things burn.

Whereas on Tumblr if you've become a target, people aren't just passively watching you mess up and laughing about it in private. They're usually sending messages to you or your friends in an effort to stir the pot. And since open inboxes and anonymous messages are such an important feature in Tumblr RP and people have found their way around IP blocks, it's difficult to put up a proper shield. Plus, back when burnbooks were popular, those would just be dumped in your rp tag for you and anybody who might browse it to see. Some of the people I introduced to dreamwidth were actually relieved that there's the divide between the actual functional RP community and the anonymous community.

But that being said, I'm definitely taking it into consideration and if there's enough call for it, I'll go ahead and remove them and rewrite the guides that contain those mentions.

[(Anonymous)]

> But that being said, I'm definitely taking it into consideration and if there's enough call for it, I'll go ahead and remove them and rewrite the guides that contain those mentions.

What the fuck is up with every last god damn person starting new comms/stuff meant to lure in new players always going "lol we know there's an issue with WG/RPA/Selwyn/Kayvin/etc etc etc other toxic shitstains but we won't self moderate to make our stuff look at all attractive to anyone with half a brain because that would be meaaaan"?

[dreamwidthrps]

Sorry anon, I think you focused way too hard on the last bit of what I said and not the full context of why I said it.

I personally don't think dreamwidth's anon culture is all that bad. There's a lot of petty complaining, but usually the outright malicious content IS shut down by either moderators or the community itself.

Coming from someone who has RPed in both places, what goes on in dreamwidth is a lot easier to ignore and a lot easier to learn from than the average I have seen on tumblr, and I've run with a lot of different fandoms and a lot of different groups. There's less direct contact between the person doing the wanking and the people being wanked on and the only way to even know it's happening is to go there. Nobody is pushing it in your face and you have to more or less seek drama out. It's not in the space you RP in constantly.

The crux of complaints I also see directed at dreamwidth has more to do with the fact that we have limits on how many icons we can use, tumblr rpers think our icons are ugly, and they hate our format because its a lot less interactive than their own. Wank culture factors in last, and usually least because everything that dreamwidth has is also over there and in more public and in your face colors.

But as I said, if people disagree strongly enough, and I'm seeing that they are I'll take a day to rework things and remove the mentions of them to make it look more appealing.

[(Anonymous)]

tumblr rpers think our icons are ugly

this made me laugh

+1

[(Anonymous)]

got linked to wankgate shortly after discovering DWRP

it was not great for my impression of the average DWRPer I'll tell you what

+1

[(Anonymous)]

Discovered anoncomms on my own time after something went down in my stupid wanky game, and popcorning other people's drama made it way more palatable than being told pa bitches lurk in the underbelly of jrp just waiting to crawl up your ass for whatever perceived infraction.

Re: +1

[(Anonymous)]

mte.

[(Anonymous)]

make the plurk followable, not just friendable

[dreamwidthrps]

Sorry anon! It was followable, the layout I had just obscured it. I set it back to the default so it should be okay now.

[(Anonymous)]

imho the layout you have is a little difficult. i know tumblr layouts are hard, but if you have a little css skill, maybe try increasing the font sizes at least?

it's not unnavigable as is though, just a suggestion

ps i do like this idea!

[dreamwidthrps]

Will do! I intend to make something more personal to the blog and way more appealing once I get some more time.

[(Anonymous)]

We don't need or want tumblr blood.

Anyone remember trans!saitama?

[(Anonymous)]

i will never forget trans saitama

there was something so poetic about the total bafflement over why you'd headcanon a character as trans because they don't have nipples, followed by someone posting a panel from the manga where he clearly has nipples

[(Anonymous)]

... link please?

[dreamwidthrps]

Man, anon. That isn't as commonplace as you think it is. It happens, don't get me wrong, but most of "quality" tumblr roleplayers don't want anything to do with players who pull that. Same with soulbonders.

[(Anonymous)]

I want tumblrs! I don't care if they're dumb or SJW, we just need some fresh faces around.

[(Anonymous)]

Me too! I've invited some friends over from tumblr who have turned out to be great players

[(Anonymous)]

This seems pretty useful for people who are just starting. http://tutorialbox.dreamwidth.org/492.html Maybe link it somewhere?