Things that aren't making sense about Dreamwidth

[kesbeacon]

So many communities are just dead. I've been looking for communities related to my interests and half the time they either don't exist or they haven't been active since 2011 or some stuff. Part of me is saying 'start them yourself' but I sure as shit know I am not ready to be a mod of anything.

I don't know how to vet users. I can tell a TERF or a Nazi on tumblr a mile away, but I don't know how to tell here. I guess this is what spending 8 years on tumblr will do to you.

I'm shy! Adding people is scary.

Where the FUCK is the ttrpg community.

Comments

[claudeb]

Hello! New Dreamwidth user here (and Tumblr refugee). I had the same problem with communities, but with enough persistence managed to find enough of them that are still alive, recently revived, or even brand new! Tip: go to the Interests page, pick one, then click Communities Only.

As for figuring people out, guess we have to fall back on old fashioned methods like knowing them for a while or knowing them from elsewhere. And yeah, it's an odd feeling, being part of a social network where interaction works like it's supposed to between people, as opposed to being replaced by some algorithm designed to maximize page views in order to woo advertisers.

[kesbeacon]

Yeah I'm hoping there'll be an influx of new/revived communities soon so maybe I'll go back and have another try in a week or so. This is the kind of time they will happen... There just wasn't much when I went looking via the interests page.

I'm mostly used to finding new people via others' reblogs, and then giving them the once-over to check for egregious nastiness - not having reblogs is leaving me a bit adrift tbh, haha!

[claudeb]

Yeah, that makes discovery a lot more work. It also removes a lot of toxicity, forcing us to be more thoughtful and find our own voice. That's an adjustment, to be sure. But also refreshing.