"Welcome (back?) to DW!" (friending memes)

[brightknightie]

Several people have pointed out this friending meme and also a twitter_refugees community hoping to welcome and orient people coming over from Twitter. (I posted to the meme thread and the community.)

If you're fannish and new to DW, definitely start with a glance over fandom_on_dw and fandomcalendar.

I love fandom on DW! I wish only that more fans played here, and that all of us had more time and scope to play fandom here and elsewhere more often. I enjoy that this platform optimizes for complete sentences, short essays, and discussion. I enjoy that this community seems to love both fanfic and canon analysis. I enjoy that the posts I see clearly strive for kindness, fairness, and sharing mutual love of stories and storytelling. ♥

Comments

Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

>>I love fandom on DW! I wish only that more fans played here, <<

Fandom is actually the most active category I've found here. For active communities, see:

Follow Friday: Fandom A-I

Follow Friday: Fandom J-Z

>>and that all of us had more time and scope to play fandom here and elsewhere more often.<<

That would be nice.

>> I enjoy that this platform optimizes for complete sentences, short essays, and discussion. I enjoy that this community seems to love both fanfic and canon analysis. <<

Agreed.

>>I enjoy that the posts I see clearly strive for kindness, fairness, and sharing mutual love of stories and storytelling. ♥

This is a little more hit-or-miss. Some communities and individual blogs are great. Others not so much. I've heard a lot of folks who ran into jerks, and it can be especially challenging when trying to create a new community. You get what you tolerate; Dreamwidth has great moderation and privacy tools, but they only help if used. So I'm very appreciative of moderators who create congenial places for folks to congregate.

Re: Thoughts

[brightknightie]

Yes, of course! My apologies if I seemed to be trying to speak for all of DW or all of fandom. I know only my own small corners of both.

Re: Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

It's okay, I was just hoping I could help you find more of what you're looking for. Not all small fandoms have their own community, but there are communities and events that cover small fandoms in general or fandom at large sometimes featuring small-fandom activities.