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[polutrope]

The real problem with dreamwidth, as it was with livejournal, though, is that it feels less conducive to dumb off-the-cuff posts -- the fault may very well be in me, but I very much feel that I need to have something to Say on these sites, despite the fact that they're not as formal as, say, Wordpress. Even this post feels like it needs to be more substantial.

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[hebethen]

I wonder if it's because we don't have the flood of repeat content (reblogs, retweets, etc.) to hide behind, combined with the fact that you own a personal space (unlike the chatroom-style things like IRC, Discord, etc.). On the other hand, LJlikes are also home to the anonmeme format, which for all its potential meanness also cannot be described as anything but informal/off-the-cuff.

Anonmeme format is also inherently social, though -- it's not the same as Twitterish venting-into-the-void. It's been literactual decades since I last participated in any, but IIRC if you wanted to vent without the assumption that you were inviting responses, you either found a vent thread or created one, rather than venting directly in a top-level thread.

I do wonder whether anyone has used the comments on their own page for a similar purpose, though. I feel like maybe I've seen roleplayers use comments? Maybe? I might be making things up or remembering outdated things...

[polutrope]

Yeah, I think you're right that because it's all original it feels more like production!

I also should look back into the anonmeme I was in -- I liked it a lot, but it was somehow even cliqueier than Tumblr. But having a pinned post on your own journal that you make comments on might work as well - that's a great idea.

[hebethen]

Yeah, anonmemes are definitely a portable proof of how "abolish official hierarchy!" does not, in fact, get rid of intragroup politics, haha.

[violsva]

It is definitely not just you.

[anaisnein]

I feel the same. It doesn't seem as conducive to what in a totally not pejorative sense I'll call shitposts, partly because without reblogs they can't be spread easily. It might be superior for serious text posts and coherent conversation, but the mix is the point in a way and is something I'm going to miss fiercely.