I know what you mean - I'm trying to be active on both Pillowfort and Dreamwidth but it's a lot of work! I have tons of ideas for posts but not that much time to make them in 😅 So, usually what happens is that I wind up making something that's more spur-of-the-moment while I'm inspired (like this post), and the other ideas sit neglected in a note on my phone and don't get made xD
I was expecting a more DW-like experience from Pillowfort, and while there is plenty of blogging on there, lots of artists gravitate to the platform because they permit explicit works and that's pretty rare among social media sites nowadays. So, there's also a lot of art about. Art isn't what I'm primarily there for, but there is definitely some gorgeous artwork! I also share photography sometimes.
In case you're interested: at the top of any DW community (middle of the screen) you'll see options to "Join" and "Subscribe". I'll use March Meta Matters as an example since I haven't joined that one yet:
If you select either of these it'll take you to a confirmation page, so it doesn't matter which one you select, really. 'Subscribe' means you get updates from that community on your Reading page but you can't post to it. 'Join' means you can post directly to the community (like you would to your own DW blog). Some communities will let anyone post who hits 'Join' while others require authorisation before you're allowed to post. But you can comment on any community's posts even if you haven't Subscribed/Joined, those are just if you want to track new posts or make new posts yourself. Which isn't always necessary to take part, but for a rec event, for example, you might want to join so that you can post recs.
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Date: 2024-03-01 08:47 pm (UTC)I was expecting a more DW-like experience from Pillowfort, and while there is plenty of blogging on there, lots of artists gravitate to the platform because they permit explicit works and that's pretty rare among social media sites nowadays. So, there's also a lot of art about. Art isn't what I'm primarily there for, but there is definitely some gorgeous artwork! I also share photography sometimes.
In case you're interested: at the top of any DW community (middle of the screen) you'll see options to "Join" and "Subscribe". I'll use March Meta Matters as an example since I haven't joined that one yet:
If you select either of these it'll take you to a confirmation page, so it doesn't matter which one you select, really. 'Subscribe' means you get updates from that community on your Reading page but you can't post to it. 'Join' means you can post directly to the community (like you would to your own DW blog). Some communities will let anyone post who hits 'Join' while others require authorisation before you're allowed to post. But you can comment on any community's posts even if you haven't Subscribed/Joined, those are just if you want to track new posts or make new posts yourself. Which isn't always necessary to take part, but for a rec event, for example, you might want to join so that you can post recs.