Fannish Fifty: A 2023 posting challenge

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Check out this new challenge over on swannee:

This is a challenge to make fifty posts about fannish things. They can be whatever kind of posts you’d like - movie reviews, fannish recs, a story about meeting a fellow fan, the time you tried to bake a cake in the shape of a spaceship… anything!
The challenge runs for a year, so a pace of one post per week would get you to the finish line with a couple of weeks to spare.

This is a great challenge for folks who want a low-pressure blogging experience. One post a week keeps your blog active enough that people will subscribe to it.

Improving Communities on Dreamwidth

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Last year I made a post on Improving Community in Fandom. As part of that pursuit, I have done several things:

* I make weekly posts in my blog and on followfriday listing active communities on Dreamwidth by theme. The annual roundup post is here. I figure it's easier to look at a list of things and see what interests you, rather than try to think up things to search for in the Interests box. I would love to see more folks follow the feed (everything tagged "Follow Friday" or "followfriday" will appear on it) and make posts in their blogs or on the community. It would be especially nice to have someone feature individual blogs or feeds the way I'm doing communities. For a smaller project, at least once a year post your favorite communities or blogs.

* I helped revive Three Weeks for Dreamwidth (April 25-May 15). This fest encourages people to post content that appears only on Dreamwidth (at least during the fest itself). Many users post about blogging. Some folks like to pick a favorite topic and make anchor posts about it, or split that across a different topic for each week. In 2022 I featured hippies and bohemians. I encourage everyone to mark the dates on your calendar and do something in your blog for this event.

* When Twitter went haywire, I pounced on the opportunity to scoop new users for Dreamwidth. I made Twitter Exodus and Twitter Exodus Continuing posts. The first features information on using Dreamwidth, while the second focuses more on news about Twitter mayhem. I have supported the new community twitter_refugees by making posts about activities and resources for newcomers. If you are new to Dreamwidth, whether from Twitter or elsewhere, please drop by and check it out. Experienced users, we welcome your tips and resource links.

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