Fandom's Last Bastion

Cohost is closing. See "Cohost News" for more details about what's happening and what you can do. Network with Introduction / Friending Meme and Find Your Cohost Friends. Look in Let Your Freak Flag Fly for some places where weirdos hang out on Dreamwidth.

As a result, there's a wave of new users coming into Dreamwidth. newcomers is a new community, in the tradition of twitter_refugees and reddit_refugees, for people who are just getting started on Dreamwidth, and experienced users who want to welcome them. It features resources on how to use Dreamwidth in hopes of helping newcomers get settled here so they want to stick around.

If you arrived in an earlier wave, consider helping the folks who are just coming in this one.
You can help by watching for new users and referring them to these or other resources. Please forward widely, and you may copy this paragraph (or use a longer piece from the community) to reblog or crosspost it.

It's Snowflake time! :D Come one, come all, and join the fun. You can go to snowflake_challenge to get a copy of this banner and promote the event, so more folks will mean MOAR GOODEEZ for everyone.



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One way to hide spoilers for people who don't want them, while presenting content notes for those who do want them, is to use a graybar. This makes the text and background the same color (except for links, so watch out for those). To read the text, just highlight it and the words will pop out.

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Are you looking for post ideas in October? Here is a list.

Today is not actually Monday, but dialecticdreamer is hosting Magpie Monday from July 13-19 with a theme of "self-care." Leave prompts, get ficlets!

The theme is self-care. Simple, from the outside, but often difficult to think of when it’s most needed. I’m promising scenes of reassurance, comfort, and fluff at least 700 words long (in part because I hope for very, very many prompts). Posted stories will range from 1000-1400 words, and sponsors can ask for a rough word count using two cents per word as a guide. My word counts are usually generous to readers and sponsors.

Dreamwidth allows the creation of RSS feeds from outside sources.  Subscribe to those and they will appear on your reading page.

See a list of popular RSS feeds on Dreamwidth.  This is organized by number of subscribers.  I haven't found a listing that is alphabetical or topical, let alone a search function, so it can be difficult to find what you want. 

The same list page has a place where you can create new feeds.  All account types can create RSS feeds on Dreamwidth.

Find new RSS feeds, or share ones you have created, through dw_feed_promo. 

senmut  is hosting an open call for places on Dreamwidth.  Rec your favorite communities, resources, etc. 

Here's a good list of fandom questions. 

This blogging questionnaire celebrates Three Weeks for Dreamwidth (April 25-May 15). See the questionnaire introduction post.



Which blogs or communities do you read most often? What makes these your favorites?

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This blogging questionnaire celebrates Three Weeks for Dreamwidth (April 25-May 15). See the questionnaire introduction post.



What types or topics of posts get the most enthusiastic responses from your readership? What do you think makes those so engaging?

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