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[epershand]

It's me, the once-a-year attempt to turn dreamwidth back from something I anxiety-avoid to something I use.

Current tactics:
- Theme overhaul such that I can vaguely pretend my flist is my tumblr dash.
- Major cull of my access/subscribe list.
- Replaced the bio that accumulated slowly on IJ, LJ, and DW in the 2002-2010 timeframe and then stood still.
- Ditto the interest list that was largely composed of in-joke references to specific lectures in college.

Possible future tactics:
- Go flocked
- Engage only with shitposts

I know that a lot of fandom culture on tumblr was toxic, but when I created my tumblr account I decided that it would be a zone composed entirely of the superficial and I did a pretty good job of curating my dash accordingly. Will see how things go.



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Comments

[marina]

Hi hi <333 it's lovely to see you here, whenever you decide to pop by :)

[thewrongkindofpc]

Tumblr has been absolutely EXCELLENT for shitposts. We'll see if this new incarnation of DW use can keep up!

[sasha_feather]

<3

[eccentric_hat]

It's funny, Tumblr is the one that I've periodically avoided--since getting active on tumblr, my primary reason for making a post over here was that the thought of putting it on Tumblr made me anxious for some reason. I'm sure it has less to do with the structure of Tumblr than with it being a public space with my real name attached to it. That also means I'm not tempted to engage with really stupid or toxic fandom culture on Tumblr, so. Trade-offs.

I trimmed my interest list too, though my desire not to present myself as when I was 18, or to show up on lists of people interested in things I have never ever posted about, warred a bit with nostalgic attachment to the items that accreted to that list on the perhaps half a dozen previous occasions I'd thought to update it. I'm not sure what "victorian sensibilities" really conveys to the reader (it's probably at least a little misleading, and there's nobody else on the site who has it listed) but it seems slightly justified by the fact that I still compose sentences like the above.

[aria]

<333!

[la_dissonance]

good luck with your efforts!!! they sound a lot like what I've been doing (my old bio/intro post was so embarrassing I had to delete it with my fingers over my eyes omg). it would be great to see you around here more <3333

<3

[brainwane]

Welcome back.

[karlht]

Do what makes you happy! I'll be glad to come along for the ride, for as long as I am invited to do so.

By the same token, if culling me from your flist/circle will make you less anxious, no hard feelings here.

Much <3 and best wishes.

[zaelle]

It's amazing how comforting "superficial" was! At least for me on Tumblr. I'm coming back to DW too! At least trying to, but I have two blogs. I want to keep zaelle more personal only, and my new one ( paladinquen ) more fan-based and perhaps a little superficial. I may cross post between these but generally the very personal stuff will go to zaelle. I'll see what the usage between the two is like.

I didn't realize that dw made you anxious! Oh no! Hope this round is better. Sending hugs.