I've been pondering making a community for one of my interests. None of my current 'big 3' hyperfixations (Alien Stage, Dungeon Meshi and STUDIO INVESTIGRAVE games) have a community of their own. I know for a fact that INVESTIGRAVE's games do not have an audience here on Dreamwidth, because I'm the only bitch who comes up when you search "Dead Plate" (their most popular game). If we, again, use searching via interests as a reference point, there is more of an audience for Alien Stage, but nearly half of the results for it have journals which have never updated even once. Which leaves Dungeon Meshi -- 3 whole pages of people who name it as an interest!
I went ahead and made the community, gave it an icon and made it an associated graphic. I thought I might-as-well claim the username now, as I could always just delete it later. It's still being set up, though, so I'm not gonna link it until it's actually ready for members.
So far, this "Creating a Dreamwidth community" masterpost that was shared with me has helped a lot with the fine-tuning. I'm currently having to duke it out with the current "can't apply styles to communities" glitch, and with figuring out the final details.
Currently, the rules I've decided on are as follows:
Ugh, I hate dumbfuck fandom discourse. Why is "I don't want to see triggering content" seen as a declaration of war on among fandom olds?? Christ.
I went ahead and made the community, gave it an icon and made it an associated graphic. I thought I might-as-well claim the username now, as I could always just delete it later. It's still being set up, though, so I'm not gonna link it until it's actually ready for members.
So far, this "Creating a Dreamwidth community" masterpost that was shared with me has helped a lot with the fine-tuning. I'm currently having to duke it out with the current "can't apply styles to communities" glitch, and with figuring out the final details.
Currently, the rules I've decided on are as follows:
- The "treat others with respect" rule. This includes bigotry and harassment.
- A rule regarding which content requires a cut. Right now, I'm requiring a cut for triggering content, image-heavy content, large images, explicit sexual topics, and long text (3+ paragraphs). I'm also more or less yoinking the approach of
bnha_fans regarding spoilers for the anime: spoilers for the anime require a warning and cut, but, unless a post is tagged as anime-only, the comments are fair game for all discussion. - Provide a source for fanworks you didn't create, and only do so for artists who are okay with credited reposts.
Ugh, I hate dumbfuck fandom discourse. Why is "I don't want to see triggering content" seen as a declaration of war on among fandom olds?? Christ.
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Date: 2024-12-25 06:12 pm (UTC)That's a really great idea! Like, seriously. I'll definitely be incorporating this as the rule, thank you :)