Find Your Cohost Friends

[ysabetwordsmith]

This post is especially for those folks coming to Dreamwidth from Cohost, who may wish to reconnect with other people they know from that venue.

Cohost is closing. Registration shut down on September 9 when the closure was announced. It will go read-only on October 1, 2024 and disappear entirely at the end of 2024. See "Cohost News" for more on this topic and what you can do about it. Use the "Introduction / Friending Meme" to say hello and meet new people here.

It's a good idea to make a farewell post on Cohost NOW while you still can (up through September 30, 2024). Tell people where else to find you online, whether your blog is moving or closing, and any other important details.

If you want to preserve your Cohost content, one thing you can do is save your farewell post, profile, or other pages using Wayback, Ghost, or other archive sites. This helps you and your friends remember what it looked like before it disappears. If you have art or fiction on Cohost, you may want to consider sites like AO3 that specialize in those materials. Many people are copying their Cohost content to Dreamwidth too.

Use this post to tell folks that you are on Dreamwidth, what your Cohost account was, and who you're looking for here that you knew back there. You can use the template in a comment below, on your blog, or anywhere else you find it useful. This one is shorter than the more detailed "Introduction / Friending Meme" is.


Cohost Member Connection Template

What was your Cohost account / blog(s)?
What kind of content did you post there? Will you be posting the same here?
What are some other online platforms where people can find you now?
Who were some of your Cohost friends that you hope to find on Dreamwidth or elsenet?
Do you have anything else important to share that will help networking?
 

Comments

Hello!

[ysabetwordsmith]

>> it's worth noting that i do not spend equal time or effort on all these sites. in fact, i'm mostly just testing them out to see if i'm compatible with the current environment on each of them. that is to say, i make no guarantee of being active much of anywhere just yet <<

That is very prudent. It's also why I try to reach out to newcomers here. If people can quickly learn how to use a site, find content they like, and make some friends then they're much more likely to stick around.

>> i've already made contact with most of the people i want to keep in touch with (some of which are here, hi friends!!), <<

Yay! \o/

>> and the others have links on their cohost accounts. but i'm willing to help other people find their friends if there's a way for me to help! <<

There is. Cohost folks are tractive, they stick together, meaning they are finding each other -- so you're likely to run into more here. When you do, point them to this community. eggbug_club is another option. The more people connected here, the easier it will be for each one to find their friends from Cohost.

>> i mostly share thoughts and art (less frequent), <<

Art is a very popular topic on Dreamwidth. There are lots of icon communities, some art-based events, and communities like crafty and justcreate.

>> and i'm always open to friendship (new and rekindled).<<

I hope you find lots of friends here.