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March Meta Matters

2026-03-02T03:05:07Z

Posted by: ysabetwordsmith

marchmetamatterschallenge is now open. \o/ Visit MARCH META MATTERS CHALLENGE, CHECK-IN NO. 1 to introduce yourself and lay out your goals. If you are new to Dreamwidth, this event is basically about archiving your meta -- which you can do by crossposting it to Dreamwidth or using an archive site -- and writing new meta if you wish.

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March Meta Matters

2025-02-28T03:46:33Z

Posted by: ysabetwordsmith

MARCH META MATTERS CHALLENGE, CHECK-IN NO. 1 on marchmetamatterschallenge

Welcome to year 6 of the Meta Matters Challenge! I'm your moderator, yourlibrarian .

These posts will be used for us all to check-in with one another, offer encouragement and answers to questions, and maybe tips we come up with as we copy our work to other locations.

This challenge runs through the month of March. Visit the above post to introduce yourself and your goals.

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Things You Can Talk About Here

2024-09-30T04:53:35Z

Posted by: ysabetwordsmith

This community supports people who are coming to Dreamwidth from other platforms, and experienced Dreamwidth users who want to welcome them. This gives us a wide range of topics to post about and discuss in comments. The more people who get active and post or comment here, the better.

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Cohost Is Closing

2024-09-28T08:18:08Z

Posted by: ysabetwordsmith

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 or find your Cohost friends here. A mourning post is here.

If you are on Cohost, you may find Dreamwidth a viable replacement. Scroll down for more resources about this.

For people on any other service, this is an opportunity to scoop new users. Listen to why people liked Cohost and say they will miss it. Does your favorite service meet any of those needs? If so, encourage people to move there instead. Gathering more of your friends together will make any service more fun to use.

For example, people have described Cohost as friendly, creative, innovative, user-expressive, community-oriented, with good features and moral developers. Dreamwidth has free, paid, and premium levels so you can choose the package that suits your needs. It offers private blogs, themed communities, and pretty robust moderation tools that let you delete comments you don't want on your blog or block people so they can't bother you. It's easy to find bloggers you like and nurture a sense of community. You can make short posts, carry long conversations, share images, and so on. Want a hate-free online space? It's not that hard to make one. Want to make a Cohost-like experience on Dreamwidth? Consider starting a community or using feeds. Looking for communities on your favorite topics to replace the Cohost accounts that you used to enjoy? Check out followfriday for suggestions, or watch dw_community_promo. You can also use the search box in your blog header or the Interests page. Community Thursdays is just a custom of folks posting what they've done in communities recently, whether posting or commenting.

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