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[jadesfire]

Maciej Ceglowski, the owner of Pinboard, who often talks about his experience with fandom when Delicious died, has asked for similar input as Tumblr implodes.

Anyone who wants to look at the GDoc, it's here. Anonymous edits, comments etc are welcome, on the same model as last time. I'll be honest, I was looking at it thinking "most of this is already built into DW, or *could* be if there was the revenue to pay more developers". The important missing thing for Tumblr refugees is reblogging and gifs, I think, as well as being able to 'like' rather than have to comment.

I'll watch it for the next few days, and am trying to find a succinct way of expressing my own wants/DNWs. It's only just started so is moving too fast for me right now.

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[teigh_corvus]

I'm very interested in this and have my fingers crossed for Good Things in the future to come of it all.

[jadesfire]

Me too! I think it's at least valuable for fandom to have the discussion, and to understand the pros and cons of the different ways of doing things. One to watch!

[xwingace]

I don't think reblogging will ever *really* become a thing on Dreamwidth -- but there is an argument to be made for a 'link to this post on my own blog' link next to the 'leave a comment' and 'read comments' link.

I'm hoping at least some fandom will migrate back here -- I followed it to tumblr somewhat reluctantly and although tumblr has become my main fandom reading space lately I really liked the LJ/DW setup of separate blogs and threaded comments.

[jadesfire]

Agreed. I would also really love to have a 'like' button, as folks who have only really used Tumblr are more used to that as a mechanic, and I find it useful myself!

My DW is already picking up pace, although I've asked for a Pillowfort invite too. I'll probably end up mirroring until the dust settles.