what am I doing?

[oceanmyth]

As someone who never used livejournal in its heyday, posting here is confusing to me at best. I'm not really sure what I should be writing, or how I should be formatting things. I guess I'll just learn as I go?

Ultimately though, I find that I like the idea of placidly posting my thoughts into the void, so maybe I'll use this site more often if I just break the ice. I'm looking forward to just spilling my thoughts out into a place where I can find them later and not worrying about too many people seeing them.

Obviously I don't mind if people see them at all, or I wouldn't be posting on the internet, but there's a certain relief in knowing nobody follows me here and I can just say whatever I want.

Comments

Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

>> As someone who never used livejournal in its heyday, posting here is confusing to me at best. I'm not really sure what I should be writing, <<

Most people post somewhere between daily to weekly. A few people post monthly or less, but then it's hard to get readers. A few post more than once a day; some people like this, others get overwhelmed. I'm the prolific sort. Do what works for you.

Many bloggers have recurring posts that appear daily, weekly, or monthly. This makes it easy to maintain activity, and some of the types are quick to create. Just pick one or more topics you love and make a frame. Some artists post a sketch per day or week. Some people like to review things. And so on.

>> or how I should be formatting things. I guess I'll just learn as I go?<<

Formatting can be tricky. Some codes work reliably, others don't.

Here are a couple pages that might be helpful:

http://wiki.dreamwidth.net/wiki/index.php/HTML_Primer

What HTML tags can I use on Dreamwidth?
https://archive.ph/pgCCr


>>Ultimately though, I find that I like the idea of placidly posting my thoughts into the void, so maybe I'll use this site more often if I just break the ice. I'm looking forward to just spilling my thoughts out into a place where I can find them later and not worrying about too many people seeing them.<<

That's a good idea.

>>Obviously I don't mind if people see them at all, or I wouldn't be posting on the internet, but there's a certain relief in knowing nobody follows me here and I can just say whatever I want.<<

... and now I get to the end of a string of interesting posts and realize you may not have been looking for this much chatter. Oops.

Re: Thoughts

[oceanmyth]

Don't apologize for the chatter! Your comments were super helpful, thank you for all the resources! I'm definitely going to be bookmarking those links on how to use HTML in posts-- out of all the coding I've dipped my toes in over the years, somehow I've never actually sat down and tried to use HTML before, so trying to do things like... links... are a bit overwhelming at the moment.

Re: Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

>>Don't apologize for the chatter! Your comments were super helpful, thank you for all the resources! <<

I'm happy to hear that.

>> I'm definitely going to be bookmarking those links on how to use HTML in posts-- out of all the coding I've dipped my toes in over the years, somehow I've never actually sat down and tried to use HTML before, so trying to do things like... links... are a bit overwhelming at the moment.<<

I am not much good with code, between computers going haywire on me generally, and a tendency to scramble letters and numbers when typing. I can just about manage a handful of frequently used functions on DW, and not much more.

[senmut]

Hi, nice to meet you!

I hope you are finding Dreamwidth has things to explore.

You seem to be fannish and I see you have found a lot of useful communities!

[oceanmyth]

Nice to meet you too! I've found a lot to explore on Dreamwidth so far, and I'm really enjoying the change of pace in comparison to the high-speed social media sites I've been used to.

The communities I've joined so far have also been wonderful, and I'm really glad to have found them!