Doctor Who comms on Dreamwidth

[promethia_tenk]

So, comms have always been tricky on Dreamwidth. Maybe there are some truly active ones out there, but by and large there's never been that critical mass to make them lively. Up to this point it's been far, far easier to just lure your friends over to Dreamwidth or find a few new ones through your network and have your fannish life be in people's journals.

But right now? I think there's a chance of making a few of them take off.

miss_s_b on gallifrey_times has compiled a list of active Doctor Who comms and a list of inactive Doctor Who comms on Dreamwidth. Note: the distinction between active and inactive comms on DW is . . . a somewhat academic one.

I'm seriously considering subscribing to the whole list and just seeing if any of them rise from the dead. The upside of DW is that there's no real downside to subscribing to as many comms as you want. Most will sit there and maybe spit an interesting tidbit to you a couple times a year. But maybe this time one or two will do more.

Comments

[st_aurafina]

I'm making an effort to remember to post my fic to dreamwidth comms as well as to the AO3. (I used to hate it on LJ - I felt like I was spamming, but I think DW could do with the extra traffic and reminder that comms do exist? I don't know.)

[promethia_tenk]

I say go for it. But then I always relied primarily on comms for fic finding. I'm gradually getting in the habit of going to AO3, but I'd rather have the fic come to me, frankly. Also I like the feeling when you do have a tight-knit comm with a bunch of fic writers and you all comment on each other's stuff. That's probably a lost age, but one can hope.

You might also get some readers you otherwise wouldn't. There are people who want to patronize people who post on DW and will cast their nets a bit wider than they would other places to encourage activity--when you're not dealing with a deluge of content, you can explore a bit more.