three_weeks_for_dw | It's time to start planning for 3wfdw

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Hey everybody! Our Anniversary Fest will be starting Monday April 25th, and it's time to start thinking about what we want to do this year.

I'm not sure about putting up posts about communities like I did last year, since those posts are still available, and I feel like I would be treading a lot of the same ground. But I'm not sure what to replace that with if I don't do it.

It seems like I cannot keep up with my reading circle anymore, things have grown so much, but because of our overall smaller user base, community participation could use a boost, as well as just general commenting, so I was rolling around the idea of some small challenges in those areas. I would love to have some graphics that people could post to their journals for completing these small challenges, but I am not skilled in that area. Would anyone out there be able to help make us some graphics?

How do you all feel about friending memes this year? Would you prefer general ones, or themed ones, or something else? What about comment fic memes?

Feel free to add your own ideas, hopes and dreams (lol) in comments, but I make no promises.

As before I will be asking people to keep fest posts Dreamwidth only until the fest is over. This year I will be closing the comm after the fest, as it became very inactive over the past year, and I think sometimes less is more. I hope to open it every year around our open beta anniversary date, which charmingly is also my birthday, so that we can celebrate amongst ourselves every year.

And, of course, please signal boost the hell out of this post if you can.

ETA: I have a ton of ideas at this point that I think will be loads of fun!

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northern

themed friending memes sounds fun!

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erda

Any particular categories you would like to see?

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rydra_wong

Maybe people could volunteer ahead of time to start and help promote friending memes on particular topics?

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inkstone

I'm always up for friending memes, general or themed. I was planning on hosting the small fandoms friending/subscription meme again this year.

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erda

That would be awesome!

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nanila

I like the idea of non-fandom general (or themed, perhaps around interests like crafting, knitting, science, painting, photography) friending memes.

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erda

Yes, those are great suggestions!

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holyschist

I also feel like I can barely keep up with my circle, but I would love anything that boosts community participation.

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erda

Yes, the inactivity in my communities makes me sad.

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littlebutfierce

Yaaaaaaay!

Friending memes, yes. I'm psyched that

inkstone is going to be doing the small fandoms one again, too, but will be excited to see what non-fannish ones might be around too. & comment fic memes would be awesome, too. I bet

fic_promptly would be allllll over doing something for the fest.

I really like the idea of challenges for posting in comms--hopefully it won't just lead to crappy spammy posts, hahaha. I saw on my network a few weeks ago someone talking about a... fandom appreciation challenge week, or something? Like Monday the challenge would be to leave comments on 3 fics by people you don't know, Tuesday would be to do a rec post, etc. Of course now I can't find the post (I must've misremembered the phrasing they used), but I wonder if something like that might be adapted to posting in comms generally or something?

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nan

I definitely love the idea of a fandom appreciation challenge week! :D

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tyger

I'm planning on running, well... something, over at

kingdomhearts again - probably a commentfic fest of awesome like last year, but I will make a poll and see what people want. Will signal boost this when I do.

I'm not so sure about friending memes - I've never really done any, and they seem kind of terrifying, in that designed-for-very-social-people kind of way - but community challenges seem awesome! I kind of fail at community anything, other than last years 3 weeks commentfic fest, so a reminder of oh hey, I can actually do that and not die in a fire of not-qualified would probably be a good thing. ^^

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erda

Hee, I think friending memes are scary too, but lots of people seem to enjoy them. Maybe we should have a friending meme for people who are afraid of social things.

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haruka

I'd love friending memes; fandom, general, comment fic -- anything! I'd like to come up with something to encourage people to post more comm suggestions over on

create_my_comm, too (also to coax people into reading the tags and seeing if there's a suggestion they might want to create a comm _for_ during this time.)

Also, anything that would boost commenting, either on communities, fics, or personal journals would be great.

$fizzyblogic: [Game of Thrones] detail on a map of Westeros (glee; \o/)$

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fizzyblogic

I'd love a vidding friending/subscribing meme! I'd also be willing to host one, if need be.

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erda

That would be great! I could use the help.

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elleth

I've helped with banners for fic awards in the past and provided I have the time (not sure yet how my schedule will look come April), I'd be up for helping out. :)

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erda

I would love to have a banner for the fest in general, as well as for friending memes.

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rydra_wong

Hey, random thought: how about a "Dreamwidth Fairy" meme? There are lots of people who'd like paid time but can't afford to splash out on it right now. Maybe there could be a meme where people post a bit about who they are, and other people could give them paid time anonymously if they're inspired to.

Good idea? Bad idea?

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erda

Actually awesome idea. Could double as a friending meme if you like what people write about themselves.

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angelikitten

If anyone needs graphics for the fest, I'm game.

(My style is pretty understated. I've made both header banners and prize banners in the past, and I make most of my own icons.)

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erda

I'd like to have just a general banner for the fest, so that people cold post it to their journals and boost our signal a bit. Would you be interested in doing that?

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kate

I don't know that comm promotion goes bad; you can link to your posts from last year for sure, but there have been a ton of new comms created in the last year too. Maybe pull the posts from last year and add to them? I found those lists to be an amazing resource. I'd love to have a list of writing communities, or geographical ones or whatever.

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erda

I probably will do at least a little of this. I have a ton of ideas right now for stuff I think would be fun to do.

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jae

I like the idea of themed subscription memes! I do have one request, though: that we make a real concerted effort not to call them "friending memes" this time.

My reasoning: One of the very best things about dreamwidth is the fact that you don't have to give access to someone just because you want to subscribe to them, and when we use livejournal's terminology for the memes, we lose (or at least fail to promote) that distinction. I also think that calling it a "friending meme" makes it sound like you are obligated to both subscribe and give access, making people feel like it wouldn't be okay to just subscribe to people's journals. You know?

-J

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erda

I see your point, it's just that subscription list sounds so impersonal to me, more like my RSS feeds than a group of people I enjoy a back and forth with. IDK, I have mixed feelings about this.

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untonuggan

I don't know if anyone else has mentioned this yet, as I haven't had a chance to read the entire list of comments. (I apologize!)

April is also National Poetry Writing Month, in which participants try to write a poem a day. I wonder if there would to combine NaPoWriMo with three weeks for dreamwidth...

Featuring users who write poems about dreamwidth? Unique icon/background images that could be used on dreamwidth and/or other social media sites? An extra invite code? Or perhaps a group poem - each subsequent person writes a line.

Just some thoughts.

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erda

That's an excellent suggestion. I'm not sure how much can be done what with the fest only starting near the end of the month, but we ought to be able to do something.

Re: NaPoWriMo & 3 weeks for dreamwidth

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Re: NaPoWriMo & 3 weeks for dreamwidth

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vejgeta9

Four weeks for free is a winner!

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dragonfly

erda, thank you so much for doing this. I think it is a great idea and I'm always wishing for more things to generate content and enthusiasm for dreamwidth. This celebration is so joyful!

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erda

Well thank you so much! This event is made possible by enthusiastic participants like yourself, so I'm really glad to see such a positive reaction!

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sarken

As before I will be asking people to keep fest posts Dreamwidth only until the fest is over.

Should the posts be kept Dreamwidth-only until May 15, or until three weeks from the date they were posted (e.g. a story posted on May 15 stays DW-only until June 5)?

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erda

Yeah, that was a little vague. It would be easier to make it just the dates of the fest, but it wouldn't make much sense then to post something on the last day, so I'm going to have to say three weeks from the date the entry is posted.

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goodbyebird

Yay I'm so glad to see this rolling around again. I'll definitely be prompting the folks over at

smallbatchicons to remember 3wfd this time too. Last year we had more than one post per day :D

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erda

Great!

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majoline

I was thinking about running the 'Why I love DW meme again?' Lots of people seemed to find each other off of that and it generated lots of warm fuzzy feelings for each other.

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erda

Yes, that would be lovely to see again!

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cinema_babe

I like the friending meme; you could do a new meme every day (ie, day 1 - people who are geographically close; Day 2 look for people who share your birthday; Day 3 based on people in your industry, etc.)

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erda

Those are good ideas. I'm making a list of everyone's suggestions, then I'll see what I realistically have time for. Hopefully some other people will help with memes, too.

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dorkpie

Idk if someone already suggested this (or if it already exists), but do you think we could make a post specifically for invite codes?

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erda

That would be fine.

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ysabetwordsmith

>> I'm not sure about putting up posts about communities like I did last year, since those posts are still available, and I feel like I would be treading a lot of the same ground. <<

I would like to see community posts. Maybe you could do a link back to last year's communities, instead of repeating those, and also post about different communities this year? I'm hoping to get the Crowdfunding community interested in the "three weeks for dreamdwidth" project:
http://crowdfunding.dreamwidth.org/

>>How do you all feel about friending memes this year? Would you prefer general ones, or themed ones, or something else?<<

I would like to see both. Some people want a wide variety of contacts, while others want a particular focus. We've got plenty of room for everyone. I'm interested in connecting with folks who are: gardeners, Pagans, fans, writers, readers, editors, and activists among other things.

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littlebutfierce

Could the info on the comm's profile page please be updated? It's still got last year's dates & info on it.

Also I wonder if a sticky post might be in order, just so that people have a quick way to see exactly what the structure is (no cross-posting of things you earmark as specifically for the fest until 3 weeks later, when the dates are, etc.)? Especially when people start posting in here as part of the fest it will be a bit less obvious how to find stuff. Someone in my circle was confused about the rules & I suspect there are probably others!

Sorry, I know it's a bit of a pain--thank you so much for your work running this last year & getting it off the ground this year!