all of this has happened before and will happen again

[rthstewart]

Oh Yahoo.  So monetizing Tumblr didn't go quite according to plan?  and now PORN OMG!  Well, I'm here!  I've always been here!  And there is nothing new under the sun.

There was Pornish Pixies and Strikethrough and Boldthrough  and the fanfiction.net purges,   https://fanlore.org/wiki/FanFiction.Net's_NC-17_Purges:_2002_and_2012 (which I had to type out because the link ends up being weird). 

And before that, we would have content creators like Lucasfilm tell fan creators that zines were OK so long as they were "family friendly" and Cease & Desist letters from Viacom, Paramount and 20th Century Fox.  And it all worked SO WELL in the 90s and early 2000's. 

So, save your stuff, post it somewhere (or several somewheres) and maybe we'll see a resurgence in microblogging again?  Or something new?

Comments

[yalumesse]

I know they say things never happen the same way twice but I would LOVE it if DW could be LJ 2.0 properly, like, with communities and all that. It WORKED and I miss it.

[generalleia]

Yep.

[syrena_of_the_lake]

There is a wonderful line I heard once in Spain, something along the lines of “History never repeats itself, but oh how it rhymes!” (Which, in Spanish, *almost* rhymed.)

[pru]

I can only hope. I love this platform and wish it had enough of an influx of membership to get some more modern features. Some. Not a lot.

[ilyena_sylph]

You appear interesting so I have subscribed in return!

Also, I am looking forward to diving into your fic.

[rthstewart]

Presumptuous of me, I know. I hadn't realized that sharpest_asp was Merfilly and that both of you were on DW. Sharpest_asp added me yesterday and when I looked, I did a big face palm. I've subscribed to your works for several years on AO3 thought I've not R&R'd lately due to not being in the proper state of mind. I have A LOT of catching up to do.

[ilyena_sylph]

Oh piffle, no such thing as presumptuous!

And lord, I am the last person to give anyone any trouble ever over comments or not, my brain is a mass of fail about it.

Welcome to the fun!

[generalleia]

Ahhhh that explains so much. I figured I missed something in the general fandom community