Poetry on the Web

That's something else missing from the later services: moderation tools that allow creating a civil environment. I don't want to surf cyberspace in a pigpen, and that's what a lot of places like Tumblr and Reddit have become. I frequently see people complaining about how awful they are because the tools aren't there. For fucksake people, if you don't like the venue and the company, go somewhere else.

>>The big thing I like about DW is that it is entirely member-driven, no bloody ads, just good, solid, user-generated and mostly-erudite comment. If I could move everybody I cared about over there, I would.<<

Agreed.

>> The one thing DW doesn't have is the tagging, which is at least mildly useful....<<

You can put tags on your own posts; I do. I don't think it has a way for people to tag other stuff, but very few services do that. I admit that AO3's make-your-own-tags has produced some hilarious results: Because (name) Is Always a Warning, John Winchester's A+ Parenting, Hulk Needs a Hug, Emotionally Constipated Erik Is Fun to Read. And I got the ball rolling with #nickspencerishydra and #sayitaintso which will hopefully get enough repetition to become searchable.

Aaaaand they're both canon now! :D #sayitaintso and #nickspencerishydra both come up on searches at AO3, currently with 4 entries each. \o/ Take that, you jackass!

To some extent, this is true. But those venues don't work well for what I'm trying to do. Shrinking attention span has meant shrinking postspace. I don't think in soundbytes, so that moves away from what I need. Shrinking socialization means fewer methods of interaction. Audience interaction is what drives my project.

It's very frustrating. However, it fits the general pattern that what I want and need is very different from that of other people, and products are made for people who are not me.

I'm happy to have my work boosted in other places. It's hard to get people to migrate from one to another, though -- except for very similar services (like LJ and DW) they're usually where they are because that's what they like, and won't like a different venue as well. But I have gotten some devoted fans to follow me just so they can get more of me. I guess I really am flypaper for eyeballs.

*laugh* I have had people filk me before. Our filker friends are more than welcome to run with this if they want to. And the old Bardic hobby of wordcracking does parallel medleys-of-medleys well. :D

LOL yes ... ear worms, ear worms, inchy-squinchy ear worms ...