pompelonJun 25, 2023

Once upon a time, there was a community called Little Details on LiveJournal. It was a place where fiction writers of all kinds could ask for help with their fact-checking and research. It was a huge, amazing resource before the collapse of LiveJournal took it down.

I recently decided to try resurrecting it on Dreamwidth. It's now open and ready for questions. Come check it out, and boost if you're so inclined!

https://little-details.dreamwidth.org/

#writing #fanfiction #fandom #dreamwidth

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Show threadCharlie MerryJun 26, 2023
@pompelon @menelion Isn't live journal still a thing? I know basically no one uses it now, but I was able to read through someone's old posts only a couple years ago.
Show threadLilyoftheRallyJun 26, 2023
@arqeria @pompelon @menelion It exists for archival purposes but is unusable for many in fandom.
Show threadCharlie Merry
@LilyoftheRally @pompelon @menelion I was thinking more in terms of what changed in the lead up to the Exodus.
Jun 26, 2023 at 6:45pmWeb
Show threadLilyoftheRallyJun 26, 2023
@arqeria @pompelon @menelion I remember Russian ownership started in 2007, and some folks older than me moved to other blogging sites then. I left in the early 2010s myself (I actively used it from 2005 until then as a teen/young adult).
Show threadpompelonJun 26, 2023
@arqeria LiveJournal began as an early web passion project with an open, collaborative culture; it was sold to a new adminstration that was more restrictive, capricious, and corporate; then eventually it was sold to Russian owners, and now is mostly hosted in Russia and beholden to Russian content laws. It is not a friendly place for creatives or those who care about, say, human rights.