the message in the bottle is the booze

I held off on posting about this AGAIN, because if you're interested you're probably already subscribed and have seen the posts, but: Little Details is open!

I'm really hoping we can build enough of a critical mass to keep the community going. It's going to be tough because Dreamwidth is a smaller platform, but my fingers are crossed. If you're so inclined, I'd appreciate you passing its existence along to your reading list.

The idea is to post to dw_community_promo soon. I was hoping to get a couple more questions before then to show off the community, but I might have that backwards.

Also, man, I ran straight into an illustration of why I dislike large algorithmic platforms while trying to promote it.

I made two very similar posts: One to Twitter, one to Mastodon.

I have a very small following on both. On Twitter, I've noticed that since the introduction of Twitter Blue, my tweets get very few views - much fewer than before, even though my follower count hasn't changed. People who used to respond to my tweets, who are still active on Twitter, no longer do. I suspect that since I'm a very small account, my tweets don't show up on people's "For you" page, which Twitter aggressively tries to make you view by default. My post about Little Details got no engagement at all.

On Mastodon, I've gotten more than 200+ boosts and 100+ favorites. A few people saw the post, and because they liked the idea, they boosted it, and it snowballed from there.

I have no idea how much of that will translate into activity, but it's promising that the idea seems so popular still.

Just about a year ago, I noted that this post on Little Details has been getting comments from hapless anons who think it is a forum for discussing what it's like to live with a broken pelvis.

They're still going. The last anonymous comment was made today.

I believe I have previously PMed the owner of the original post to ask if they could friends-lock the entry, but got no response.

And I have a feeling it's only going to get worse. This post is now on the second page of results for "broken pelvis" on Google.

Question: How hard would it be to pose some Star Wars figures like they're having gay sex?

Answer: This hard.

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Of course, sometimes it's less than hilarious. Today I discovered that a post made several months ago was collecting anonymous comments from people who wanted advice on how to commit suicide.

When I contacted LJ Abuse about it to see if there was anything that they could do, not only did they say no, they suggested that I go ahead and delete the post because it was against the terms of service; otherwise, they could suspend "it."

(What does "it" mean? The account that posted the entry? The community?)

little_details is a community for asking about fictional situations, and the original poster did say that they wanted to know for a story. Of course, people can lie, but if it doesn't matter whether they say it's for a fictional situation, then little_details is at risk--either from being suspended, or from having restrictions put on it that make it less useful.

I replied asking for clarification and haven't heard back yet.