After a year on Dreamwidth (happy anniversary to me! a week late), a bit on and off, I realise my favourite feature of the site is the late 00s feeling. I started being active online on fandom forums when they were still a thing in the late 00s/early 10s. I sulked (other) social media for a long time. Discord is somewhat forum-like but the fast pace of certain servers throws me off. I never had Xanga, MySpace, Skyrock or LiveJournal. 9yo me, however, found Dramione fanfiction on Skyrock.

I like DW's display. It's easy to use. There are certain customization features I'd rather have otherwise but I don't 'speak' CSS, so it is what it is. I can manage with what we have! I recently discovered the explore random journals and random communities option.

At the beginning, I wanted this blog to be music and fandom-centric. Now, I'm less sure exactly what direction/purpose I want to give it. I realised I enjoy reading about people's personal lives, and I don't entirely disdain blabbering about mine. Anyhow, it's my blog, I can do what I want and talk about different topics. Tags exist for a reason!

Do you think there'll be a resurgence of blogs and forums? There are a few tumblr refugees and youngsters like me who use DW. By youngster, I mean mid-twenties, which is old enough to have had a taste of the late 00s internet. I wonder if the 18- population will eventually tire from the reels and youtube shorts frenzy and opt for something less fast paced (or seemingly less fast paced. I encountered crazily active forums 10 years ago and that scared me).