Interest check

[goodbyebird]

Hey all,
We're in April already! I figured I'd check to see if there's interest in running 3 Weeks For Dreamwidth again this year, and also ask if anybody would like to host some activities in their journals or communities.

Also a good time to start thinking of posts you might want to make, for your hobbies or fandoms or those book reviews you've been meaning to write. After all, the whole point of the fest is to get more activity on DW.

Feel free to sound off and idea storm in the comments :)

Comments

[matsushima]

I always enjoy this event so I hope it's back again this year!

What would hosting an activity require? I might do a friending meme; I've always wanted to host a friending meme. 🤔

[goodbyebird]

That sounds great. Are you thinking a general one for the event, or one more specific to a type of interest/fandom?

[goodbyebird]

My current ideas:
- tarot draw post at my journal (I've done tarot prompts before, but it seems everyone assumed it was a reading anyways heh)
- ABCs of Comics at my journal. Basically a rec list of stuff to read. Would be really cool to get a bunch of "ABCs of..." lists going *gentlest of nudges*
- ooh maybe a One X-Files Episode A Day Reaction Post (I'll be starting s2, and mostly I'll just be saying Scully is pretty and smart and Mulder is looking at her The Right Way, with possible images to prove just how pretty and Smart and Right).

- Community rec post for a song each that's been bringing joy this year.
- Community post with DW community recs.
- I'm sure various questionnaires and memes will be making the rounds again.
- Maybe bring back the scavenger hunt.
- Project Hail Mary icon battle 👎 at iconbattles

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Yasss! I love your tarot prompts and I am intrigued by the ABC idea... wonder how I could apply it to my journal. Thank you.

[yourlibrarian]

That song rec idea should be fun!

[muccamukk]

I'm def interested in the tarot prompts.

[vriddy]

Hoping to run a rec fest in bnha_fans, like we did in the comm a couple of times before :)

[goodbyebird]

Happy to hear it <3

[fiachairecht]

Yesssss I'll run the gen horror prompt fest at my journal again if it does :3

[goodbyebird]

Yisss

[linky]

I'd love for this event to come back! :D I can definitely scheme up something for any of my tokusatsu comms.

[goodbyebird]

\o/

[soc_puppet]

Hmm; three weeks is pretty much exactly enough time for a one-a-day Minimum Track mood theme, with three days off. I could make a calendar for that! And a bonus Medium Track calendar, for the extra hard core.

I'm also planning to make some Dreamsheep icons in various colors.

I might post something at kittens_and_spitefic?

[goodbyebird]

ooh maybe this is what finally gets me going on making one.

[scifirenegade]

If it runs again, I'll be doing a ficathon on the various communities I'm running. All three of them o_o

It'll be fun!

[goodbyebird]

Most excellent <3

[tally]

I would love if it ran again! I keep seeing old 3W4D posts around and it looked like a lot of fun.

I would love to participate, though I have no idea what to do for it. Do you just do anything? I'm sure I could come up with something! I also run rimworld and youtuberecs so maybe I could set something up in those places.

[goodbyebird]

The point is to whip up more activity on DW/appreciation for DW. So really, anything goes. You can browse entries from earlier years to get an idea, but nothing is set in stone. If you'd like to host an activity, go for it!

I was planning on mentioning youtuberecs in the community rec post this year. Such a useful and fun community.

[toothpastepancake]

I LOVE THIS EVENT! I wasn't able to do much last year so I want to participate again if I can! :D I have been wanting to run a prompt fest again lately so I can do one in honor of this. Might think of something for my comms - ficto, like a friending meme or a questionairre or something, and maybe a daily article/resource reading list for datahoarders?

[goodbyebird]

\o/ that all sounds awesome!

[alchemicink]

Yes!! Actually I started making a list last week of my ideas for posts to make in various comms I'm a member of. Hoping to spur some conversations and such 😊

I still haven't decided what I'll do specifically on my own journal yet. But I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone else will be doing

[goodbyebird]

You're even more prepared than me *pompoms*

I'll be trying to spur on activity in some comms as well.

[yourlibrarian]

I'll run the question by the tv_talk crowd and see if anyone has any suggestions.

I'll also be glad to host the Points Donation drive again.

[goodbyebird]

Love the Points Donations Drive ❤️

[florianschild]

I definitely enjoy this event and plan on participating! I would love to have a virtual potluck at vegansofdreamwidth where we all share recipes, but that community is pretty quiet atm.

I would also love to do something relating to my exploration of witchcraft and the Wheel of the Year, but I'm not sure yet what that would be...

[maevedarcy]

oh? I had never heard of that comm ever and I think I could join you with my awesome recipes for this virtual potluck (I'm a great cook and I love giving people ideas on how to use their stuff so I'd love to share)

[elyusion]

I'll be participating! Although I'm not sure what I'll be doing yet 100%.
I know I want to hold a second challenge in vkotd -- in the past I had planned to make it so anyone who posts in the comm or comments something during 3w4dw is put into a raffle for points/a paid account, but I dunno...
In my own journal I think I might take doodle requests from any Dreamwidth account (with some limitations on what I'll draw ofc), maybe. I also want to make every post of each type listed here.
Lastly, I think it'd be nice if I managed to post something in almost every community I'm in, stuff that could generate conversation ^^ We shall see...

[goodbyebird]

The raffle idea is a fun one, I've toyed with that myself in the past. And doodles! I'm sure people will love that :)

[shehiemal]

Awesome! I started dreamwidthing last month so I'm excited for a dreamwidth event. I'll definitely participate in some of the memes and events people are proposing.

[yourlibrarian]

Great to see new folks!

[maevedarcy]

I miss this event almost every year because it's a busy time of the year for me but I'm determined to make it this year.

Additionally, between April 25 and April 30, vampiremedia will still be holding its first drabblethon, so hopefully some people will pop by.

I recently started a comm named latam that could probably use the engagement these weeks bring, so I'd love it if anyone could suggest an event we could hold on that comm or DW-wide that would bring attention to this comm (a community made to talk about all things Latin America).

Also, also, if anyone could point me to some interesting blogging prompts for those weeks for myself, that'd be neat. thank you everyone.

[goodbyebird]

I'm happy to hear that, looking forwards to seeing you around <3

For Lating America comm, maybe a rec post for media by or set in Latin America? If folks have journeyed there, they could post pics/a travelogue?

A few prompts/memes here, and here's my meme tag.

[althea_valara]

Not sure what I'll do yet, other than repost my "list of interesting Dreamwidth communities" sometime during the three weeks. I see a few more communities mentioned here that will be making the list...

Otherwise, maybe trying to post daily? Perhaps challenge myself and post:
1. one creative thing I did today
2. one thing I'm proud of today
3. something else maybe, I thought I had a third but it has slipped my mind video game progress? I play video games daily, so that would be something easy I could do

[goodbyebird]

Telling other folks about cool places on DW is always a boon.

lassarina hosts a what are you playing Wednesday weekly, that might be up your alley. I'm all for more games chatter on DW :)

[impala_evolved]

Oh yay! I'm sure I can come up with something. I like doing memes that lead to friends requesting certain # in a comment. Like the list of questions about your blorbo type memes.

[goodbyebird]

You've got a foot in the door with the HR community, maybe you can whip up something there *g* And yes, ask me questions memes are a great way to get conversations going.

[maevedarcy]

popping by to say that polyamships may join with a daily post for the three weeks. We're revising the format atm but we'll probably announce it soon

[goodbyebird]

Excellent. Feel free to announce it in the community when the event starts, and if you tag it in your community it should show up in the event feed (fingers crossed it works properly).

[stardust_rifle]

I've been accumulating sociological observations from the RPS LJ comm that I've been trying to archive (grad school is kicking my ass I STG), but I've enjoyed making rec posts lately so I'll probably do more of those.

[goodbyebird]

That sounds interesting! It was never my playground, but I'm sure many will be interested in your observations and recs.

[flareonfury]

I haven't done this event before, but I've been thinking about doing a couple drabble-a-thons for olliesqueens & darcyland & uc_xmen. Maybe also for comicsfanfiction, tvfanfiction & animatedfanfiction?


I also was thinking of doing a 20in20 icon challenge, or maybe just a generic icon challenge for werewolvesden supergirl_tv & uc_xmen.

I'm planning a drabble-a-thon for supergirl_tv for the Summer (thanks to the release of the new movie - and am I totally calling it Summer of Supergirl or Supergirl Summer? yes, yes I am.) so that's probably why'd I'd go with an icon challenge for that community during this period of time.

[goodbyebird]

ooh that's a lot of tasty stuff! (also very excited for the movie, enjoyed the comic muchly)

[lilly_c]

I'm thinking of maybe having a prompt table with 21 prompts so one of each day of 3 weeks and the minimum can be a drabble with no maximum word count or a minimum of 500 words up to 2000 words and most of the list I have can probably be used for art, vids, playlists too.

I'd maybe host here rather than on my journal just because I'm having issues with someone I removed in my last f-list cut. Probably be the usual rules to go with it like cut texts for adult content, discretion for rpf etc. Maybe needs a bit more thinky and the list I have is almost 500 prompts to whittle down to just 21 eek.

[goodbyebird]

That sounds like an excellent thing to host here at the community. Best of luck with the whittling!