Flash Flood is a flash exchange for works focused on sex fluids. For 3W4DW, I'm running a prompt fest version at flash_flood_exchange. 18+, all fills are explicit. Details here!

In celebration of Three Weeks for Dreamwidth, there's celebrations going on in two of the tokusatsu comms I run!

For toku100challenge: there is a friending meme! Get to know your fellow tokusatsu writers! The questions for this meme are centered around tokusatsu, writing, and some general ones.

The drabble prompt meme that was created for last year's celebrations is still open too, if anyone would like to take part in that as well.

For tokurecs: the self-reccing period post for the month is up, and has an extended timeframe that will last throughout all the days during the whole celebration period of Three Weeks For Dreamwidth. Share your tokusatsu fanworks! Details on how self-reccing in the comm works are in the linked post.

In celebration of 3 weeks for dreamwidth, I'm hosting not only one but TWO friending memes/friendzies on my friending community friending_memes ! One friendzy focuses on Spring-time appreciation and the other is a multi-fandom friendzy! Normally I only post one, but in attempt to add to the fun and bring people around for 3W4D, I decided to have two. Links are below!

Come join us!

Come join us!

bnha_fans is hosting another themed rec fest this year to celebrate Dreamwidth! If you're a fan of the series and enjoy fanworks, consider joining us to share your recs and enjoy other members'! :)

Over on my journal, I'm hosting a consent issues themed promptmeme! If you like dubcon, noncon, or the aftermath of those, the fest will be open for everyone 18+ until the end of Three Weeks for Dreamwidth.

Come play with us!

goodbyebird asked me to post about this here, since not everyone uses the tag feed.

For 2024, I made a questionnaire using the Random Question Generator. You can use this list, or make your own. If you've just found 3W4DW, that's okay, you can stack the early questions in one post or just skip them. No pressure. I'm also listing folks who are doing questionnaires on the gather post "Three Weeks for Dreamwidth," so more people can find them -- it's a popular activity this year.

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Anime & Manga & More
friending meme [2]

Over on anime_manga, right here! Come make some new friends!

In the last 2 years a successful effort was made to support Dreamwidth by gifting points to other DW users. Shall we make it 3? 😉

Since part of the purpose of the 3 Weeks event is to generate support for the Dreamwidth site, I'd like to prompt a call for Dreamwidth users who can spare a little cash to offer points for other Dreamwidth users.

What does that mean?

Dreamwidth services can be purchased through points. As explained at the link: "Points cost 10 cents ($0.10 USD) each and can be used in place of cash in the site store." ( Read more... )

Questions can also be left in comments below and I will either respond directly or update this post with further information.

Community culture used to be big back in the day, but as fics drifted over to AO3, fanart and graphics to tumblr, and random thoughts/reviews sprinkled in just about everywhere, the communities have been somewhat left behind. But they're such a wonderful hub for potential new folks to stumble across!

So, have you loved a community today? Please consider sharing them where applicable <3

Drop a comment below to let us know!

✨ April 25th to May 15th ✨

Let's celebrate our awesome online home together!


Guidelines
+ Feel free to promote any activity you've got going for 3W4D, either in communities or hosted in your own journal.
+ As this is to celebrate the anniversary and promote activity at Dreamwidth, it is highly appreciated that content tagged for the event stays on Dreamwidth exclusively for the whole three weeks. (obviously nobody's setting the hounds on you)
+ Posts tagged with three weeks for dreamwidth (or threeweeks or three_weeks_for_dw) will show up in this feed :)
+ If you wish, drop a link to any content you post anywhere on Dreamwidth for this fest into this community after the start date, with a brief description of the nature of the content. Posting is open to all community members, so post away!
+ Please do promote any Dreamwidth activities happening during the fest <3

Promo

<center><a href="https://3weeks4dreamwidth.dreamwidth.org/7646.html"><img src="https://goodbyebird.dreamwidth.org/file/1356169.png" width="400"></a> @3weeks4dreamwidth is celebrating Dreamwidth's anniversary! Come <a href="https://3weeks4dreamwidth.dreamwidth.org/7646.html">join in</a> for fun, memes, activities, and more ♥</center>

. Have you loved a community today? . Get to know your fellow Dreamwidthians . point gifting/point receiving . Questions and Questionnaires . Scavenger Hunt .

Hey, y'all! Secret Mod Sporky Here! Three Weeks for Dreamwidth is gonna be here really soon, like two days from now.

Get your fingers limber and stretched before we spend three weeks celebrating Dreamwidth!

Three Weeks for Dreamwidth, 25 April through 15 May!

EDITED UPDATE: Donors were all replied to via screened message on the original post linked below. I am also now contacting them via direct message with information.

Just a final post for this event to let everyone know how the Points Gifts challenge worked out.



In the end we had 11 donors and 15 giftees. Points have been allotted and donors have been given details for making their point gifts directly to assigned giftees. Giftees should be seeing messages from Dreamwidth when the gifts go through, which should happen by the end of the month.

Once those are complete we should have added $228 to Dreamwidth's intake this year \o/

Thanks to all the donors and giftees for stepping forward, and to everyone who helped signal boost the challenge!

bnha_fans is hosting another themed rec fest this year in order to celebrate Dreamwidth! If you're a fan of the anime and enjoy fanworks, consider joining us to share your beloved finds and enjoy everyone else's! :)

In this event's first week 8 people stepped forward to donate Dreamwidth points to other site users who wanted to add or try out paid features. Per their pledges we have enough points to gift either 71 people $3 each in points, or fewer people enough points for particular things (such as 6 months of a premium paid account, a rename token, etc.).

Now however it's your turn: we need people who would like paid features to step forward! Leave a comment indicating you'd like some Dreamwidth points, or if you want, mention what you'd specifically like the points for. (That way I can allot points based on desired purchases if we have enough). Comments to this post are screened and all you need say is "Points!".

Remember, paid features support Dreamwidth financially. Having giftees means we add money to Dreamwidth's coffers.

Please also promote this offer in your account and communities if you're not interested in paid features yourself! ( Read more... )

Please leave a comment by May 14! On May 15 I'll start matching donors with giftees and those leaving comments here should be receiving points by the end of the month.

One of Dreamwidth's big advantages compared to other sites is how it is designed for communication. It's not just that it enlarged the amount of posting space, but also commenting space over its original format so that it prioritizes direct interaction.


3weeks4dreamwidth is celebrating Dreamwidth's anniversary!
Come join in for fun, memes, activities, and more ♥

I was inspired to ask this question for 3 Weeks as a result of an amazing comment I got today on a piece I wrote in 2019.

It's a bit challenging to say what my favorite comment I've ever received is, because after all these years I've gotten a lot of nice ones for things I wrote. But I thought I'd throw the question out here -- do you have a favorite comment?

It might not be about a fanwork, but maybe about another blog post you've made. Or it could be something rewarding or inspiring you received in response to something you said or did here on Dreamwidth.

What is it about the comment that sticks with you? Was it the timing? The content of it? Something it said to motivate or reward you? Or was it an opening to get to know someone new?

Feel free to either respond in a comment here or make a post about it in your own account. Just remember to add the "three weeks for dreamwidth" tag!

Are you a moderator of a community and thinking of running an event? Are you a member that would like to see something happen? Are you maybe looking for ideas, advice, or a helping hand? Whatever it might be, plot/talk amongst yourselves in the comments. (Try to keep it to one subject per top comment, to make conversations easier to track)

✨ big shiny list of potential funtimes ✨
Questionaire/recs/etc at allbingo
Prompts at rainbowlounge

three_weeks_for_dw used to be a super fun time, with a whole flurry of activity. Let's bring it back \o/

✨ April 25th to May 15th ✨

Let's celebrate our awesome online home together!

Guidelines
+ Feel free to promote any activity you've got going for 3W4D, either in communities or hosted in your own journal.
+ As this is to celebrate the anniversary and promote activity at Dreamwidth, it is highly appreciated that content tagged for the event stays on Dreamwidth exclusively for the whole three weeks. (obviously nobody's setting the hounds on you)
+ Posts tagged with three weeks for dreamwidth (or threeweeks or three_weeks_for_dw) will show up in this feed :)
+ If you wish, drop a link to any content you post anywhere on Dreamwidth for this fest into this community after the start date, with a brief description of the nature of the content. Posting is open to all community members, so post away!

Promos

banner by angelikitten, from here
<center><a href="https://3weeks4dreamwidth.dreamwidth.org/5822.html"><img src="https://seleneheart.dreamwidth.org/file/224000.jpg" width="400"></a> @3weeks4dreamwidth is celebrating Dreamwidth's anniversary! Come <a href="https://3weeks4dreamwidth.dreamwidth.org">join in</a> for fun, memes, activities, and more ♥</center>


<center><a href="https://3weeks4dreamwidth.dreamwidth.org/5822.html"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/4CIQqdm.png" width="400"></a> @3weeks4dreamwidth is celebrating Dreamwidth's anniversary! Come <a href="https://3weeks4dreamwidth.dreamwidth.org">join in</a> for fun, memes, activities, and more ♥</center>

. community events . journal ideas .
. points gifts . ways to take part . Why Is ____ So Awesome? .

Last year a successful effort was made to support Dreamwidth by gifting points to other DW users. So let's try it again!

As part of the purpose of the 3 Weeks event is to generate support for the Dreamwidth site, I'd like to prompt a call for Dreamwidth users who can spare a little cash to offer points for other Dreamwidth users.

What does that mean?

Dreamwidth services can be purchased through points. As explained at the link: "Points cost 10 cents ($0.10 USD) each and can be used in place of cash in the site store."

The minimum points purchase is $3.

One of the pluses of points is that the recipient can use it for whatever they'd prefer, which might include:

• rename tokens
  
• extra icons
  
• extending their paid account time
  
• access to extra features
  

Some users may not have an easy way of paying for Dreamwidth services, so a points gift can be very helpful. Other users might want a month's paid account as a test run to see if they'd like to pay for one themselves. Since there are some features that are available only for paid accounts, it can be a reason to explore what one can do with Dreamwidth! ( Read more... )

Questions can also be left in comments below and I will either respond directly or update this post with further information.