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tozka posted: how to download old icons that are being held hostage by photobucket

Ever since Photobucket started charging for 3rd party image hosting, all of the old icons and graphics from pre-2017 fandom have been mutilated with a huge watermark across the middle of them.

People might find this useful, especially if you're in older fandoms and go searching through the old icon communities. I know I will use this in the future.

Mood: busy
Music: a linguistics podcast

I've been kinda lurking on twitter lately, because Hannibal fandom seems to be kinda focused on there after December's tumblr purge. And apparently there was some drama happening over there. I glanced at it as it was happening, but I probably wouldn't have thought much of it if a friend of mine hadn't mentioned it again later, because she knew the original poster of the tweet that started it and seems like it was causing big waves inside the fandom (at least on twitter).

And this kind of stuff just reminds me why I'm not big on Twitter. It's too public, and people don't realise that posting on there means anybody can see your tweet, including people who don't share your sense of humour and will misunderstand your meaning.

It ended up being about stuff which is regularly fought over on tumblr as well whenever AO3 is mentioned in regards to "problematic" tags and pairings, mainly if some ships are problematic and if fiction affects real life.

This is why I'm mostly a lurker. I don't see a point in yelling about this stuff on somewhere like twitter, unless you mostly use a private account and heavily moderate people who you allow access to. I saw a what I think was an unrelated tweet that pointed out how fandom as it is, is not a safe space, because anyone can be in a fandom. But you should absolutely create your own safe spaces within your own fandoms, by curating the people you follow and interact with.

Mood: frustrated
Music: Tim Minchin - The Fence

I've been getting back into the swing of things here on Dreamwidth, so I wanted to link some posts and discussions which I found interesting. There's some good points regarding adult content warnings, advice on making your profile and journal inviting for potential followers, and funnily enough, discussion about linking as a practice.

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EDIT: I posted this around 5:30 am, but the time stamp at the top of the post stubbornly says 1:24. Do any DW veterans know what causes this? Does the post editor lock onto the time of day when you first start writing a post, and then doesn't change it even after publishing? The issue was fixed thanks to kind commenters.

Mood: sleepy
Music: Against Me! - Transgender Dysphoria Blues