elrhiarhodan

I agree with you a thousand percent. There's really just no way to be thoughtful and well-spoken on that platform. I, too, had been thinking about updating this site, but wondered if it would be worth the effort. Tumblr's new policies just made it well worth the effort. Tumblr is all about the pretty and not able engagement or interaction - there's no meaningful way to have a conversation on that platform, at least that I've found, and frankly, I simply don't trust Tumblr, and especially not Verizon (remember who let the government in to listen to citizen's communications during the height of the Gulf War under the USA PATRIOT Act? Verizon, that's who. The first to let the Bush regime put black boxes in the telco substations all over the country). Dreamwidth has no corporate overlords and is completely member supported, and they've gone to the wall for their member's freedom of expression and their privacy.

And yes, it's a joy to navigate and find what you've created. You own your tags and it's up to you to keep them organized and current, but even if you don't - there's no one to scream at you for "polluting" a tag since they aren't site-wide. That had been the biggest shock for me when I started using Tumblr - I didn't own my tags and if I wanted to put in a shippy tag for a discussion post about how I didn't care for the ship, I'd have to bear the weight of the fandom's displeasure for my criticism.

Does that make any sense?

I do tend to ramble on here - hope you're cool with that.

Welcome back to adult-level blogging!