"Interesting people to subscribe to" meme!

[superborb]

I hiatus-ed from twitter during vacation last month (post forthcoming), and was DW- and discord-only for a bit. During that time, I was thinking about what I missed most, and really it was Interesting Thoughts. (Modern fandom slang might be 'content,' but I hate that haha.)

And I remember that when DW migrations were discussed on twitter, one of the common refrains was not knowing where to start. I feel like friending memes are kind of high pressure because of the expectation of reciprocity if you're totally new! Also, you have to BE THERE when the meme is still active. So I was thinking instead about:

✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* INTERESTING PEOPLE TO SUBSCRIBE TO *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧

I propose that people comment (anon or not) with some DW users they subscribe to that may be of interest-- be it for meta, book reviews, interesting observations, community-in-their-comments, etc.

I'm assuming here that the previous LJ norm of silent friending being creepy has now fallen by the wayside, and if someone has a public blog they're happy/neutral to have new subscribers, but if you are mentioned and don't want to be, feel free to message me and I'll screen the comment.

Signal boosts appreciated, here or on tumblr or twitter.

Comments

[superborb]

I'll start!

For interesting book reviews, skygiants consistently writes humorous reviews that I enjoy reading, regardless of if the book itself would be up my alley.

dolorosa_12 has introduced me to a set of media that I wouldn't have been exposed to otherwise, given where I get other media recs.

china_shop does weekly updates with often interesting links-- but the unique appeal of her posts to me is the commenters section, which often has cross-commenting between other people and is generally bustling.

I always enjoy reading the meta x_los posts, though usually it eventually makes its way to AO3.

Finally, melannen is doing a fascinating 100 days of enemy recs currently, full of interesting and new-to-me fandoms!

[skygiants]

Aw, thank you, I'm glad you enjoy them!

[eglantiere]

rachelmanija posts glorious book reviews.

sartorias hosts really lovely literature discussions on a Book Cafe site and links to them; she also does cdrama reviews.

hamsterwoman is friend-on-demand, but she posts long, interesting, detailed book reviews and her comment section is also always bustling.

[silveredeye]

muccamukk posts a lot of book reviews and is altogether an interesting, chill person to subscribe to.

[rionaleonhart]

For anyone looking for videogame discussion, lassarina hosts a weekly 'what are you playing' post! It's a good place to talk about games and meet other active videogame fans on Dreamwidth.

[halfcactus]

I don't play games much but I like hearing about them,. Very delighted to see Suikoden 3 on the top post. Thank you!

[china_shop]

I really enjoy sophia_sol's book reviews. :-)

[chestnut_pod]

Ditto!

[misbegotten]

I suggest people subscribe to selenak for interesting media reviews and general history talk. And yourlibrarian for interesting links and general commentary about life and fandom. And senmut for a variety of short fic.

[pauraque]

olivermoss posts wonderful photography!

[luckyzukky]

sonofgodzilla posts so much cool stuff i'm not really sure how to describe her journal as a whole lol, but overall she has really cool fandom posts that i always look forward to
adevyish posts a lot of interesting fandom/music stuff, as well as song translations
memorizingthedigitsofpi generally posts fandom meta stuff, and also asks people to share their own experiences in fandom which is really cool
girlrock posts various kpop fandom related stuff, and also interesting music and meta posts
r_tt_n has a lot of anime/manga related fandom things, and i especially like their link spam posts
camboyten posts super vibrant and colorful kpop icons, their style is very unique i don't think i've seen anything like it which is so cool

[bemused_writer]

I'll second sonofgodzilla! Lots of good stuff there. (^^)

[sonofgodzilla]

Ah! I didn't realise you did this. I'm blushing! (>_>)

[luckyzukky]

<3333

[adevyish]

Aw thank you! I’m sort of busy right now and haven’t had a chance to translate anything lately >_>

[theseatheseatheopensea]

Some awesome+excellent people:
- dr_zook (interesting posts about many things, including art)
- honigfrosch (music, books and other thought-provoking things)
- regshoe (book reviews/fic/meta with a focus on historical stuff)
- thisbluespirit (fic/icons, usually featuring small fandoms)

[chestnut_pod]

I enjoy hearing about books and composing from yhlee. angrhaine crossposts from their Tumblr so that you get a little of that experience if you miss it. naraht’s book reviews are also super, and I love that I’m regularly introduced to litfic and esoteric nonfic through them.

[nnozomi]

(seconded on all counts, not to mention chestnut_pod 's own reviews of books and ballet, but that wants to be anghraine , just for ease of finding)

[chestnut_pod]

Oops! Thanks for the fix :)

[bemused_writer]

I love this idea! And yeah, I think most people are cool with silent friending at this point unless they say otherwise in their profile.

Anyway, some people I would recommend are yourlibrarian for all around cool observations and meta thoughts. al8rd8 for Dragon Age content and general thoughts as well as anneapocalypse for lots of meta and Dragon Age content. enemytosleep hosts sunshine_challenge and has a great journal with fandom posts as well. sonofgodzilla has all kinds of fandom content across the board.

[alaterdate]

Thank you! I also second anneapocalypse if you like Dragon Age or RvB and meta.

[alaterdate]

Great idea! I've only been on DW for a couple of years so I remember how daunting it can feel to start out on here, but keep chugging along and soon you'll find a lot of great people. Here's a few to start out with.
batman writes video game thoughts and reviews.
bemused_writer writes about animanga, video games, fandom topics of interest and writes fantastic meta.
queenlua writes book reviews, lots of good nonfiction titles throughout.
runpunkrun and bluapapilio post links to interesting things around the web among their other fun posts.