Another thought on Reblogs

Not all posts are intended to be reblogged, but if you do have something that you want to spread, like announcing a new comm or something, maybe one thing to do is to create a <textarea> where you put in the code that people can simply copy-paste into their post. They can add/edit the text how they want, but saves on formatting time.

If they want to continue the reblog chain, they can simply paste the reblog snippet a second time and put it inside a <textarea> </textarea>.

Reblog starter text:
<user name="potofsoup"> had <a href="https://potofsoup.dreamwidth.org/9316.html">an idea</a> about spreading reblogs via [textarea] tags to save time on formatting.

Anon ask!

Anon asked: I noticed when looking at your askbox post, commenting has this warning: "Notice: This account is set to log the IP addresses of everyone who comments.". Also what do you mean by "comments are private"? Would you be blogging them like when answering an ask on Tumblr? Anyway, it's fine by me to blog this one (without the IP address)

!!! So sorry, I forgot to turn off IP tracking!

(FYI, it's under Account Settings --> Privacy:
)

Let's see how it goes without the IP tracking. I think it'll be fine if... no one spams me???

Anyway, what I mean by "comments are private" is that they're screened -- people won't see your comment/"ask". If you're logged in, it'd register as you, and when I reply, you should get a notification for it, while the whole thing remains private. If you're posting as anon, then the only way I'd respond is like this: with your message in a <blockquote>, kind of like how tumblr works. (Of course, responding to anon asks is always at my discretion, same as on tumblr.) I hope that answers your question! <3 <3 <3

DW for tumblrites masterpost

Here is the tag on my blog, where you can scroll to see everything in order: https://potofsoup.dreamwidth.org/tag/dw+how-to

Here it are the links to individual posts:

Part 1: How do I follow a blog?
Part 1.5: How do I find people to follow?
Part 2: Posting and HTML basics
Part 2.5: Images
Part 2.8: Backdating and Drafting
Part 2.9: Scheduling Posts
Part 3: Dash/Reading Page curation (Subscription Filters)
Part 3.5: Access vs. Join vs. Subscribe, and targeted friends-only posts (Access Filters)
Part 4: Likes and Reblogs
Part 4.5: Stickies, Sidebar, Anon Askbox
Part 5: I miss yelling in the tags! (subtext, icons, and moods)
Part 5.5: Actual tags tho
Part 6: Themes and mobile
Part 7: Sideblogs and tag filters
Part 8: Paid features

Q&A Meme

All right, now that my DW for Tumblrites series is done (and put in order in the tag!), it's time to get back to all the other stuff I've been neglecting the last few days.

But, for funsies -- let's make this post an Q&A thingie. Ask me anything in the comments -- life, drawing, fandom, etc. (the comments won't be screened, but feel free to go anon). I'll answer them as posts. Possibly with doodles.

<3 <3 <3