Poll

[ash48]

Just curious (even though posting it on LJ will skew any sort of "real" results. Though I am hoping to entice some tumblrites to answer also).

I'm thinking about this because I have noticed a lot of LJians migrating to tumblr and it makes me wonder if that's because it offers a more rewarding fandom experience than LJ. For me, it's LJ. I enjoy tumblr but I can (and did!) go days without visiting it, but I can't go a day without checking into LJ.

[Poll #1944482]

I consider "rewarding" to mean where you get the most pleasure. Perhaps your "go to" fandom place. The one that is most satisfying as a fandom hangout. The one you feel most at home or perhaps the place you feel you belong.

Comments

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

"If you DO have an LJ account, you can tell the artist you liked it to your heart's content - this is the same on tumblr." Actually - no. ON tumblr a lot of people have this setting whereby you can only comment if that person follows you back. Hence my frustration. Not everyone's tumblr works like that but many do.

[scarletscarlet.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah? Well, that's a bummer. I've yet to come across a fanartist that doesn't have asks turned on at all, though I've seen posts without comments enabled. Ah well. I suppose in that case, though, they may just not want comments/feedback/engagement, which is their choice. I can't imagine there's a scenario where with an account you can't hit the "like" button, though, and if they have all commenting options turned off, notes are going to be their feedback.

I know it's not the norm on LJ, but I do remember being extremely frustrated one time trying to leave a (deliriously happy) comment on some sort of Weasley/Malfoy fic only to find that the only comments allowed were members of the challenge community, even though it was a public post. Odd and annoying, but still, their call to make.

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

I suppose, but I just don't like the restriction on communication...there are times when you just want to say more than a 'like' and going via some sort of ask a question facility isn't what I'm looking for.

So tumblr is ok to visit occasionally (when I have a LOT of time to get lost for a few hours!) but not somewhere I want to be every day.