>>I'm trying to figure out where I'm going to settle in regard to other social media so really, DW is your best bet for me right now.<<
Now is a good time for that. Not only are folks talking about how to use Dreamwidth, they are talking about other services like Mastodon and Pillowfort for different uses. Various people have made resource posts; mine is Twitter Exodus. Also twitter_refugees has posts about figuring out what you want to do on Dreamwidth and how to do that.
>>I'm trying to settle into a pattern with DW again. Right now I'm updating sporadtically with life stuff, occasional mentions of what media I'm consuming, mentioning my writing life and I might be trying to come up with a template-type thing to help me post regularly but we'll see if I get my brain together enough to do that.<<
Lots of people on Dreamwidth use Recurring Posts for that. Some sort of daily or weekly update is common, but you can also pick one or more favorite topics that you feature regularly. These things make it easier to maintain activity without a lot of work.
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Now is a good time for that. Not only are folks talking about how to use Dreamwidth, they are talking about other services like Mastodon and Pillowfort for different uses. Various people have made resource posts; mine is Twitter Exodus. Also
>>I'm trying to settle into a pattern with DW again. Right now I'm updating sporadtically with life stuff, occasional mentions of what media I'm consuming, mentioning my writing life and I might be trying to come up with a template-type thing to help me post regularly but we'll see if I get my brain together enough to do that.<<
Lots of people on Dreamwidth use Recurring Posts for that. Some sort of daily or weekly update is common, but you can also pick one or more favorite topics that you feature regularly. These things make it easier to maintain activity without a lot of work.