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ysabetwordsmithThis blogging questionnaire celebrates Three Weeks for Dreamwidth. I will be posting these one at a time in my blog as part of this event. Feel free to answer the questions here and/or copy them to your blog. The more, the merrier!
The Questions
What brings you to Three Weeks for Dreamwidth? How many times have you participated in this fest?
How do you plan to celebrate Three Weeks for Dreamwidth this time? Popular examples include contests, giveaways, inviting folks to join the platform, posting every day, writing anchor posts, and making a series of related posts about a favorite topic.
How did you find Dreamwidth? What attracted you to this platform? Why did you start blogging?
How long have you been blogging on Dreamwidth? What has changed here, or in your life, over that timespan?
What are your favorite things about Dreamwidth? What do you dislike about it? What do you wish it had, or had more of?
Do you think people should crosspost the same or similar things in more than one place on Dreamwidth? Why or why not? Are there conditions that influence whether or not it's a good idea?
Do you have a free account or a paid account on Dreamwidth? What features or other factors made you choose that option? Would you recommend your option to other bloggers? Why or why not?
What is your blog metaphor? Where are you, when you are in your blog?
What tools do you use for blogging? Laptop, desktop computer, or other device? Paper notebook for jotting down ideas? Color palettes, accessibility gauges, or other guides for making it look good?
How often do you post in your blog? Do you like reading blogs that are high or low in traffic?
What are the top ten topics in your blog? You can use the Manage Tags function to sort by usage and see which ones you use most often, or just think about what you consider important subjects.
What types or topics of posts get the most enthusiastic responses from your readership? What do you think makes those so engaging?
Do you use any recurring posts, and if so, what kinds? Do you enjoy reading those in other people's blogs? Why or why not?
Do you ever go back to reread older entries on your blog, or other blogs? Do you get or give comments on older entries? What kind of posts do you put in your Memories?
Where do you find ideas for blog posts? What inspires you?
Do you use your blog for personal, hobby, or professional purposes? Do you mix those or keep them separate, and why? Do you like to talk about yourself in your blog, or do you prefer to post about other people and events instead?
Do you follow any blogging guidelines? What do you make a point of doing, or not doing, in your blog?
What are some things that you haven't tried in your blog, but would like to try? What cool things have you seen in other blogs that you haven't done yourself? What things have you tried that totally flopped? Try something new today!
What do you consider the traits of a successful blog? What are the traits of an unsuccessful blog?
Which blogs or communities do you read most often? What makes these your favorites?
What have you enjoyed the most about Three Weeks for Dreamwidth? Do you plan to participate again next year?
Links to Posted Questions
Day 1: Participation
Day 2: Celebrations
Day 3: Finding Dreamwidth
Day 4: Changes
Day 5: Likes and Dislikes
Day 6: Crossposting
Day 7: Account Type
Day 8: Blog Metaphor
Day 9: Blogging Tools
Day 10: Blog Traffic
Day 11: Top Ten Topics
Day 12: Engaging Posts
Day 13: Recurring Posts
Day 14: Older Posts
Day 15: Inspiration
Day 16: Purposes
Day 17: Guidelines
Day 18: Trying Things
Day 19: Successful Blogs
Day 20: Favorites
Day 21: Enjoyment
The Questions
What brings you to Three Weeks for Dreamwidth? How many times have you participated in this fest?
How do you plan to celebrate Three Weeks for Dreamwidth this time? Popular examples include contests, giveaways, inviting folks to join the platform, posting every day, writing anchor posts, and making a series of related posts about a favorite topic.
How did you find Dreamwidth? What attracted you to this platform? Why did you start blogging?
How long have you been blogging on Dreamwidth? What has changed here, or in your life, over that timespan?
What are your favorite things about Dreamwidth? What do you dislike about it? What do you wish it had, or had more of?
Do you think people should crosspost the same or similar things in more than one place on Dreamwidth? Why or why not? Are there conditions that influence whether or not it's a good idea?
Do you have a free account or a paid account on Dreamwidth? What features or other factors made you choose that option? Would you recommend your option to other bloggers? Why or why not?
What is your blog metaphor? Where are you, when you are in your blog?
What tools do you use for blogging? Laptop, desktop computer, or other device? Paper notebook for jotting down ideas? Color palettes, accessibility gauges, or other guides for making it look good?
How often do you post in your blog? Do you like reading blogs that are high or low in traffic?
What are the top ten topics in your blog? You can use the Manage Tags function to sort by usage and see which ones you use most often, or just think about what you consider important subjects.
What types or topics of posts get the most enthusiastic responses from your readership? What do you think makes those so engaging?
Do you use any recurring posts, and if so, what kinds? Do you enjoy reading those in other people's blogs? Why or why not?
Do you ever go back to reread older entries on your blog, or other blogs? Do you get or give comments on older entries? What kind of posts do you put in your Memories?
Where do you find ideas for blog posts? What inspires you?
Do you use your blog for personal, hobby, or professional purposes? Do you mix those or keep them separate, and why? Do you like to talk about yourself in your blog, or do you prefer to post about other people and events instead?
Do you follow any blogging guidelines? What do you make a point of doing, or not doing, in your blog?
What are some things that you haven't tried in your blog, but would like to try? What cool things have you seen in other blogs that you haven't done yourself? What things have you tried that totally flopped? Try something new today!
What do you consider the traits of a successful blog? What are the traits of an unsuccessful blog?
Which blogs or communities do you read most often? What makes these your favorites?
What have you enjoyed the most about Three Weeks for Dreamwidth? Do you plan to participate again next year?
Links to Posted Questions
Day 1: Participation
Day 2: Celebrations
Day 3: Finding Dreamwidth
Day 4: Changes
Day 5: Likes and Dislikes
Day 6: Crossposting
Day 7: Account Type
Day 8: Blog Metaphor
Day 9: Blogging Tools
Day 10: Blog Traffic
Day 11: Top Ten Topics
Day 12: Engaging Posts
Day 13: Recurring Posts
Day 14: Older Posts
Day 15: Inspiration
Day 16: Purposes
Day 17: Guidelines
Day 18: Trying Things
Day 19: Successful Blogs
Day 20: Favorites
Day 21: Enjoyment
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Date: 2022-04-27 10:28 pm (UTC)Yay!
Date: 2022-04-27 10:38 pm (UTC)You're welcome. I'm glad you liked these.
>> It helps to have something to post about when working long hours all week and not having a lot of free time. It will be a great help to me in my goal of posting every day during the celebration.<<
If you enjoy quick and easy blogging prompts, then consider looking for other question lists later on. I love them, so one of my current ones is Philosophical Questions.
Another approach is recurring posts. Some of these are just reposting the same text, like Good News. Others are variations on a theme, like Three Things or Caturday.
Re: Yay!
Date: 2022-04-27 10:42 pm (UTC)Maybe I can do that, too...
Date: 2023-04-27 09:00 pm (UTC)Re: Maybe I can do that, too...
Date: 2023-04-27 09:37 pm (UTC)As for expertise, list the topics you have read 3 books about, and you count as an expert. I wrote about this here. I think the only topics I haven't read 3 books about are ones I don't care much about. Our Pagan library alone is over 1,000 volumes. This explains why nerds are considered experts by other folks.
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Date: 2022-04-30 08:17 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2022-04-30 03:18 pm (UTC)Yay!
Date: 2022-04-30 06:11 pm (UTC)