Community and Practices: Past and Present
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2016 4:31 pm
Hi, everyone! We are launching a discussion series that is all about revisiting old topics from Amassment's LiveJournal days. It'll be interesting to see how opinions or practices may have changed within the community (or perhaps how your opinions may have changed, if you've been around that long!) and to see what our current members are thinking about some of these things! (Psst, you can thank Aku for the discussion series name and Camy for the gorgeous banner.)
For every discussion we revisit, we will also provide the link to the respective LJ discussion; if interested, you're invited to compare the present to the past input and comment on said past input as well. (When commenting on past input, please keep it to community trends and such, rather than making it personal by fishing out specific posts. Remember that the LJ days are from a whole while back, and it's likely that even the members who have posted there hold different opinions now.)
Let's start this with some reflections on shrines, people and community past and present!
The following is a discussion topic from September 2009! You might also be interested in the forum topics Retro Shrine Features (March 2016), Icons/Avatars Section (May 2014), New Media (August 2013), Affiliates vs Links (April 2014) and Site Promotion (October 2012).
Some of you have been making and/or visiting shrines for quite some time, and perhaps you've been in the community just as long (not just Amassment, as other communities used to exist). How has the shrine community evolved over time: What things have stayed the same, what things have changed? What about shrine practices and elements? Are there particular aspects or features about the community and shrines that used to be common and that you now miss? Are there new elements that you like a lot?
For every discussion we revisit, we will also provide the link to the respective LJ discussion; if interested, you're invited to compare the present to the past input and comment on said past input as well. (When commenting on past input, please keep it to community trends and such, rather than making it personal by fishing out specific posts. Remember that the LJ days are from a whole while back, and it's likely that even the members who have posted there hold different opinions now.)
Let's start this with some reflections on shrines, people and community past and present!
The following is a discussion topic from September 2009! You might also be interested in the forum topics Retro Shrine Features (March 2016), Icons/Avatars Section (May 2014), New Media (August 2013), Affiliates vs Links (April 2014) and Site Promotion (October 2012).
Some of you have been making and/or visiting shrines for quite some time, and perhaps you've been in the community just as long (not just Amassment, as other communities used to exist). How has the shrine community evolved over time: What things have stayed the same, what things have changed? What about shrine practices and elements? Are there particular aspects or features about the community and shrines that used to be common and that you now miss? Are there new elements that you like a lot?