Hi. I found out that Automattic bought Tumblr from Verizon, so I figured it might be fun to come back. I actually self host a Wordpress as well and I was looking into Write Freely recently. No idea which one I’ll stick with in the end. At least it’s fun to see what’s happening here now.
This is the dumpster fire I never expected after participating in NaNoWriMo since 2008. Granted, I never participated in the forums until last November (what timing!) But I found a group then we migrated to discord right before the blow up.
In my mind, I always saw NaNoWriMo as a movement rather than an entity. Sure, this group of people may have the term trademarked, but the movement is more than that. Can we just continue to use it until the concept is just generic enough that it is a right to the public?
Either way, I will still write and I will still challenge myself and maybe I'll just track my word count right here or some other community site for fun and accountability.
I can't stop rewatching this video. The animation is badass. The story doesn't make that much sense but the sequences are so cool.