Common Worlds

Hey I'm upgrading the site today, so you may see some appearance changes, temporary interruptions and then finally some improvements.

Drupal 5.1 here we come!

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I built this site so my fellow gamers can contribute to it without me having to act as a "gatekeeper" who posts everything others send them.

But people may find it confusing. Certainly, I'd like to see more of you posting more.

Is this system complicated? I don't think so. Adding something to your blog is pretty easy, just a web form.

But in case someone out there with a story to tell is confused by all this stuff, here's a video demo of how the Drupal system works.

So watch that and then post something already!

This article by Danah Boyd, which I'm just starting to read, seems very appropriate for this web site.

Participants in social network sites want to be public where public means interacting with all people who might have similar tastes or be entertaining or provide useful information. They do not wish to exist in a public where they are harassed or where they have to deal with people who have power over them. This is not unlike everyday public spaces where people invite the opportunity to meet with like minds that recognize their fashion signals or otherwise find them intriguing.

The part about not dealing "with people who have power over them" is why social sites need to be careful not to exert copyright or onerous content limitation on the work that their users contribute.

I found a theme I like and have made it the default.

Everything seems to be working.

So now, dear users, please tell me if:

There's something that doesn't work the way you want
There's something that you want that doesn't exist
There's something that exists that you don't want
Something seems really ugly

One of the best ways I can imagine to use this site is for players to post their game diaries in their blogs.

This is really easy, and made easier with a variety of tools out there called "blog clients." Here's an explanation and a list of clients. This list only refers to WordPress, but most of these work with Drupal too, which is what runs this site. Here is some Drupal-specific info.

I post with ecto, a very nice but not free blog client.

w.bloggar is free.
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