touches the ground..... I'M LATE but I have returned... Thank you for answering all of these so extensively!! This does clear up a lot for me, because most of the "new to dreamwidth" guides that I see floating around all cover the same few things and don't elaborate much, so I'm really grateful for how in-depth you went!
I've added more questions, since I knew I had more, I just needed to... organize them in another pile, but I've gone and tried out the reading page / tracking!! Keeping up with all of those journals really has gotten easier, tbh..... And learning how to do those settings officially does help a lot too! I think when my friends and I applied to our first games a few months ago, we were all over the place trying to figure out how to set up HMDs, AHA...... (In the end, we never really figured it out completely, we just slapped some settings together and prayed... but now we can slap together settings with confidence.)
5. Speaking of network posts... These have been a large source of confusion for me, since I've never actually understood their full importance or their purpose. Of course, I'm not saying that they're not important, especially judging from how often I see them around! It's just that I'm not entirely sure when I'd choose to make a network post over an open/closed log, or in what situation. So... would it be okay to ask for several scenarios in particular, in which a network post would be used over an open/closed log?
6. I think I saw these in shiptrap in the form of screenshots from time to time... (i THINK they were called gagtags but i'm not sure...) but since you mentioned that you do use your email over your inbox for notifs, what are the pros of using an email instead? I know it's all personal preference, but I'd still like to know, if that's okay! Since it seems as if more people tend to use email for it, whereas the whole thing just confuses me...
7. In navigation posts, what are the links that people usually put? Of course, there's "application" and "hmd" and "ic inbox", etc, but are there a few basics that most people tend to stick to? Also, for journals that are in multiple games, would people usually put separate links to their game-specific things?
8. And speaking of IC inboxes... I'm still a little uncertain about these, too, kind of like how I'm confused about network posts. What kinds of things would others post in a character's IC inbox? I understand how they're set up, such as "I'm not here, leave a message", but after that... I've tried to look at other characters' IC inboxes for what kinds of messages were posted there from others, but I don't think I gained a lot of insight...
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I've added more questions, since I knew I had more, I just needed to... organize them in another pile, but I've gone and tried out the reading page / tracking!! Keeping up with all of those journals really has gotten easier, tbh..... And learning how to do those settings officially does help a lot too! I think when my friends and I applied to our first games a few months ago, we were all over the place trying to figure out how to set up HMDs, AHA...... (In the end, we never really figured it out completely, we just slapped some settings together and prayed... but now we can slap together settings with confidence.)
5. Speaking of network posts... These have been a large source of confusion for me, since I've never actually understood their full importance or their purpose. Of course, I'm not saying that they're not important, especially judging from how often I see them around! It's just that I'm not entirely sure when I'd choose to make a network post over an open/closed log, or in what situation. So... would it be okay to ask for several scenarios in particular, in which a network post would be used over an open/closed log?
6. I think I saw these in shiptrap in the form of screenshots from time to time... (i THINK they were called gagtags but i'm not sure...) but since you mentioned that you do use your email over your inbox for notifs, what are the pros of using an email instead? I know it's all personal preference, but I'd still like to know, if that's okay! Since it seems as if more people tend to use email for it, whereas the whole thing just confuses me...
7. In navigation posts, what are the links that people usually put? Of course, there's "application" and "hmd" and "ic inbox", etc, but are there a few basics that most people tend to stick to? Also, for journals that are in multiple games, would people usually put separate links to their game-specific things?
8. And speaking of IC inboxes... I'm still a little uncertain about these, too, kind of like how I'm confused about network posts. What kinds of things would others post in a character's IC inbox? I understand how they're set up, such as "I'm not here, leave a message", but after that... I've tried to look at other characters' IC inboxes for what kinds of messages were posted there from others, but I don't think I gained a lot of insight...