No idea what Gaia's userbase is like these days, but I'm soured on it after the absolute rollercoaster of game economy busts that site has had. The new currency to combat the inflation problem is... a choice, I guess. Dreamwidth is very different but great.
To be honest, as someone who fully quit Instagram and Twitter about a year ago now: Tumblr is legitimately good and the only social media that's still pleasurable to use.
gaia has gotten better with inflation, it's more like in 2011 when things could be 100,000 to make dreamies. using the new currency is essential for sanity though lol. since they no longer have so much currency in circulation and a cap on daily earnings it's been a lot more stable
tumblr............ tumblr is alright but it's defo broken and instead of fixing things the staff just shrugs and says "oopsies we're the hellsite." neu post format triggers my ocd a lot, and them fucking over people with domains put a super bad taste in my mouth on them ): i use them but less
I didn't know about the issues re: custom domains, that sucks. I mostly like it because of the chronological and non-algorithmic dashboard view! (There is some recommended content, but it's easy enough to turn off so all you see is what you explicitly choose to follow.)
actually if anybody makes a gaia send me your username and i'll send you a starter pack with 50 free items
those seem vastly different in terms of the userbase lol i have both though. haven't touched gaia in years.
No idea what Gaia's userbase is like these days, but I'm soured on it after the absolute rollercoaster of game economy busts that site has had. The new currency to combat the inflation problem is... a choice, I guess. Dreamwidth is very different but great.
To be honest, as someone who fully quit Instagram and Twitter about a year ago now: Tumblr is legitimately good and the only social media that's still pleasurable to use.
gaia has gotten better with inflation, it's more like in 2011 when things could be 100,000 to make dreamies. using the new currency is essential for sanity though lol. since they no longer have so much currency in circulation and a cap on daily earnings it's been a lot more stable
tumblr............ tumblr is alright but it's defo broken and instead of fixing things the staff just shrugs and says "oopsies we're the hellsite." neu post format triggers my ocd a lot, and them fucking over people with domains put a super bad taste in my mouth on them ): i use them but less
I didn't know about the issues re: custom domains, that sucks. I mostly like it because of the chronological and non-algorithmic dashboard view! (There is some recommended content, but it's easy enough to turn off so all you see is what you explicitly choose to follow.)