March Meta Matters Challenge, Check-in 2

[yourlibrarian]

Hello everyone! It's check-in time to see how we're all getting along with our meta importing.

Comment below with any of the following:

1) How do you motivate yourself when you're facing something daunting or overwhelming?

2) How many works have you identified for future transfers, or have you now moved to AO3?

3) Are you having any problems moving your meta?

Remember, this account accepts anonymous comments, so if you don't have a Dreamwidth account we still want to hear from you and have you take part.

Also, if you've got tips you've developed during this process, do share them with the group! And if you can help someone out with a problem they're having, share a solution.

Comments

[thenewbuzwuzz]

"Dreamwidth does not allow images to be embedded on other non LJ-related sites"
OHHHH, that explains so much!! :D I'd have been less confused if it didn't work half of the time. [i.e. if they were all broken all the time; what threw me is that sometimes the embedded DW images decide to appear for a while]

[nrgburst]

Yeah, I know, it's weird! The GIF I uploaded alllmost worked, but it was grainy and refused to auto size and I was like ??? why are you on drugs? WHATEVER I GIVE UP. *goes grumbling to tumblr*

I might just make an image dump post on my own tumblr. Just for ease of reference. But tumblr also randomly deletes things, which is annoying AF. I'd do the google images thing mentioned above, but I want to keep real-me and fandom-me separate.

[thenewbuzwuzz]

"why are you on drugs?"
Heeee! Exactly.

alexseanchai just recommended Imgur, upthread. Hope that'll work for us. :)

[yourlibrarian]

Yes, it's sad to think that the problem you bring up about Tumblr deletions only contributes to the problem of content loss in other places.

If you do decide to go the Google Photos route, you can set up a new account for just fandom use with a pseud. And let me know if you have any questions. The workaround tool that someone else shared with me is https://ctrlq.org/google/photos/

You get the photo link from G Photos, put it in there and it generates the image embed code for you. Because the direct photo link doesn't work for embedding. An extra step, but I have had no problems with it.