Time flies.
I can't believe that I said "see you soon" almost three months ago, and the time has flown by. So much has happened in those three months, and I've really missed the day to day interaction with dreemers.
So what have I been doing in my "spare time". Thinking long and hard about what we're doing here. Here where? Online... Hive... Life. Don't you wonder the same thing? I feel like right before I left for my sabbatical, I was hearing a lot of the same thoughts, and they were resonating with me. A few people joined into conversation with me, sharing their struggles, their frustrations - not only with the content they were seeing on DreemPort - but everywhere. It felt like the content all over the internet, media, socials - everything was just sinking into a sea of meaningless noise.
I found myself asking - what are we doing here?
I asked it over and over, and I knew I needed to step away to remind myself about what we were doing, why we were doing it, and how we were aiming to be set apart from the rest.
I love our fun, our games, our silliness, our rewards, our connection, our collabs, our "attractiveness" - but I felt that was overshadowing the very core of what we were attempting to do.
So over the last few months, I toyed with some changes. For a bit, they frightened me. It felt like I would be making things less attractive to the masses. And then I realized, that's exactly what I wanted to do. THAT is what was making us veer away from our vision. We were becoming attractive to people who were able to use/abuse dreemers for their own gain, leaving less for the actual true dreemers.
When I thought of it that way, it didn't scare me anymore. I want DreemPort to be "boring and unappealing" for people who are there for the wrong reasons. I want it to chase them away so we see less of them. I want more of the goodness to apply to the people who are actually wanting to be different and stand apart from the ever-rising tides of distraction. So things will be changing.
If our community shrinks - that's good.
I've always said, I would rather a handful of solid, interesting content creators than thousands of boring, lackluster creators shoveling their garbage down our throats.
For an opportunity to discuss some of the ways that we're course-correcting, you're welcome to join us at the WorldBuilding Expo where content creators will be invited to connect with other like-minded innovators. The theme for our booth will be "Making it Matter", where we will invite content creators (especially our dreemers) to challenge themselves to elevate their content to its most meaningful state. We're looking forward to sharing the upcoming changes in DreemPort and invite you to be a part of it!
Event Details:
- Dates: September 10th & 11th, 2024!
- Registration: https://lu.ma/attendexpo
Looking forward to seeing our dreemers there! So glad to be home 🤗
Thanks to @shadowspub, @penderis, @bluefinstudios, @kemmyb, @wesphilbin, @melinda010100, @samsmith1971, @silversaver888, @lizelle, @kenechukwu97, @jacoalberts, @acgalarza, @blackdaisyft, @balikis95, @alessandrawhite, and @dreemsteem for making the @dreemport voting power go farther! ❤️
