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[oceanicbutterfly]

Has anyone else's connection to the community been unreliable lately, or is it just me? There have been periods of over a week where the site won't load for me.

Though I suppose it's possible that it's just an actual Internet connection problem on my end.

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[twobloomsup]

It's not just you.

[Stanley's hair is more unkempt and frayed than styled, and there is a slight frown on his face.]

[oceanicbutterfly]

[Although as far as Karen can tell, his hair is always unkempt.]

...I'm not sure whether that's a good sign or a bad one.

[twobloomsup]

[Stanley looks uncertain.]

...I want to say it's a good thing, that the community is planning a surprise party or something like that, but I don't see so many people on it anymore...

[oceanicbutterfly]

It might not be related. Sometimes coincidences happen.

[twobloomsup]

[Stanley taps his chin.]

Do you think we've just been missing everyone else?

[oceanicbutterfly]

I wouldn't go that far. It's definitely quieter than it used to be.

Perhaps the community needs people in order to work properly?

Uh oh she's getting meta

[twobloomsup]

But it chooses who it wants to be using it. At least, that's what I heard.

it's a danger she often faces

[oceanicbutterfly]

That doesn't mean it always makes the best choice. It could have accidentally weakened itself too much.

her teammates are all like, whaaa? while the fourth wall cries

[twobloomsup]

In that case, how could we help it?

[Bless him, but he's not nearly as meta as the Blue Spring herself.]

she doesn't like the fourth wall. the fourth wall let her find disturbing porn of herself.

[oceanicbutterfly]

I'm not certain. Trying to intentionally recruit people doesn't seem to work. Perhaps we could make things easier for it somehow?

that's not its fault though, is it?

[twobloomsup]

How would we do that? For all that we show up on it, I don't know it all that well.

[Put Dreamwidth on all the mobile devices!]

of course it is. the fourth wall is a huge pervert.

[oceanicbutterfly]

I don't really know either. Find it some new servers, perhaps? Or would that just make it worse?

...well, it IS the ultimate voyeur

[twobloomsup]

It's hungry and needs someone to bring it food?

[Not THAT kind of server, Stanley!]

[oceanicbutterfly]

[He's got Karen thinking, though.]

That's an idea. What does the community eat, so to speak?

[twobloomsup]

Ducks? No wait! Bread crumbs, thrown by people to ducks just so they watch them eat it! I see it all the time in the park!

[Oh you.]

[oceanicbutterfly]

[Karen giggles.]

I was thinking more along the lines of electricity. Or posts, perhaps.

[twobloomsup]

We feed posts to the community?

[oceanicbutterfly]

It's just a possibility, but think about it. The community finds us, and we make posts. There isn't really anything else we do for it. So it's possible that this is just how it sustains itself.

[twobloomsup]

So the community needs to be led to more bread crumb hands.

[oceanicbutterfly]

You could put it that way, yes.

[twobloomsup]

[And now the ten million yen question:]

How do we do that?

[oceanicbutterfly]

[Karen could probably pay ten million yen for the answer if it was an option. Sadly, it does not appear to be.]

That... is a very good question.

And now Stanley's starting to get meta.

[twobloomsup]

It wants people to use it, right? And it knows who it wants to use it.

Maybe we should show it to more people, have the community decide who it likes?

Karen is contagious?!

[oceanicbutterfly]

It seems as reasonable as anything else.

It's like radiation, man. She's too metactive to be safe around someone else for long.

[twobloomsup]

Then let's try it! Show the community to anyone who can see it, and maybe it'll get better!

(OOC: How successful they are is dependent on DDD's advertising, of course!)

[oceanicbutterfly]

It's worth a try. I'll start working on a list.

[which, based on the mun-muse transitive property, is arguably karen's job so LET'S HOPE IT WORKS]

[twobloomsup]

I can work on whatever other people need!

[And lo, his Green Thumb produces a self-propelled pumpkin carriage right out of Cinderella.]

[embersandashes]

Your friends will hate you.