So, I have been a member of Lemonfingers for about a year now, this is a new version of DeviantArt for writers. The site is not exactly like DeviantArt, but it has the essential elements that DeviantArt holds. Lemonfingers allows its members to post poetry of any type, prose of any type; it has forums where one can discuss poetry, prose and other features of the site. The homepage of the site shows new pieces as well as the different genres, and the announcements regarding the site. As for what I will be analyzing, I suppose the network of people this site has created, as well as what it means to have such accessibility to this medium. Of course, the site is of interest because I am a part of it, but also because it allows many people— the majority teenagers – to post what they believe to be poetry, even at its worst. The majority of poems written are cheesy poems about love, clichéd; and there are many small groups that discuss their poetry, but never to the whole intent that it seems it is supposed to be in a writing workshop. Perhaps the site is not supposed to work as a workshop, but more as a means to allow people to get their pieces out there to be read by others. The angle that I will take, well, I don’t know if it is clear in what I’ve already typed, but perhaps the benefits of this type of site as well as the dark side, and the lack of importance given to the medium of writing for expression? I have no clue, yet, but I will try to think of what exactly I will be analyzing. This is my proposal, as for the site it is: Lemonfingers
I just took a peek at the site, and it makes me think of what we were discussing in class regarding design and writing, and how the creator now is able to hold the reins to both.
Can you change the font of your contributions on that site?
I know that in poetry, spacing of lines, words and even punctuation can become significant in conveying the underlying message. Does that translate well from the page to the screen?
As for the fonts, no html code can possibly change them, which I had not tried, and when I did it was futile. The colors can be changed, and the lines can be played around with. The page does give you what you want in respect to the other html codes; to center text and so forth.
"Let's just say I was testing the bounds of reality. I was curious to see what would happen. That's all it was: just curiosity." -Jim Morrison, 1969.
I hadn't come across this site before at all. I wonder if using Joyce's ideas about hypertext and the ways that it can assist writers might be helpful in your analysis? There's also perhaps something interesting in thinking about what Vannevar Bush's memex might look like if used by an artist rather than a scientist...
Very cool; it would be a fascinating add-on to give users the power to set up links via words to different works, perhaps even many at the same time. The ability to sort of unify everything through links and paths would be very cool and hyper-texty; as it is I guess the comments are kind of a step in this direction.