so i just realised something: i don't need to decide between pillowfort and dreamwidth - i can simply use both. if i crosspost all my original content, it will be safe no matter what happens to pillowfort, but i will also get to enjoy reblogs and photo posts, which dreamwidth doesn't have.

the question is, can this be automated or will i have to copy-paste everything manually?

i used to have a system for tumblr-to-dreamwidth crossposts via IFTTT and dreamwidth's email post function. that won't work here, but if pillowfort implemented email posting as well, i could simply send the same email to both recipients. alternatively, crossposting via IFTTT again would require pillowfort to support it - or perhaps it's more that IFTTT would need to support PF; not sure what exactly happens behind the scenes when they add a new service. IFTTT does have a handy "suggest a service" button so maybe it's that simple??

finally, the most convenient option ever would be a native crossposting feature. i'm guessing this won't happen anytime soon though.

in the meantime i will think of ways to make the copy-pasting process as painless as possible, for which i've already got an idea but only on desktop. i'm just ... really invested in this idea of a Better Place Than Tumblr, suddenly. it drew me away from dreamwidth by being easy to use even when i didn't have the spoons to type much, with its multimedia posts and reblogs. but i did still make a lot of personal posts in the early years and by now i regret how public it all was.

i'm excited to have per-post security settings back. i'm excited to BE back, blogging.