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So, the Otherkin Link Project on Dreamhart.org is going rather well... currently there are 162 resources listed. These include 27 "General" otherkin sites (or just otherkin sites I couldn't categorize), 5 Otherkin-owned Businesses, 10 Otherkin FAQs, 10 resources on otherkin forms of magic, 11 resources on otherkin remembered languages, 3 otherkin blogs (these are not just blogs by otherkin or we'd have hundreds, these are blogs whose primary subject is otherkin), 11 Otherkin chats (irc channels, chatrooms, and one MUCK... all active), 61 Otherkin Forums (also all active), and 24 Otherkin Mailing Lists (again, all active... I've even joined a lot of the ones whose archives are private just to make sure that recent messages are real rather than spambots.)
By way of comparison, the Pathwayz.org Link Directory had 199 links in July of 2007, just before it shut down, according to the archive.org copy. We're not there yet, but we're getting there. I believe Pathwayz was previously the largest single directory of links to otherkin resources. Otherkin.net currently reports 316 links and a separate section specifically for mailing lists, but in practice many of the links are completely defunct (the sites no longer exist) or to currently inactive forums and mailing lists. They've also branched out a bit by linking to resources that may be in some way helpful (everything from mirriam-webster online to the aeclectic tarot) but are not directly connected with otherkin. So I think we compare favorably there too.
I haven't included links to otherkin gathers/events in the link project, because the dreamhart.org forums already have a section for listing events that includes tagging each event with whether it is still upcoming or has already passed. If you'd like your event added to that listing, please let me know. I had been focusing on local events, but the actual users of the forum have proven to be more far-flung than I first anticipated so I'm thinking of changing that policy and going with any otherkin event.
As always, if you own a resource that's not listed, or even just know of one, please let me know. I'm trying to be fairly comprehensive, but I'm only one person and I don't know all the myriad branches the community has taken these days.
By way of comparison, the Pathwayz.org Link Directory had 199 links in July of 2007, just before it shut down, according to the archive.org copy. We're not there yet, but we're getting there. I believe Pathwayz was previously the largest single directory of links to otherkin resources. Otherkin.net currently reports 316 links and a separate section specifically for mailing lists, but in practice many of the links are completely defunct (the sites no longer exist) or to currently inactive forums and mailing lists. They've also branched out a bit by linking to resources that may be in some way helpful (everything from mirriam-webster online to the aeclectic tarot) but are not directly connected with otherkin. So I think we compare favorably there too.
I haven't included links to otherkin gathers/events in the link project, because the dreamhart.org forums already have a section for listing events that includes tagging each event with whether it is still upcoming or has already passed. If you'd like your event added to that listing, please let me know. I had been focusing on local events, but the actual users of the forum have proven to be more far-flung than I first anticipated so I'm thinking of changing that policy and going with any otherkin event.
As always, if you own a resource that's not listed, or even just know of one, please let me know. I'm trying to be fairly comprehensive, but I'm only one person and I don't know all the myriad branches the community has taken these days.
