Carrd
| Website | |
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| Name: | Carrd |
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| Type: | multimedia |
| Fandom: | not applicable |
| URL: | https://carrd.co/ |
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Carrd, stylized carrd, is a web service that allows users to make their own custom one-page websites. They are particularly favored due to their customizability - it is easy to add images, change fonts, and otherwise personalize a carrd, which is not possible with other sites such as LinkTree.
Carrds are particularly favored on Twitter, where character limits in both tweets and bios encourage linking to an external site for information.
Fan Use
Carrd-made websites are used in a variety of ways in fandom. Many fans use them as an information hub, detailing fandoms, DNIs, favorite characters, linking to other social profiles, etc. In some roleplaying communities, carrds have come into use for storing RP character profiles. Many fanartists also use carrd for commission information - portfolios, terms of service, Will/Won't lists, etc.
Some younger fans use carrd to share a lot of personal information, raising discourse about the need for privacy and anonymity in fandom.
The simplicity of carrd URLs makes them an attractive choice for compiling and spreading information about specific topics, such as a zine, ship, or campaign.
Example Carrds
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Profiles
- nick's card, a typical personal carrd with a byf section
- beeartzcommissions, carrd of an artist including pricing and portfolio info
Zines
- Genshin Skating, a carrd for a Genshin Impact Figure Skating AU zine
- Curtain Call, a carrd for an Ace Attorney musical theatre zine
Ship Manifestos
- Alva X Luca, a ship manifesto for Alva/Luca
Fandom Primers
- Mo Du (默读) - Silent Reading and can ci pin carrds for novels by priest (carrd about priest), a danmei webnovelist
Other
- Un White Wash the Bad Batch, a carrd spreading information about an activism campaign.
- Friends at the Table Info, a central resource for fans of Friends at the Table
Unconventional Examples
- Choose Your Own Adventure Game: Released in the lead-up to preorders[1] for Trainers of Teyvat, a Genshin Impact zine. https://pkmngnsncyoa.carrd.co/ Designed and coded by Starrie Wolf, with writing and art also contributed by various others.