Dreamwidth

[katikat]

I see people mentioning Dreamwidth a lot, the new type LJ that's being created at the moment. I just wanted to say that I don't plan to move over there. I've been a member of the LJ family for six years now and I'm content here. I don't pretend that LJ doesn't have its issues and problems but as long as it keeps on going, I will stay. I like my routine. I haven't changed my nickname since I joined the fandom in 2000 and I feel at home here. DW with its overly complicated friending procedure is way... complicated for me - to friend someone and give/not give them access to your LJ, to have friends you trust and don't trust... Err. Either I trust my friends or I de-friend them.

I don't know if you, my dear flist members, will be packing your bags and moving over there or not, I just wanted to state that I'm staying here, period *hugs*

Comments

[sharona1x2.livejournal.com]

I'm not going anywhere, either. I have yet to be inconvenienced by anything LJ has done, and I don't need to follow more than one blogging service.

[katikat.livejournal.com]

I like LJ. It's easy to use, easy to code and I've been here for years now. I see no need to move somewhere else. If people want to go, it's their right. You lose friends, you win new ones. That's life...

Re: Dreamwidth

[redina]

to friend someone and give/not give them access to your LJ, to have friends you trust and don't trust.

I think it's the same principle as f-list filters, but I am amused by your blunt assessment of 'trust or don't trust'. {g} I'm not fond of the 'friends' designation LJ has chosen, but I'd like to think I've made some casual friends in fandom, folk that I can have a nice conversation with. {g}

I was reading the DW mailing list and folk are talking about moving communities, but there's a wee bit of a problem... shortage of invites. IIRC, you can use an OpenID such as your LJ url as a username, however, at this point, you can't post to your "own journal"; you can only view... or there was some limitations that really made an OpenID to access DW awkward at this point. Maybe it's just a beta phase limitation. There was discussion of only allowing a quantity of users the servers could support, which made sense. However, fandom is large--as a small portion, the 'fandomcounts' LJ journal to give some numbers.

Frankly, I'll move where 'fandom' moves. My LJ profile is like a 'graveyard' of links, in case folk decide this or that journaling service is going to be the 'new thing'. Whether or not DW will grow... or just be an alternate journal service like Journalfen, time will tell.

Re: Dreamwidth

[katikat.livejournal.com]

I just don't get why people are so "ooooh" and "aaaaah" about the friending feature over there. I mean LJ has filters and that's basically the same thing. If I want someone to just read my fics, I either put him on a filter or I leave my fics unlocked and everything else locked. So far, I haven't seen anything that would convince me to pack my bags and move over there. People who I have known for years from various fandoms, even from before I joined LJ, are staying here. Other than that, friends move on and you can always win new ones. That's life *shrugs*

[layne67.livejournal.com]

It's too much of a bother to move house, and I don't really like changes, so unless I *really* have to move, I'm here to stay.

[katikat.livejournal.com]

Exactly. I know how LJ works, how to use it, how to code it... I like it here and I'm staying here.