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Monica ([personal profile] cellio) wrote2013-03-15 05:17 pm
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LJ -> DW? (poll)

Lately, every time LJ pushes a new update they break legibility and accessibility a little more. This is becoming a problem. It's beyond my ability to correct with browser adaptations.

One of the reasons I haven't moved over to DreamWidth is that a lot of the people I interact with are still here. I'm concerned that y'all might not comment as much if I went there (you can log in with OpenID, but that may be a barrier to some), and the discussions in comments are a lot of the value of LJ to me. I don't need to post my stuff out into the silent void for my own amusement.

If I move there, then I could use Dreamwidth's cross-poster to post entries here too (to make it easy on my remaining LJ readers). Doing that requires giving DW my LJ password, which might cause some people to want to remove me from some or all of their filters, an outcome I don't want. (You're not just trusting me any more; you're trusting DW.) Since you all aren't moving to DW with me, I'd still need to come here to read the LJ-only people; what access would the cross-poster cost me?

So, poll time!

[Poll #1902385]
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[identity profile] chaos-wrangler.livejournal.com 2013-03-17 08:42 pm (UTC)(link)
I keep seeing friends move to DW (some cross posting and some not) and I've been wondering what's involved in setting up a DW account. I don't really want to have yet another thing to check, which is what's kept me LJ only so far, but each time they mess with something here and make it less user-friendly and less friend-friendly... *sigh*
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[personal profile] cellio 2013-03-20 02:18 am (UTC)(link)
DW started out with a copy of the LJ source code (about two years ago IIRC), so the interface will be very familiar. DW, unlike LJ, separates the notion of "reading list" from "access list", so you can finally read people without giving them access to their locked posts (or give people access without reading them, if that's a use case for you). In my limited experience they respond helpfully and promptly to questions and problems. The only reason I haven't moved is that I have both readers and people I want to read here (and I don't care for the cross-poster they offer, for security reasons). But I'm probably going to move anyway, either cross-posting by hands or finding another solution.
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