LJ -> DW? (poll)

[cellio]

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]

Comments

3a, but it's not one-sided

[thnidu.livejournal.com]

I'm already on DW (same ID) and auto-crosspost here. There are two situations in which I post here and may or may not post on DW as well:

1. Pix. DW doesn't let you upload pictures from your computer into a blog post: you have to supply a URL. I assume the reason is that they don't want the cost & trouble of hosting an ever-growing number of user graphics. So if there's a graphic I want to post, I post to LJ, then copy that code or at least the LJ graphic URL into a DW post.
   
2. Mobile. There's an Android app called Eljay thru which you can post. It's supposed to support posting to DW as well as LJ, but I was never able to make that work, like many features of other Android apps. (It was also so f***ed-up in other ways, like ignoring all your newlines, that I've uninstalled it.)

Re: 3a, but it's not one-sided

[cellio]

Good points. I've stopped using LJ for photo hosting (though I haven't cleaned out what's already there) because I'd rather not be any more locked in there than I already am. I tried a recent experiment using Picasa/G+ and that seemed ok. I don't post a lot of photos, so I'll figure that out eventually.

I experimented with an Android app (I think that one but not sure) but wasn't too happy with it, so when I read LJ on my phone I currently just use the browser interface.