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

[cellio]

Thanks for the explanation! I followed most of that, I think. I'm using a Mac (10.6), which means there's some flavor of Unix under there. I'm not afraid of a command line, though I admit to some scarring from sed in a past life. :-)

So, serious question: are you available for hire to make this into a neat little bundle for me (I type one command line and it goes off and does its thing)? I only care about DW and LJ, I already write my HTML by hand (in an external editor unless it's short), and I'm only looking at human-initiated posting (not cron jobs). If you're too busy or you don't want to do business with a friend or anything like that I'll totally understand, but you have the skills already and I would have to learn, and I am totally willing to exchange money for (my) time.

[dglenn.livejournal.com]

I need the money, but I've got a lot on my plate right now. I think I can knock this off fairly quickly once I have a chance to bang on it, but I'm not sure when. How much of a hurry are you in? I think I can manage it sometime in the next couple of weeks, if kin don't throw any surprises at me.

[cellio]

Understood, and if there is anything here that makes you uncomfortable, ranging from "taking advantage of a friend" to doing business with friends to general awkwardness about money, then please bail and no harm done.

If that's not the case, though, I can certainly wait a couple weeks, especially with Pesach coming up to distract me. LJ doesn't seem to do major updates more than about once a month, and anyway I have some setting up to do at DW.

Please send me email when you're ready to talk about details and money and stuff. Thanks!