Dream Logic (LJ version)

[tablesaw]

So, Dreamwidth.

You may have heard of it.

I have an account there now.

Unsurprisingly, it's Tablesaw.

Short version: Dreamwidth is a "fork" of the LiveJournal code. It's basically the same, but there's a lot that's been fixed and updated. Here's a short list of things that have been added from LiveJournal.

There's a focus on interoperability between various LJ-based sites. Dreamwidth already has a basically functional importer that will transfer entries, userpics, and comments at the push of a button from multiple sites. It's also beefed up the OpenID system and allowed the "lj user" code to refer to users of multiple sites. An automatic-crossposting function is in development. It's very aware that its potential userbase is made up of people who are spread across multiple accounts.

But I'm mostly moving because I've had issues with the management of LiveJournal that I haven't been able to fully reconcile for quite a while now. I like the mission statement and business plan put forth by Dreamwidth.

For now, I'm going to be playing around on DW, hopefully helping in some small way with the beta process. And it is still in beta. Styles are wonky, not everything works the same, etc. For the most part, then, I'm going to continue using this LiveJournal account. I want to figure out how best to keep everything working together, how to import everything, and how/whether/to what extent to crosspost.

I've mentally been planning on moving over to Dreamwidth for a while, but now that it's happening, I'm noticing how confusing it all is. More as it happens.

Comments

[zarhooie.livejournal.com]

What is confusing?

[tablesaw]

Just finding my way around. Trying to figure out the realities of moving my account, or maintaining two accounts. Trying to deal with functionality that is still being built (a side-effect of beta).

I had pretty much resigned myself to buying myself a code when open beta started, so now I'm starting off earlier than I expected.

[zarhooie.livejournal.com]

The crossposter is going to be up and running by next weekend at the latest, maybe earlier. There'll be bugs for squashing, but I don't expect too many, tbh. That'll make maintaining two accounts a LOT easier if you want to xpost stuff.

[amythyst.livejournal.com]

I am actually planning to move at the end of April also. I hope it's as easy as it's been said to be, but I'm worried about the confusion factor. On the other hand, not giving money to a company whose policies I no longer support is kind of huge in my book.

[elusis.livejournal.com]

Yeah, until I can seamlessly crosspost AND read all my LJ friends list entries on my DW reading page, I'll be here. But when they get those bits sorted, all bets are off.