DW is nice! Really more convenient than LJ (except they really need an Expand option, like, stat), and more accessible, and DEFINITELY more respectful of the fandomy bits of its user base.
It IS culturally different, but that's up to the user base, not the people in charge, so, should a mass exodus happen, that shouldn't matter much. The communities tend to be... homogenous, in a particular socially enlightened (but also very American) kind of way that sometimes jars, and sometimes I find the fans-for-fans ideology annoying, and a bit condescending, especially when somehow the fact that LJ is Russian-run gets equated with the fact that LJ is less fandom-friendly and it all kind of gets this creepy BUT HAPPILY THEN WE WESTERNERS SHOWED UP AND PUT IT RIGHT vibe - - - but, for the third time, that's users, not management, as far as I know.
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It IS culturally different, but that's up to the user base, not the people in charge, so, should a mass exodus happen, that shouldn't matter much. The communities tend to be... homogenous, in a particular socially enlightened (but also very American) kind of way that sometimes jars, and sometimes I find the fans-for-fans ideology annoying, and a bit condescending, especially when somehow the fact that LJ is Russian-run gets equated with the fact that LJ is less fandom-friendly and it all kind of gets this creepy BUT HAPPILY THEN WE WESTERNERS SHOWED UP AND PUT IT RIGHT vibe - - - but, for the third time, that's users, not management, as far as I know.