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[lirazel]

So there's shit going down, and I'm like...what if we actually all did move over to dreamwidth? Like, I feel like the entire Spuffy community could actually get together and emigrate over there. The reason I haven't is because most everyone is still over here, you know? But seasonal_spuffy's over there now, which I feel like is our central kind of thing that holds us together? Is su_herald there? And then if we got sb_fag_ends and fantas_magoria over there, too (which they may already be cross-posted, for all I know) plus all of our personal journals (I already have one, I just don't use it except occasionally I import my lj over there as a sort of backup), that would pretty much take care of everything, wouldn't it?

I'd be willing to buy more icons over there and get a paid account and everything if I knew that y'all were going to be over there, too. I'd say about 75% of my flist is from Buffyverse fandom. And I'd be willing to continue to crosspost over here for the people who aren't, and of course I'd want to keep up with people who stayed and stuff.

I'm not saying that this is necessarily something that we need to do. And I remember when dreamwidth first started being petrified that fandom would splinter and I wouldn't know how to find people. But if the majority of us made a decision together, I think it would be workable.

Because the privacy stuff that's going on here kind of freaks me out. And lj seems to have about as much respect for its userbase as tumblr does, which is saying something. I can't say that most of the problems with lj are things that affect me personally, because they don't (not being someone who rps or makes a lot of changes to the css). But privacy is different. That affects all of us. And it's unacceptable that people are being logged into other people's accounts, including those of people who are selling things via lj and whose inboxes contain information on other people's paypal accounts, addresses, etc. The fact that the management here hasn't seen this as something that needs to be dealt with is what makes me think we might be better off on another site.

That said, I know some people don't like dreamwidth, and I've never got a real clear read on why that is? So if you have strong anti-dreamwidth feelings, do you mind letting me know what your reasoning is? I'm sure there are legitimate complaints, I just don't know what they are.

Anyone got any thoughts? Again, not saying that this is something that definitely needs to happen. I'm going or staying wherever the majority of fandom is. But I'm thinking, you know?

Also, the new font in the entry box is FUGLY. The Fug Girls would not approve.

Comments

[relurker.livejournal.com]

It was difficult enough for me to arrive on LJ, I haven't been able to comment any of the Seasonal stuff on DW because I found it complicated. I spend very limited time on the net, so I have no idea of what's going wrong with LJ... do I really have to try to understand? If everybody moves to DreamWidth, I'll have to make the effort eventually and try to join, but my temperament doesn't agree with changes much.
If such a migration happens, do you think there would be some kind of notice on the Herald or on the major Archives? This is worrisome.

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

I haven't been able to comment any of the Seasonal stuff on DW because I found it complicated.

Did you have an account there? Or were you trying to comment via your lj account? Because if you have an account, then it should be pretty straightforward--it's very, very similar to lj. If it was the latter, then if everyone moved, it wouldn't be much of an issue, because most everything over there is pretty much just like lj except with different designs. If you were trying to comment via this lj account, then that might well be super confusing--I've never done that, because I have an account over there. I know they try to make it simple, but I would definitely believe you that it's complicated.

If such a migration happens, do you think there would be some kind of notice on the Herald or on the major Archives?

I wouldn't worry yourself about this at the moment. This is one single person (me) asking if this is something people are willing to do. It would take a looooot more discussion and planning to actually make it happen.

That said, yes, I think people would advertise it pretty widely if a bunch of people decided to follow through. I'm pretty sure it would be impossible to miss.

[relurker.livejournal.com]

No, I have only the free LJ account: my point is that life is complicated enough, I'm here for the fun and the people and even finding out how to open a DW account seemed bothersome--although I felt rather mean for not commenting Seasonal entries...Thanks for answering!

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

I just wanted you to know that it's not like if everyone moved to tumblr where you'd have to learn how to use a completely different kind of website. Dreamwidth would be pretty much just like lj except with better management.

And if you ever want an account, all you have to do is ask, and we can hook you up with an invite code. Then all you'd do is the sign up process that was just like signing up for lj except that you have to put the code in--just copy and paste.

I don't think the nature of fandom would change at all--the people and the fun would still be the same.