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Hm. Is that it, all the people on DW?
May. 1st, 2009 04:13 pmThat'll be easier to manage, then :)
Now, the other important question: Can I manage with 6 icons, or should I just get a paid account now instead of waiting a few months to see how it goes? Unfortunately, my six favorite icons are *not* the six icons I use most often in posting, so deciding which ones to keep is going to be about as annoying as sorting out who's who. Gah.
Now, the other important question: Can I manage with 6 icons, or should I just get a paid account now instead of waiting a few months to see how it goes? Unfortunately, my six favorite icons are *not* the six icons I use most often in posting, so deciding which ones to keep is going to be about as annoying as sorting out who's who. Gah.
Hm. Is that it, all the people on DW?
May. 1st, 2009 04:13 pmThat'll be easier to manage, then :)
Now, the other important question: Can I manage with 6 icons, or should I just get a paid account now instead of waiting a few months to see how it goes? Unfortunately, my six favorite icons are *not* the six icons I use most often in posting, so deciding which ones to keep is going to be about as annoying as sorting out who's who. Gah.
Now, the other important question: Can I manage with 6 icons, or should I just get a paid account now instead of waiting a few months to see how it goes? Unfortunately, my six favorite icons are *not* the six icons I use most often in posting, so deciding which ones to keep is going to be about as annoying as sorting out who's who. Gah.
Hey, it's Open Beta time!
Apr. 30th, 2009 12:03 amI had five codes. One I gave away to somebody who asked last time I had codes here on LJ. Three I gave away to folks on TBW. So I have one left over... but I accidentally sent two to the same person! D'oh! I'll wait to see which one she uses before deciding what I want to do with that last one.
Now that Dreamwidth is in open beta I'm going to get to something I've been putting off: Figuring out my circle. This involves a few steps, not least of which is figuring out who everybody is. I know some of you are trying to get those usernames you *really* wanted :) This is also accompanying a, for lack of a better term, FList trimming, both access and reading wise. I really have too many people to keep track of as it is, spreading that to two different platforms (with, no doubt, slightly different constellations on each one) is just gonna be frustrating.
Do me a favor. If you're planning on mostly using LJ (or mostly using DW... Dw?), tell me here. Or if you're going to crosspost everything to both of them, no point in reading all your entries *twice*, right?
Now that Dreamwidth is in open beta I'm going to get to something I've been putting off: Figuring out my circle. This involves a few steps, not least of which is figuring out who everybody is. I know some of you are trying to get those usernames you *really* wanted :) This is also accompanying a, for lack of a better term, FList trimming, both access and reading wise. I really have too many people to keep track of as it is, spreading that to two different platforms (with, no doubt, slightly different constellations on each one) is just gonna be frustrating.
Do me a favor. If you're planning on mostly using LJ (or mostly using DW... Dw?), tell me here. Or if you're going to crosspost everything to both of them, no point in reading all your entries *twice*, right?
Remember that it's in closed beta, so don't go getting overenthused. And remember that the best way (I'm told) to get a code is to sign up for an OpenID account and hang around, or else to wait until open beta.
I have three codes, and I already promised one away. Anybody wanting one of the remaining two can comment here with their email - and![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kynn, you can do the same if you don't know my email, I know it's you!
I'd rather give these to people I have name recognition of, so if you're not using your main account, seriously, tell me who you are. Comments are screened. I'm heading into the city to buy books. (No, really, that was always my plan, even before this weekend!)
For those not interested in Dreamwidth, I present this unintentionally hysterical letter to the Obamas about organic gardening. Another link is here.
Listen, if you're gonna get your nose in a snit because the Obamas dare to not want icky pesticides all over their garden, at least get your grammar standard. I'd never stoop to such a thing, but others are just sitting and waiting for their time to pounce. The concept of organic gardening doesn't make "so-and-so and I shudder" it makes "so-and-so and me shudder"! Except it doesn't, because I don't, in fact, shudder at that concept. Because that's silly. Links courtesy ofl33tminion.
I'll eventually be by to unscreen comments about the farming.
Edit: Codes are gone, and spoken for in the future as well. Sorry!
I have three codes, and I already promised one away. Anybody wanting one of the remaining two can comment here with their email - and
kynn, you can do the same if you don't know my email, I know it's you!I'd rather give these to people I have name recognition of, so if you're not using your main account, seriously, tell me who you are. Comments are screened. I'm heading into the city to buy books. (No, really, that was always my plan, even before this weekend!)
For those not interested in Dreamwidth, I present this unintentionally hysterical letter to the Obamas about organic gardening. Another link is here.
Listen, if you're gonna get your nose in a snit because the Obamas dare to not want icky pesticides all over their garden, at least get your grammar standard. I'd never stoop to such a thing, but others are just sitting and waiting for their time to pounce. The concept of organic gardening doesn't make "so-and-so and I shudder" it makes "so-and-so and me shudder"! Except it doesn't, because I don't, in fact, shudder at that concept. Because that's silly. Links courtesy of
l33tminion.I'll eventually be by to unscreen comments about the farming.
Edit: Codes are gone, and spoken for in the future as well. Sorry!
I might as well hop on this bandwagon all the way, right? My why is actually pretty simple.
I got started being interested (admittedly not that long ago) because a lot of a very specific group of people on my Friends list are involved with DW and busy squeeing over it. This is a group of people whom I tend to consider to be responsible and trustworthy, and whose opinions I tend to respect... and when you think that a lot of them are Support, or ex-Support, that goes double. I expect they have some idea what they're doing, which is why LJ hasn't imploded under the weight of zillions of people asking - but wait, I'm getting ahead of myself a little.
And you know, I like the diversity statement and the guiding principles, but it's easy to say these things. So I was interested, but I didn't want to run headlong into the love just yet. Wait and see how it turns out, maybe hold my name for a while.
But, you know, I'm interested.
And then I got that invite code, and you know I put it to good use, and while I was there I started poking around. (I'm still in the "read everything" stage. No use talking to me until you have more links to read.)
And it's the littlest thing, but this is what convinced me:
They've divided up the "Friends" page. There's a "watch" list and a "trust" list, and you can put people on either list or both of them at once.
And you're thinking "That's nifty, but is it that big of a deal?", right?
Yeah. Think back. Think on how many years users have been begging for this. When I think about the times, all the times, when I had to explain to somebody on the support board (and I don't even do Support anymore!) that people can have you friended without reading your Friends-only posts, or that you can Friend somebody without being their friend, or that just because their username is on your profile under "Friend of" that doesn't mean there's a relationship... omg!
Of course, a lot of Support is answering the same three questions over and over again, and isn't that always the way? But this! This was something fixable! And it never. got. fixed.
And sure, there's ways around it, with custom filters and all, but it's such a hassle! It is! Oh, when I think of the years and years asking for this, and answering the endless questions on the subject...! OMG!
Of course, it's not about the system (amusingly referred to as "WTF", for "Watch, Trust, Friend"). I mean, it is, because that's a much-needed fix, but it's not. It's about what fixing that little detail that we've only all been begging for forever means.
And I'm not sure what it does mean, or if I could say it adequately. But I know it means something good. If it doesn't last, or catch on - well, I'll be suitably pissed when that happens. But until then...!
(Also? Just like I'm trying to convince all my friends-of-young-kids to send their kids to Ana's school so I have somebody to talk to, I wish to convince all my LJ friends to move over there, even if only halfway, for the same reason. Think about it. Even without an invite code $3 for a paid account isn't likely to break many banks.)
I got started being interested (admittedly not that long ago) because a lot of a very specific group of people on my Friends list are involved with DW and busy squeeing over it. This is a group of people whom I tend to consider to be responsible and trustworthy, and whose opinions I tend to respect... and when you think that a lot of them are Support, or ex-Support, that goes double. I expect they have some idea what they're doing, which is why LJ hasn't imploded under the weight of zillions of people asking - but wait, I'm getting ahead of myself a little.
And you know, I like the diversity statement and the guiding principles, but it's easy to say these things. So I was interested, but I didn't want to run headlong into the love just yet. Wait and see how it turns out, maybe hold my name for a while.
But, you know, I'm interested.
And then I got that invite code, and you know I put it to good use, and while I was there I started poking around. (I'm still in the "read everything" stage. No use talking to me until you have more links to read.)
And it's the littlest thing, but this is what convinced me:
They've divided up the "Friends" page. There's a "watch" list and a "trust" list, and you can put people on either list or both of them at once.
And you're thinking "That's nifty, but is it that big of a deal?", right?
Yeah. Think back. Think on how many years users have been begging for this. When I think about the times, all the times, when I had to explain to somebody on the support board (and I don't even do Support anymore!) that people can have you friended without reading your Friends-only posts, or that you can Friend somebody without being their friend, or that just because their username is on your profile under "Friend of" that doesn't mean there's a relationship... omg!
Of course, a lot of Support is answering the same three questions over and over again, and isn't that always the way? But this! This was something fixable! And it never. got. fixed.
And sure, there's ways around it, with custom filters and all, but it's such a hassle! It is! Oh, when I think of the years and years asking for this, and answering the endless questions on the subject...! OMG!
Of course, it's not about the system (amusingly referred to as "WTF", for "Watch, Trust, Friend"). I mean, it is, because that's a much-needed fix, but it's not. It's about what fixing that little detail that we've only all been begging for forever means.
And I'm not sure what it does mean, or if I could say it adequately. But I know it means something good. If it doesn't last, or catch on - well, I'll be suitably pissed when that happens. But until then...!
(Also? Just like I'm trying to convince all my friends-of-young-kids to send their kids to Ana's school so I have somebody to talk to, I wish to convince all my LJ friends to move over there, even if only halfway, for the same reason. Think about it. Even without an invite code $3 for a paid account isn't likely to break many banks.)
