That LJ Anniversary Thing

[elrhiarhodan]

It's sad that just as I'm reaching my tenth anniversary, I'm abandoning LJ. But I have no choice.

Dreamwidth is, by leaps and bounds, a much better platform and I'm only sorry that it's taking so long to discover that. It's not just that the owners have pledged not to (1) make this ad-supported, (2) take on outside investment, and (3) never interfere with legal content - which are all HUGE things. It's that they are incredibly responsive to users.

For example, one of the issues I knew I'd have with running the challenge comms here on DW would be scheduling postings. The FAQ was ambiguous and there were hints that this was possible, so I opened a support ticket. I had an answer within an hour (no official way to schedule a post YET, but if you have an email client which permits scheduling emails, you can use that to post via email. And the email posting set up is fantastic.)

Another example: I've got a lot of communities that I manage on LJ that need to be ported over. But DW has a limit on the number of comms a member can create in a week (3). That would mean I'd need about two months to get everything set up here. So I opened a support ticket and denise agreed to lift/increase the comm creation limit (apparently in the early days, people were being jackasses and claiming comm names pre-emptively).

There's a lot to explore here on DW - features that I had no idea existed (turn on the Test Beta Features function and you'll get a brilliant new Create Entries page). I'm looking forward to becoming an active journalist again.

Comments

[elrhiarhodan]

{{{HUGS}}}

Those were definitely the days that will never come again. Remember Sentence Fest?