Joining Dreamwidth

[ellen_datlow]

So...I'm now on LJ and Dreamwidth, which means all my posts should appear on both blogs simultaneously if all goes well.

My user name is ellen_datlow the same as on LJ. Anyone who would like an invite over here let me know -I have no idea how many invites I get.


The reason I've done this is:
Live Journal has been bought by a Russian company and the new owners have dismissed all about a few of the LJ tech employees. Many LJ owners are afraid that 1) the owners might pull the plug at any time and 2) it will change anyway and 3) the service will go downhill.


Dreamwidth has been started by former LJ employees. With it, anything you post can be seen on you lj blog so you don’t have to blog twice. All your posts from LJ can be automatically transferred to Dreamwidth…A lot of people (I gather) see it as a backup in case LJ goes south.


So that’s what the deal is IIRC--I may have a few details wrong, but I'm sure if I do someone will correct me.

Comments

[al-zorra.livejournal.com]

You are given invite codes. It may take a few days.

Love, C.

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

Yup. That's what Laura Anne said.

Ok. What I don't get is...I've imported all these names from LJ and added them to my DW subscriber page and to read their pages but only Pat's and Constance's (who actually officially subscribed to me) have shown up on my reading page....What's up with that?

[zarhooie.livejournal.com]

Hi Ellen,

My name is Kat and I'm a Dreamwidth Support admin. I was directed towards your post by someone who thought you might need a few questions answered.

When you imported names from LJ, what you were doing was creating OpenID accounts. There's a FAQ about what an OpenID account is here (http://www.dreamwidth.org/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=62). If you give an OpenID account access, it means that they can read your locked posts on Dreamwidth. Subscribing to an OpenID won't do anything at the moment because OpenID accounts can't post entries on Dreamwidth. Eventually, there will be a mechanism in place where you can read entries that have been locked on LJ via your Dreamwidth reading page. However, this functionality is not yet active.

Does this answer your question?

Best,
Kat

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

Hi Kat,
Thanks for coming by.

I don't have any locked posts on DW but I notice that I am getting several people's posts over here, so that's ok.

Will there be some function in the future that will be able to important ONLY comments from LJ? Now, if someone comments on lj that comment doesn't show up on DW...
thanks
Ellen

[zarhooie.livejournal.com]

To be honest, I'm not sure. If you want to submit it as a suggestion, it will be reviewed by the DW staff. You can check the FAQ for more info on how to do that: http://www.dreamwidth.org/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=152

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

thanks. Have done.