Re #1: You do know that dreamwidth wasn't intended to be a fannish service, right? The creators aren't fannish, either, with one exception. Dreamwidth would be much less interesting to me if it were meant to be fannish.
Also, Six Apart has nothing to do with livejournal anymore and hasn't for some time. The owners of the service are Russian.
Even if only half the owners are fannish, the other is fannish connected, since he knows her. Same diff, as far as I'm concerned. And the exact company that owns LJ is pretty irrelevant to me--if anything being a non-American company makes me trust them more.
Let me ask you a question though. If you were trying to convince someone to use Dreamwidth instead of LiveJournal, or even in addition to, what argument would you use?
Thank you! I think this may sum up my problem with Dreamwidth. Or rather the idea of "ooh shiney! Let's go see!"
As I understand it, LJ started out being run by a few people. It was invite only. I got a code from a friend to start my LJ. LJ grew and as it grew, the managing of it became a business.
I've been in the corporate IT world for a long time now. Long enough to be very skeptical. When the first "fannish" incident happens, Dreamwidth will most likely react as a business. Because it will eventually morph into a business.
whew.. a long-winded way of saying I agree with you. :)
Exactly. If they act as a business, they're going to piss off fans who expect them to be fans, and if they act as fans they're going to go out of business.
Dreamwidth has always been a business. Always. Anyone who expects them to "be fans" hasn't been reading ANYTHING they've said about their business model. Which has been hanging out there for anyone to read (including you) since back when it was a mere idea. As has the bit about "we are not a fannish service."
My arguing with you about this isn't about my feelings about dreamwidth, by the way, it's about the fact that you're COMPLETELY misinformed about...well, pretty much everything you've said here, and have built yourself some pretty strong opinions based on that misinformation. I hate it when people do that, about anything--as far as I'm concerned, no one's allowed to have a strong opinion about something they don't know crap-all about. And I'm very, very surprised and disappointed to see you doing that.
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Also, Six Apart has nothing to do with livejournal anymore and hasn't for some time. The owners of the service are Russian.
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Let me ask you a question though. If you were trying to convince someone to use Dreamwidth instead of LiveJournal, or even in addition to, what argument would you use?
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As I understand it, LJ started out being run by a few people. It was invite only. I got a code from a friend to start my LJ. LJ grew and as it grew, the managing of it became a business.
I've been in the corporate IT world for a long time now. Long enough to be very skeptical. When the first "fannish" incident happens, Dreamwidth will most likely react as a business. Because it will eventually morph into a business.
whew.. a long-winded way of saying I agree with you. :)
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My arguing with you about this isn't about my feelings about dreamwidth, by the way, it's about the fact that you're COMPLETELY misinformed about...well, pretty much everything you've said here, and have built yourself some pretty strong opinions based on that misinformation. I hate it when people do that, about anything--as far as I'm concerned, no one's allowed to have a strong opinion about something they don't know crap-all about. And I'm very, very surprised and disappointed to see you doing that.
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