Request for advice to friends....

[fpb]

---with Dreamwidth or InsaneJournal accounts or the like. How do you cross-post? Is there a way to make an entry in LJ or the other journal and just pass it on to the other account, or do I just have to copy and paste anything I write?

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[mindstalk]

Dreamwidth can both import existing posts from Livejournal, and cross-post new posts (and edits to those posts) to Livejournal. It's what I do. And the little text about DW comments at the bottom of my LJ posts is inserted automatically. (Though imported posts don't seem to get linked, just copied.) I learned from some FAQ about linking accounts. You do have to trust DW with your LJ password.

[fpb]

As my password is the same on all three journals, that would not be too tough.

[pandoraculpa]

Everything mindstalk said is correct, although I'd like to add a couple of points. Not only does DW import LJ entries, it also imports the comments as well, which is something I find particularly appealing

[filialucis]

As the others have said, there is a crosspost option when you post to DW. It's dead easy -- once you've told DW which journal you want to crosspost to, you just tick a ticky box on your new entries -- and in my experience it's been rock-solid reliable. DW is now my primary blogging site; I crosspost from there to here and only visit LJ to keep up with those of my friends who haven't made the move. My paid account here is doomed to non-renewal since LJ broke the only reason I still had for keeping it.