Why I'm not moving to DW (right now)

[treonb]

I suppose my main problem is that DW is not a good service.  I have serious trouble posting things there and it limits my ability to follow other communities.  I really can't figure it out, because it's a service that was built for fandom.  So why is it so difficult to post my fanworks on it

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[sheenianni]

I don't know. Part of it is that the people aren't there yet, or they're still moving over, or they're staying at LJ...

Also, I can't find the Friends feed. Which was the main way I kept track on other people and really everything except for some fests like BB or RBB. EDIT: okay, there is some sort of "Read" option, but that can't be right, because it only shows one entry (and also, they say that feed only goes back two weeks)? ...Actually it looks like that is right, except I need to "Subscribe" to people's journals. Instead of a simple Friend option, there is a difference between granting/having access and subscribing... I don't think LJ had this differentiating, except for communities; and, okay, it probably has some advantages but right now I don't have the time to really go and learn all DW's differences.

What makes me most miserable about all of this is the idea of half the fandom on DW and half on LJ. We're a small community already and I don't want to keep tracking two websites. I understand people's anxiety about the possible LJ changes, but at the same time I worry if this won't harm the fandom which is small as it is.

[treonb]

Hm... ok, good point. Not sure what can be done about that at the moment, though, besides tracking two sites.

[treonb]

I've been thinking about how to make this easier. What is the basic thing we'd need for tracking both websites? A joint friend feed?