Hey kids,

Well, it's not exactly what Elsejournal was proposed to be, but Dreamwidth is up and running. We're in closed beta right now, with open beta coming as soon as we finish bug squashing. Some handy-dandy links:

• Dreamwidth FAQ
• Business FAQs
• Why Dreamwidth?
• More stuff to read
• Stuff DW has that LJ doesn't.

Anyone else see the announcement for Dreamwidth Studios? Thoughts?

Since this conversation has gone kinda dead (and even the wiki, supposedly the center of attention, hasn't been updated recently), let's see about trying to foment some useful, if slightly tangential, conversation ( Read more... )

Is there a status on the varied ideas suggested a few months ago...?

But is there any kind of projected time frame that ElseJournal is looking at? Just curious.

Friend of mine, Ravan made this suggestion in relation to fixing Live Journal. It occurred to me that as model for elsejournal it would also work ( Read more... )

I just posted some musings on a decentralized LiveJournal that may be of interest (it's actually the second half of the post). I came to the conclusion that a decentralized version of LiveJournal may not be possible, or if so, is technically very difficult and not likely to happen any time soon.

Howdy, all. I'm Justin -- some of you know me, some don't. I'm a longtime social-tools geek (a user since 1987, a full-time programmer focused on them since 1995 ( Read more... )

I've been thinking about "what comes after LiveJournal" a bit lately, and I think I've got an idea that's I think is important ( Read more... )

I would like to propose that Elsejournal be a non-profit and/or cooperative, and that we plan ultimately to incorporate as a non-profit or as a consumer cooperative ( Read more... )