![]() ![]() This is useful!Īnd again, if you’re already on Dreamwidth and I don’t have you in my circles there yet, let me know who you are!Įditing to add: Also changing my DW settings so that the footer for the DW version of a post should show up on LJ now. ![]() I intend, at least for now, to use it as a backup for LJ, just in case LJ goes pfft at some unforeseeable point. The reason this is useful is because if your LJ username shows up as an OpenID commenter on someone else’s imported posts, you can claim that ID as you, and that comment will then show as your Dreamwidth account instead. So Ive created a DW account (janetmiles). If you do want to commit to an account there, note also that you can claim any previous OpenIDs as you, as per Dreamwidth’s Help post here. If you’re not sure if you want to commit to an account there, you can still use your LJ ID to leave comments on posts there! Inspired by the recent post at dsflashfiction, I would like to import this comm into Dreamwidth as a protection against LJ doing away with it for lack of. Dreamwidth is a small company that accepts no advertising. (If you can afford it, please consider a paid account. If you own any communities, you can import them as well. You can import your journal to Dreamwidth, along with your icons, tags, and comments. Then visit Dreamwidths import tool, and import their LJ. 'If you do decide to delete your LJ, please consider migrating before you pull the plug. If you’re an LJ friend, I encourage you to come on over to Dreamwidth. Create a mirror Dreamwidth account for them (same username optional, but preferred). But I’ve had a foot out the door on LJ for years, and the new problematic TOS is pretty much the last straw. I’m sad about having to do this, but less sad than I would have been if LJ were still my only blogging platform. She has posts up about this here (on ) and here (on Dreamwidth). Likewise, Dara is also taking steps to deprecate her journal. ![]() Moving forward, over the next few days, I encourage you to leave any comments either on the DW version of a post, or come straight over to to leave comments there. This works for some people and not for others. 2) If you have a Dreamwidth account, use the Dreamwidth importer. Until that time, since my posts originate on my WordPress site and are crossposted to Dreamwidth, and DW crossposts in turn to LJ, I have set my Dreamwidth settings to disable comments on crossposted content. This will allow you to download the text of your entries in a format that can be reuploaded later. This is likely to happen some time this weekend. For those who dont know, Dreamwidth is a journalling platform similar to Livejournal, but with more. Hey anyone who may stumble across this Even though this comm has long since died off, Ive decided to import it over to dreamwidth in case livejournal ever. A WordPress plugin that integrates LiveJournal, Dreamwidth, and Tumblr user avatars in WordPress comments. Folks, as per my announcement earlier this week, I will be shutting down my LJ as soon as I am done with a thorough review of a content export from there to Dreamwidth. Dreamwidth has made community imports available. Import posts and comments from LiveJournal. ![]()
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