Dorothy Marley's Journal

Despite being one of the victims of the "invalid user" bug last night, I do have a Dreamwidth account now:

http://dmarley.dreamwidth.org

There's nothing there yet, because I figure the servers are pretty busy right now processing accounts. I'll work on importing my journal later.

I expect to be getting invite codes soon, probably in the next couple of days. As of right now, the only person on my previous list who doesn't already have one is eccequambonum (*waves*), so I expect to have four more codes available. If you were missed in the code deluge drop a comment and I'll add you to the list.

As I've said before, I have no plans to leave LJ. I'll likely be crossposting from Dreamwidth because it's easier, but given the light traffic on my journal I'll be leaving comments open on both services for now, unless there's a reason for keeping the conversation in one place (or it starts driving me nuts :)). If you're staying here on LJ, you probably won't notice a thing. :)

Spreading the word:

Dreamwidth Studios will be in open beta beginning April 30, 2009. There will be seed accounts (permanent accounts) available in limited numbers at that time, and also paid accounts starting at $3. You can also create a journal with an invite code if you know someone who already has a beta account or who plans to buy a Dreamwidth account. (Me, in the latter case. :))

To that end, if anyone wants an invite code from me, please respond in a comment to this post and I'll put you on a list on a first-come, first-served basis. My understanding is that the invite codes will be distributed only as the maintainers feel that the site can support that number of new free users, so code availability will almost certainly be fairly limited, especially at first.

If you're wondering what the heck I'm talking about, the short version is that Dreamwidth is a new journaling service based on the LJ code. One good phrase, from foxfirefey, is "rebooting LJ from the inside." I was going to give a explanation about "Why Dreamwidth Is Cool" here, but then friendshipper went and did it much better. You can also read Zvi's very useful "An introductory guide to Dreamwidth in closed beta from a non-expert".

For the record, I have no plans to utterly abandon LJ. I have too many treasured relationships here to simply up and leave without knowing that said relationships can be continued on Dreamwidth. Also, as much as I feel that the LJ upper management are dicks who would just as soon see fandom disappear from their servers (and might possibly succeed, eventually, in making that happen), I have a vested interest in keeping up with my favorite fandoms who still have communities hosted on LJ.

In any case, Dreamwidth is making it easy to move and crosspost and read, so I don't have to completely abandon one journaling service for another. I'll be keeping roots down at LJ, but I think I'll feel much better having a home at Dreamwidth, too.