Reluctant Mover

[ggreig]

This evening I’ve become a reluctant mover to Dreamwidth. I’ve been with LiveJournal since 2004, have had a permanent account for most of that time, and have not previously set up an account with Dreamwidth; but the effect of the recent LiveJournal licence changes on LGBT users is not something I can support. I’m still in the process of configuring stuff, and my LJ entries haven’t even been imported into DW yet, so I’m not sure precisely how things are going to work out and whether my LiveJournal will stay and be cross-posted to. The logic of “taking a stand” suggests that it should go, but I’ll have to wait and see what the practicalities are before making a final decision. This post itself is a bit of a test to see how things work.

I don’t seem to be alone in taking this decision now.

My new account is at http://ggreig.dreamwidth.org/. In the short term I intend that content will be cross-posted to LiveJournal, but that may end at some point.

Comments

[tobyaw]

I’ve been maintaining a copy of my LJ on Dreamwidth since 2009, running an import every few months, but until now have considered it just to be a backup.

I think I’ll leave my LJ in place for the moment, but not add to it. I’ve not convinced myself that cross-posting feels right at the moment; I think I’d prefer not to add any new content to LJ. But I’m willing to change my mind, as things settle over the coming weeks.

[ggreig]

Cross-posting feels like a sensible choice until I figure out the transition, having literally only begun it today. But yes, I also have reservations about doing it.