tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-04-21:870654 squirrelitude squirrelitude 2016-11-26T15:00:52Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-04-21:870654:33429 2016-11-26T14:52:14Z 2016-11-26T15:00:52Z public 9 <p>I really, really want to move off of Livejournal. Here's my vision:</p> <ol> <li>My friends make Dreamwidth accounts and post there instead, set to crosspost to LJ.</li> <li>Eventually everyone's posts are on both sites.</li> <li>Then we stop using LJ, since everyone is on DW as well.</li> </ol> <p>(Why do I want to stop using LJ? Well, I don't want my private journal posts going over plain HTTP instead of HTTPS, where anyone in the café, ISP, and massive government surveillance apparatus can read them; Livejournal feels like it could die at any time and take the community with it; Livejournal's owners are sketchy and tight-lipped and I don't know who is being given access to my journal.)</p> <p>So would you consider making a DW account?</p> <ol> <li><a href="https://www.dreamwidth.org/create">Sign up</a> for a free account</li> <li>Set up <a href="https://www.dreamwidth.org/manage/settings/?cat=othersites">crossposting</a> to LJ</li> <li>Optional: Create <a href="https://www.dreamwidth.org/manage/circle/editfilters">access filters</a> that match the names of your LJ access filters (otherwise cross-posts will just be friends-locked)</li> <li>Post so that people know your new account name!</li> </ol> <p>I'm "timmc" on Dreamwidth. Friend me and let me know who you are!</p> <p><small>DW is still rolling out TLS, so the crosspost link is still HTTP -- but for people using the HTTPS Everywhere browser extension, you'll be redirected to HTTPS when you click it.</small></p><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=squirrelitude&ditemid=33429" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments