Moving comments to DW

[teyla]

I'm sure all of you have heard about LJ's latest fuck-up concerning the Twitter and Facebook crossposting thing. There are several fixes that users have come up with; a Greasemonkey script that will let you make the little checkboxes disappear for you, and a CSS code line (.b-repost-item {display:none}, to be copy-and-pasted into your Custom CSS box) that will eliminate the crossposting feature from your style as long as you're using the default comment pages. (They will still show up for users who are viewing LJ in their own style and are using customized comment pages, though.)

I've been crossposting to Dreamwidth for a while now, and have decided to take this opportunity to switch to having comments on DW. I'm teyla over there.


- If you have a DW account and I do not have you friended, please drop me a comment and I'll rectify that.

- If you don't have a DW account but want one, let me know, I've got 11 invite codes to give away. (And I might have a couple more in the RP accounts I've got over there, if the 11 codes I've got aren't enough.)

- If you don't have a DW account and have no intention of getting one, but still want to be able to comment on my f-locked entries, please take a quick look at my DW profile and make sure your OpenID is listed under the "Also Access To" list in the "People" section. If it is, you'll be able to access my locked posts. If it's not, let me know, and I'll add you.

- You can of course always comment anonymously as well, but not on my locked entries. If you do comment anonymously, it'd be awesome if you could sign your comment with your username, so I know who it is I'm talking to.

This is a trial run. I don't know how well it'll work, but I want to give it a try. As of now, comments on my LJ are turned off, comments on my DW are turned on, and if it works out, that's how it'll stay. I'll still be crossposting to LJ, of course, but if you want to comment, you'll have to do so on DW. As for older entries, don't worry, all conversations you may have had on my LJ in the comments are still accessible--on DW. Noting down the date of the original LJ entry will make it easy to find the mirrored entry in my journal archive on DW.


That's it, I think. If I've forgotten anything, I'll make a post about it to let you know.

On an entirely different note, I HAS A JOB. I'm going to start on Monday. It's a small coffee shop in the local mall. I will be surrounded by coffee. This makes me happy.

Comments

[topaz_eyes]

Congratulations on the job! Mmm, coffee...

[teyla]

I am a coffee fiend. Most of all, though, it's just that I've finally found a job. I've been trying for months, and it was getting frustrating. Both the getting turned down and the constantly being broke. But yeah, I could imagine worse places to work than a place that has coffee. :3

[daphnie_1]

I am so tempted to move over perminently ydek. This is just the straw that broke the cammels back and is a clear sign of how *little* LJ respects it's userbase.

NEW JOB, HELL YES \O/

[teyla]

Well, really, it's not as big a deal as it seems to be. Because you can still crosspost to LJ--as long as you disable comments on LJ, you won't run any risk of people crossposting your stuff to Facebook or Twitter--and people can stay in contact either using OpenID, or getting their own DW account. The only thing that bothers me atm is the fact that DW doesn't have any readable comment page layouts, but I am working on that. ;)

YES. I am excite.

[hibernia1]

I HAS DW ACCOUNT! Hey, this reminds me - you still owe me a DW theme!!!!

Nah, it's fine. I only use DW to comment on posts of my LJ-friends who took up camp there.

Yay for a job!!!! Being surrounded is a good thing!

[teyla]

Awww, I know. :| It's partly done, even. But for some weird reason I haven't been feeling like doing any layouting for ages. I will try and get around to it!

[hibernia1]

Oh, don't worry about it. Like I said, I just log in on DW to comment on people. LJ's still my Main Base. If this should ever change, I'll be begging for a DW-theme mercilessly, lol!

[teyla]

Heh, please make sure you actually do. Beg for it mercilessly, that is. ;)

[hibernia1]

You know I will!!

*hugs*

[hibernia1]

Eh, being surrounded by coffee, I meant...

[chaoskir]

So, we will see us here.

[teyla]

:) Glad to know you're here as well.

[pulangaraw]

Good idea!!

Also: Congrats on the job front! Coffee is always good. :D

[teyla]

Yeah, I've been wanting to do this for a while. Now is as good a time as any.

I am extremely pleased with myself for having managed to finally get a job. Now I just hope I actually have it.

[earlwyn]

YAY job. :D

[teyla]

:D :D Monies!

[shutterbug]

Congrats on the job!

I am considering spending more time on DW/trying to make a transition now that this whole LJ business has happened. I was able to deal with ones in the past, but this latest one has me very, very concerned. The solutions that people have come up with seem pretty workable.

[teyla]

I've been crossposting ever since I got my DW, and have been wanting to try having my comments over here for a while. I figured now is as good a time as any.

Thanks! :)

[debris_k]

Congrats on your new job! And I don't mind replying here at all, but could you maybe made the 'you can comment there blabla' link lead to directly to the ?mode=reply page? One less link to click would be grand, though obviously I will still comment either way. :-)

[teyla]

Oh, it doesn't do that automatically? The DW footer template works with a variable, obviously--I've added the ?mode=reply line now; I'll find out if it works next time I post an entry.

Thanks for letting me know! :)

[radiantbaby]

Just added you over here. :)

[teyla]

Added you back. :)

[explodedpen]

Yays on the new job!!

Also I don't understand the whole crossposting to facebook and twitter thing :S I think I'm just being dense...