Dreamwidth - anyone else thinking about jumping ship?

[strangetomato]

I've been checking out Dreamwidth a little lately, and I'm really considering moving over there once it opens up to the public (April 30). Some major pluses are the "reading page" instead of the "friends" list, which has always been reminiscent of grade five girl gangs at best (even just the new name is far better, but it also separates "friends only" access and the things you want to follow into two distinct things- THANK YOU!) and this amazing diversity statement. It seems to take everything that's good about livejournal and fix everything that sucks. As it looks right now, I'll be switching.

Is anyone else considering this?

Comments

[aledstrange.livejournal.com]

Well, I've never used any other journal-type site before (or blog for that matter) so I'm no really familiarized with general terminology on that aspect, neither do I see much difference on how it called, but on how it works.

I wish LJ for example would allow me, as poster, to create entries for something like a 'custom group' but *not* necessarily private/locked.

I don't see the point on locking a post about a movie for example, but I do understand that it could be unwanted for those 'friends' who added me interested in other topics. But in the other hand a journal is, after all, to be used (and abused) whatever the user wants to, so its hard to keep a balance. (sometime I even get added by users from other fandoms, but quickly un-added coz for them obviously sim-talk is unwanted spam! lol)

Basically that's the only thing that really bugs me here *shrugs* (The only way around seems to be having a completely thematic journal, or several journals for each topic you may want to post about)