What is this Dreamwidth of which you speak?

[feliciakw]

So . . . is this another change in internet networking trends?

First, it was a mailing list (angus, I think). And I was happy there.

Then, it was YahooGroups. And that was good, too. Particularly since I could read it as a message board without having it come to my e-mail if I wanted.

Then it was LJ, and things became less centralized and more spread out and not so easily accessible, but I can record my own thoughts and activities, but still . . . not as focused . . .

Now there's talk of the Dreamwidth thing. Are people jumping ship from LJ for the next trend?

I mean, I'm already on Facebook (mostly for family), and whitemartyr caught me on a low day and utched me into joining Twitter. I don't need one more place I'm not gonna keep up with . . .

Btw, I'd still be interested in an easy way to download or save my LJ to my computer. Any suggestions?

Comments

[yasminke.livejournal.com]

Dreamwidth is an alternative to LJ, like IJ or JF. Some people are going to jump ship but we'll see if this is the HMS Bounty or not.

So you're on Twitter too, eh?

There's software to archive your LJ. Try "ljarchive".

[feliciakw.livejournal.com]

I am on Twitter, but I'm not sure if it's going to be worthwhile. I'm only following one person, whitemartyr, and she's the only one following me, and I can read her LJ posts here. So I don't know how long I'm gonna stay with it.

[yasminke.livejournal.com]

It's more in(s)ane than LJ. You look up friends (mostly Americans) and celebs. Neil Gaiman is interesting; so is Stephen Fry. I'm on it (same user name) if you want to follow.