Dreamwidth GRRRR

[outsidetheparty]

Ok, it's becoming clear that approximately half of the people I'm friends with here are ultimately going to move to Dreamwidth, and half are not. Some are crossposting, and some are not, and some are doing it only for certain types of posts, and basically for someone who just wants to see what his friends are up to it's all just about as irritating as it could possibly be.

I could just stay here at LJ and hope that those who crosspost will continue to do so, and that those who aren't will start.

I could give in and set up an equivalent friends page over there and then have to check two separate sites instead of one, and hope that everybody stops crossposting so I don't have to see everything twice.

Neither of those are very appealing options. Is there a third option that I'm not aware of?


For those of you who are migrating to DreamWidth: why? (I had had the impression that the draw was supposed to be that it's more fanfic-friendly, but it doesn't seem to be the fanfic that's moving over there.)

For those of you who aren't: how are you dealing with it? Is this just me?

Comments

[winterborne.livejournal.com]

I am feeling like you, and it's actually really nice to hear that somebody else is having these thoughts. The reasons why some people are choosing to move seem perfectly valid, but they are not reasons that apply strongly to me. So the doubts aren't balanced out by the feeling of needed freedom that doubtless is a key element of excitement around DW.

I have this pessimism around an inevitable fissioning of the community, options for crossposting notwithstanding, and that is a saddening thought. I am hoping this is just FUD, though.