Dreamwith optimism or cynicism?

[charmian]

A self-described Dreamwidth cynic speaks out.

I don't know if I'd classify myself as an optimist or a pessimist (lol, if anything, I'd like to be a Dreamwidth realist) on DW, but the thing is, LJ is a vast entity, and many parts of it are irrelevant to my usage. Even if DW fails to become larger than IJ or GJ at their peak, I suspect that for people in Western media fandom, DW will take off more than GJ or IJ in a relative sense. Entirely unclear on people in anime fandom or book scifi/fantasy fandom.

Anyhow, my reasons for interest in DW are mainly technical, and on both technical and non-technical issues, the proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Comments

[charmian]

I think as a critique, it suffers from the fact that the person hasn't used the site, therefore it's not really focussing on specific problems with DW. (Though spare_change in the comments does make a specific criticism) IIRC, I think Yonmei left LJ over the whole breastfeeding icon controversy.