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

[kyuuketsukirui.livejournal.com]

Well, there are people who are settled at IJ and who are not going to move, so I'd see it more as improving the code for the sake of the already existing userbase than improving the code as a way to try to get new users.

[charmian]

I guess that might be their idea. I've heard that LJ is not that great at maintaining the open source aspects anyway.