Re: metaweblog api suggestion

[charmian]

My suggestion about posting via the MetaWeblog API has gone live. If you also think it would be good if DW were to implement it, vote yes.

So far the suggestion hasn't provoked much discussion, because it's rather technical, although there have been some 'no' votes, although I'm not sure why people are against it (not worth the effort, maybe, in their opinions? Flaws in the metaweblog API?)

I think in general, it will benefit Dreamwidth to be more interoperable, especially involving interoperability with sites that are dissimilar in format and provide functions that DW can't and probably won't replicate, such as Delicious.

Comments

[janinedog]

My guess for why some people are against it is the knee-jerk reaction against anything that involves third-parties posting to Dreamwidth. Think of people who hate LoudTwitter, for example--they're probably the same sort of people who wouldn't want this.

I'm not sure if that's the real reason, but that's my guess.

[charmian]

Hmm, that could be, but personally, I don't find the delicious.com blog posting to be irritating, though, because it looks just like the sort of post I might make manually. People who use delicious hard core, though, and already see the content might feel differently.

(I wonder if there could be like a way to turn cross posting off? People were wishing for that in Google Buzz)