I prize interoperability from an ethical standpoint and I -- am sort of surprised to find how vehement my reaction to the notion that DW site culture will be damaged by making it possible for people to use the site to their best interests. But, wow, I am at some seriously irritated how about no.
Frankly, I'd always seen Dreamwidth as moving towards being a sort of dashboard site -- a convenient, usable space to gather all the content you want to interact with on the internet to. That's what I want it to become for me, anyway. And increased interoperability is obviously necessary for that. I mean, I'd be really happy if I could do everything with facebook that I want to do via Dreamwidth. The interface here is so much more usable for me.
I feel like... ugh. I love Dreamwidth culture. And I'm kind of annoyed to be told that my participation in it should be in some way contingent on not bringing 'the wrong sort' onto the site. The site culture's not that fragile (and, honestly, for the long-term health of the service? I'm pretty sure it needs to be more complex than a single culture). And, frankly, it's my space. If you don't care for the space I create, awesome. The unsubscribe button's right there.
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Date: 2010-07-03 06:36 am (UTC)Frankly, I'd always seen Dreamwidth as moving towards being a sort of dashboard site -- a convenient, usable space to gather all the content you want to interact with on the internet to. That's what I want it to become for me, anyway. And increased interoperability is obviously necessary for that. I mean, I'd be really happy if I could do everything with facebook that I want to do via Dreamwidth. The interface here is so much more usable for me.
I feel like... ugh. I love Dreamwidth culture. And I'm kind of annoyed to be told that my participation in it should be in some way contingent on not bringing 'the wrong sort' onto the site. The site culture's not that fragile (and, honestly, for the long-term health of the service? I'm pretty sure it needs to be more complex than a single culture). And, frankly, it's my space. If you don't care for the space I create, awesome. The unsubscribe button's right there.