Opinions on Dreamwidth?
I've been curious about Dreamwidth since it seems to be purposefully friendly to female bloggers and a number of bloggers I've been following have moved there and like it.
It's an open source fork of LiveJournal, I think, although it is still a sort of closed garden site I think (I'm not 100% sure of this, but in any case doesn't federate with other social media sites).
I've pretty much settled on diaspora or other federated platforms, but even so I'm kind of curious about what Dreamwidth is like. Like how's its Stream view? Hashtag following or searches? How's discovery - finding folks with similar interests, not just people you already knew?
Thanks!
I've been curious about Dreamwidth since it seems to be purposefully friendly to female bloggers and a number of bloggers I've been following have moved there and like it.
It's an open source fork of LiveJournal, I think, although it is still a sort of closed garden site I think (I'm not 100% sure of this, but in any case doesn't federate with other social media sites).
I've pretty much settled on diaspora or other federated platforms, but even so I'm kind of curious about what Dreamwidth is like. Like how's its Stream view? Hashtag following or searches? How's discovery - finding folks with similar interests, not just people you already knew?
Thanks!
I think Bill Pusztai uses it and has posted in this community before. Maybe he’ll be able to help.
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ReplyDeleteRichard Anderson it isn't. The software is 100% disconnected and has been since it started. Might have been started before LJ became a Russian operation, I have vague memories of it starting up as a less censored site before that.
ReplyDeleteI wasn't comfortable with the Russian owners for a while, but when they pulled the "official ToS
in Russian only,no translation is official" I ditched it completely and used the DW application to transfer everything over.
I've been on DW for years, it's pretty good for finding common interests and following people. I don't use half the features I probably should, but that's my fault, not the site's.
ReplyDeleteRelated links in this community:
ReplyDeletePost by Edward Morbius about LiveJournal: https://plus.google.com/104092656004159577193/posts/8Utg5o3otfj
Guide to Dreamwidth by Peggy K : https://plus.google.com/+PeggyKTC/posts/7fk95eWzBdj
Post by Peter Maranci : https://plus.google.com/+PeterMaranci/posts/dFLUTEaGZq7
Post by Bliss Morgan : https://plus.google.com/+BlissMorgan/posts/jUCVtNUQRjV
Post by Laura Ess : https://plus.google.com/101897165708025581768/posts/Kuw8VHr2KFj
Post by Brian Holt Hawthorne https://plus.google.com/+BrianHoltHawthorne/posts/4R6y5yCB21j
Most of these posts are basically endorsements for DW.
plus.google.com - A guide to using Dreamwidth This is written for people moving from Tumblr to...
I've been on Dreamwidth for years, but haven't posted much over there of late. It's OK
ReplyDeleteRichard Anderson open. Source.
ReplyDeleteCool, thanks! I had seen some of those already, but some I had not.
ReplyDeleteI'm still having difficulty visualizing what the stream browsing experience is like. I read posts a lot more than I write them, so the efficiency of that is important to me.
And also, the appearance (or non-appearance) of comments underneath the posts in stream view. That's one of the things which has brought me back to diaspora. For example, Hubzilla has a weird look to things which make it difficult for me to visually distinguish comments from posts...it's a bit confusing in the stream view to me.
I find diaspora's visual look to be very clear (it's pretty similar to G+ actually, which isn't so surprising since early G+ was a diaspora clone). Although, speed of browsing in diaspora is slower than G+ because it's only single column. I'd prefer double column.
I took a look at SocialHome because of this, but there were some problems for me there. While speed of browsing was indeed wonderful thanks to multi-column, the comments are hidden behind a clickable button. So much for that speed! Takes longer for me to hunt down and click on those buttons, and then going through the tabs of individual posts.
Isaac Kuo you could try using some UserCSS through something like Stylus to tweak the column layout the way you like.
ReplyDeleteYears ago I did the same for Google+, before browsing it on my phone became the most userfriendly solution (imho).
Richard Anderson False.
ReplyDeletePlease correct or remove your comment alleging Russian ownership NOW.
Dreamwidth limitations:
ReplyDeleteThere is no blog-oriented content search. I absolutely live and die by this, as I'm constantly searching my own content for material of interest (often in other discussions), reminding myself of things, looking at the evolution of my own thinking (and/or performing random walk analysis). And I'd like for my readers to be able to do likewise, if only in a theoretical sense. There is a premium-account feature, but ... that still doesn't address other users.
Dreamwidth logs and publicly presents IP addresses in comments. For my own reasons, and in the interests of user privacy, I really cannot abide by this. I'm very much aware it's a basic abuse and security tool for many sites, but it's also exposure that's no longer defensible. So ... no.
There is no notion of special pages or anything vaguely wiki-like. I actually do make some use of Reddit's Wiki (anemic as it is), and would like to have a set of non-temporal pages that provide a bit of structure to what I write. Best I can tell, Dreamwidth has "memories" which ... really don't fit the bill.
Tag limitations. I'd like more ability to create, organise, and manage tags than Dreamwidth seems to offer. I've found that I eat tags for breakfast, and being offered "only" 1,000 may impose pain down the road. (And yeah, I know, 1,000s of tags isn't particularly manageable writ large, but ... they might still prove useful.)
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Richard Anderson I've removed your comment above. Misinformation or unsubstantiated information will not be tolerated in this community.
ReplyDeleteThank you.
👂
ReplyDeleteFilip H.F. Slagter Do you have any examples of how to fiddle with CSS to convert a single column stream (for any social media web site) into a two column stream?
ReplyDeleteI can't think of any straightforward way to do this.
Although with tumblr, I guess it might be possible to do some sort of weird hack...unlike most sites, tumblr uses multiple pages (yes!) instead of infinite scrolling (boo hiss!). Therefore, it might be possible to hack together something which places odd/even pages side-by-side into two columns - you can browse two consecutive pages at once.
But somehow stripping content from a single column and plopping it into two side-by-side columns? Especially considering the complications of dynamically added content due to infinite scrolling (boo hiss!)?
I dunno...
Isaac Kuo "float:left;" on the post elements usually comes a long way.
ReplyDeleteFor instance, for joindiaspora.com I got the following results with adding:
#main-stream .stream-element {
float: left;
width: 50%;
}
And changing the max-width from 1200px to 1800px on ".container-fluid"
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/NJ5OxICiGd2yky48KGw9I_al4FnFQxt1ohfflJ6PbZhMyKASeujCF1OgF02HedqpbKhchGgwYcNfxKwVKE0isPFvfZAwsiYN3blK=s0
Isaac Kuo "float:left;" on the post elements usually comes a long way.
ReplyDeleteFor instance, for joindiaspora.com I got the following results with adding:
#main-stream .stream-element {
float: left;
width: 50%;
}
And changing the max-width from 1200px to 1800px on ".container-fluid"
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ePwaPjpib6df_32lLf4Q3pVJz1FUGTlivEt8u_3yfV-t8csQ3ZIEVKVOnBPD3ylvHRcqwCPiI81vzq7yXkPZoiHzP_S26x_24MPu=s0
Isaac Kuo "float:left;" on the post elements usually comes a long way.
ReplyDeleteFor instance, for joindiaspora.com I got the following results with adding:
#main-stream .stream-element {
float: left;
width: 50%;
}
And changing the max-width from 1200px to 1800px on ".container-fluid"
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ztvPU7CzGdRwGUsvbP50Nt3nEW5RplM8acEyGhDoSrDO8Jx7vrTIoNJfwCfBn0O4uOOB6XsGREwmAd7Krfwz-DX8t0scztJIhvsd=s0
Isaac Kuo "float:left;" on the post elements usually comes a long way.
ReplyDeleteFor instance, for joindiaspora.com I got the following results with adding:
#main-stream .stream-element {
float: left;
width: 50%;
}
And changing the max-width from 1200px to 1800px on ".container-fluid"
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/B6S-os3CpWFFUCrerESdWhhQ2IfSlxrJ3EdsW-H5-3jQlklAHWZTggUimi05swZez4o360fVrmYqb6_4KNOQuwS8W1tbkwZY1KoX=s0
Isaac Kuo "float:left;" on the post elements usually comes a long way.
ReplyDeleteFor instance, for joindiaspora.com I got the following results with adding:
#main-stream .stream-element {
float: left;
width: 50%;
}
And changing the max-width from 1200px to 1800px on ".container-fluid"
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/mrBw7wZeKcNM8Nt9zeaZEjMKAAtYuRWRoiSd-VOIQ9pKN3c4L2UaxVBvGflApwX8OwdRC0zDcOYrlUyWl3ZOz-saYfJFvjQZFEhu=s0
Isaac Kuo "float:left;" on the post elements usually comes a long way.
ReplyDeleteFor instance, for joindiaspora.com I got the following results with adding:
#main-stream .stream-element {
float: left;
width: 50%;
}
And changing the max-width from 1200px to 1800px on ".container-fluid"
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/zOxshj5wOIuFlE9wVr9bEH90rQC_3F-doNFQUaZF-4okcI5JWyUB7sGPGOj2ao1qnP80yrTwf74OGEkc5aKYCPmEd6dggRq6U73V=s0
Isaac Kuo "float:left;" on the post elements usually comes a long way.
ReplyDeleteFor instance, for joindiaspora.com I got the following results with adding:
#main-stream .stream-element {
float: left;
width: 50%;
}
And changing the max-width from 1200px to 1800px on ".container-fluid"
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ewusKtsm0IlAbkAyyOZ-PKHQeTNP3-SASohdBMKWCw_gB_2yJDtqg7Y-JXYV3nC1zS9Fq5vDyGYCJLukXPTQRhiV8SunX8JwEKKs=s0
Isaac Kuo "float:left;" on the post elements usually comes a long way.
ReplyDeleteFor instance, for joindiaspora.com I got the following results with adding:
#main-stream .stream-element {
float: left;
width: 50%;
}
And changing the max-width from 1200px to 1800px on ".container-fluid"
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/oUOuzSrrMx-gxYIHFYF1j0dPT0ZeEFfxLsEciX4A5cBT23EyrnqoTrjUv6M6cp_QCVOwJKLdIo1wfgHDzKu2Ls_VFuOp9DEnY7UT=s0
Isaac Kuo "float:left;" on the post elements usually comes a long way.
ReplyDeleteFor instance, for joindiaspora.com I got the following results with adding:
#main-stream .stream-element {
float: left;
width: 50%;
}
And changing the max-width from 1200px to 1800px on ".container-fluid"
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/hlrjdDiy8falAG2GxVFuKRuqgHlmXqAud7MubN1op7rqK_L-inKSb6D-JGw0yJPHjtcvKElCTZc7_QSP3Q_teICiI01lVoKfmSmx=s0
Isaac Kuo "float:left;" on the post elements usually comes a long way.
ReplyDeleteFor instance, for joindiaspora.com I got the following results with adding:
#main-stream .stream-element {
float: left;
width: 50%;
}
And changing the max-width from 1200px to 1800px on ".container-fluid"
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/VbbkS_1r-fQKnDXmt_zyiQPwz3qg_ww05zysPFZaICmUnZq2qaevVcMVr5be7sy3KppdACac-XDLMsHdrKfD5x7J4VbeQp5HPaIv=s0
Isaac Kuo "float:left;" on the post elements usually comes a long way.
ReplyDeleteFor instance, for joindiaspora.com I got the following results with adding:
#main-stream .stream-element {
float: left;
width: 50%;
}
And changing the max-width from 1200px to 1800px on ".container-fluid"
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/GU4PpgRGWt8moz0ZKKl-2MguZAj2KGh09yhjDblu-Jm8h38GoK86T4331JbDfhZxKwrYRiK5nclpAykJaBm4fF3zqnCZ9W1SAsW3=s0
Isaac Kuo "float:left;" on the post elements usually comes a long way.
ReplyDeleteFor instance, for joindiaspora.com I got the following results with adding:
#main-stream .stream-element {
float: left;
width: 50%;
}
And changing the max-width from 1200px to 1800px on ".container-fluid"
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/W2CsnkSmeVTwYsZTI7-yY2BOX6NFAMsvBQprDdIdEr2WzQbpH4ouoRnQymNlnY4SedpEd5AUMwjl48-5yzxZwEqzSA5r7WQVIgeE=s0
Isaac Kuo "float:left;" on the post elements usually comes a long way.
ReplyDeleteFor instance, for joindiaspora.com I got the following results with adding:
#main-stream .stream-element {
float: left;
width: 50%;
}
And changing the max-width from 1200px to 1800px on ".container-fluid"
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/XwXcJenjmnY_l-LkvgJdZpsgipuMXgXXKrYYtRsq1rM7Tm0HZRs2pe0WE5gUpjxXQbtLTOC-qA95cyxGPRVx9kXMicoq3wxyv5Yo=s0
Isaac Kuo "float:left;" on the post elements usually comes a long way.
ReplyDeleteFor instance, for joindiaspora.com I got the following results with adding:
#main-stream .stream-element {
float: left;
width: 50%;
}
And changing the max-width from 1200px to 1800px on ".container-fluid"
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/yoC1hU6xNwv7V6Ye36LX5eOEk7FOZAFXm3PPowUwwE9XCSyI5cCw32dPRTn7Hue0VVwDgHfF76b8Y6AgEQIrcY17pQuYct7zRmX9=s0
Isaac Kuo "float:left;" on the post elements usually comes a long way.
ReplyDeleteFor instance, for joindiaspora.com I got the following results with adding:
#main-stream .stream-element {
float: left;
width: 50%;
}
And changing the max-width from 1200px to 1800px on ".container-fluid"
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/JKV5qO60Is6q5oN5fTA3TC2YiDzYEd13e8WsIFvuvIH3KyyQImBn-4jnvbl99LGmfKmSCMWkJd3OTDld2qtxI5JUTnK5n3H9h645=s0
Isaac Kuo "float:left;" on the post elements usually comes a long way.
ReplyDeleteFor instance, for joindiaspora.com I got the following results with adding:
#main-stream .stream-element {
float: left;
width: 50%;
}
And changing the max-width from 1200px to 1800px on ".container-fluid"
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/EbpSbjoc38x-btl281FMMBPuv70gj2_zWkMq6jA-H8LGtp5XVWQ8ZeSIdyttnztxHXcmpdKQ2fUOfcImQen-_ILkXrSmgjaEK_vv=s0
Isaac Kuo "float:left;" on the post elements usually comes a long way.
ReplyDeleteFor instance, for joindiaspora.com I got the following results with adding:
#main-stream .stream-element {
float: left;
width: 50%;
}
And changing the max-width from 1200px to 1800px on ".container-fluid"
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/C3RWaiZQ8ttlV4UnRC9BbQfeDQauv3xTWzDdl-uZS16KQuIMIgkjeepdLy880wPcwOodHmWwhN4NucVVnqDnRlTeTEitQ2udZ4q9=s0
Isaac Kuo "float:left;" on the post elements usually comes a long way.
ReplyDeleteFor instance, for joindiaspora.com I got the following results with adding:
#main-stream .stream-element {
float: left;
width: 50%;
}
And changing the max-width from 1200px to 1800px on ".container-fluid"
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/7FA420gAhHiYBNprqjd9RPTtsxzH7mK1BOmVy3qj9zD3Cbaum2PBnerDYS462yRXb7L5Fw1JeTcBdlnd_oXgH5obi9NYotsyfkxX=s0
Isaac Kuo "float:left;" on the post elements usually comes a long way.
ReplyDeleteFor instance, for joindiaspora.com I got the following results with adding:
#main-stream .stream-element {
float: left;
width: 50%;
}
And changing the max-width from 1200px to 1800px on ".container-fluid"
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/9NcKcwdWkF5bfNQxt1Qy0H0EjR4SdGrL9i5HjFrQpzRAR7EV_4ra7lsdCKtXvhf3hKSNxqwgTtWTV6y9nfBrIbkD6bBrI4u9OXQF=s0
Isaac Kuo "float:left;" on the post elements usually comes a long way.
ReplyDeleteFor instance, for joindiaspora.com I got the following results with adding:
#main-stream .stream-element {
float: left;
width: 50%;
}
And changing the max-width from 1200px to 1800px on ".container-fluid"
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/p-qLTEZPh1IaqMswZX5ntCmhIzeCgQdscqr9PquqlAvGSacl2kwfLu-1c7ReI2d7KZYl7NE7Pyf2eoN_VjJTh8b_Lzo0Uby9Yqr0=s0
Isaac Kuo "float:left;" on the post elements usually comes a long way.
ReplyDeleteFor instance, for joindiaspora.com I got the following results with adding:
#main-stream .stream-element {
float: left;
width: 50%;
}
And changing the max-width from 1200px to 1800px on ".container-fluid"
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/SbmSPVuvxncRkuG_MAzF_Xar5Qi0nF48V5QV5DSeec4yFylVyK3RuU5BMDTRmVj6X_cIbnOYyo831gTqBUFh-B74QiZm8vUog-ai=s0
Isaac Kuo Both LJ and DW allow you to set up styles to change how things appear. That also included whether or not threads were shown in full or not.
ReplyDeleteFilip H.F. Slagter Holy cow chips!
ReplyDeleteMy mind is blown, I had no idea something so simple could work. I mean, it's really ugly and it leaves a lot of weird gaps all over the place. But the fact that it works at all is incredible to me.
Folks on pluspora have already posted bits to do some conveniences on diaspora - such as expanding all posts to full size (by default, it clips tall posts with a "show more" clickable along the bottom).
Bottom line - that little bit of code is going to greatly boost the speed with which I browse diaspora.
#main-stream .stream-element {
float: left;
width: 50%;
}
You could also set a (max-)height with an overflow:auto on them, so all posts are of equal height. You'd then be able to scroll through each individual post if they're longer than the set height.
ReplyDeleteAlternatively, get GreaseMonkey and load in an additional js library such as Salvattore (https://salvattore.js.org) or Masonry (https://masonry.desandro.com) to reflow content more neatly.
salvattore.js.org - Salvattore — A jQuery Masonry alternative with CSS-driven configuration