Community-Wide Comment Tracking
Feb. 17th, 2011 07:06 pm![[personal profile]](http://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rebelsheartI'm in the process of starting up a an Eberron D&D 4e campaign with some friends here on DW and the full benefits of being able to be notified of all comments in the community are AWESOME.
A fave feature I take for granted!
Oct. 4th, 2010 09:27 pmsharpest_aspOn DW, when I receive a PM, the message is included in my email, and has a link for me to reply directly then and there. This is such a simple thing, but it is one of my favorite improvements in the code.
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Oct. 2nd, 2010 08:45 pmyviSince it says inthe userinfo this is also a place to post Anything about it that makes you smile or makes your life better, I am going to link to:
Anonymous love meme
Share the love! :)
Anonymous love meme
Share the love! :)
And pray to God we hear you
Jul. 17th, 2010 10:57 pmazurelunaticI have reason to believe that Dreamwidth has, at least indirectly, saved a life.
I'm not going to give out details, but there was a person who was going through some pretty rough things. At long last, things are looking up for them. Through all the general crud, there was a sympathetic and cheering community of people available virtually, and I have reason to believe that the mere presence and interaction from these people helped tip the balance in making it possible for this person to rally and pull through and survive.
Thank you, Dreamwidth.
I'm not going to give out details, but there was a person who was going through some pretty rough things. At long last, things are looking up for them. Through all the general crud, there was a sympathetic and cheering community of people available virtually, and I have reason to believe that the mere presence and interaction from these people helped tip the balance in making it possible for this person to rally and pull through and survive.
Thank you, Dreamwidth.
Stepping down
Jun. 25th, 2010 09:50 pmhatmanI'd like to step down as owner of this comm. It doesn't take any moderation work, but I haven't been doing it any good in the promotion department. If anyone has the energy and drive to make this comm thrive, I'd like to hand over the keys and give you (and the comm) a chance.
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May. 11th, 2010 03:33 amhatmanThe "Top 5 Favorite Things About DW" idea seems to have worked out rather well. And while many people had their own unique favorites, there were also some frequently-recurring themes. The top five (somewhat loosely categorized):
Thanks to everyone who participated! :)
Now, I said I'd give 30 points to a random participant if at least five people joined in. We got sixteen. So... I took three random drawings. Congratulations tohermitty, adelheid, and gorgeousnerd! Your shiny and awesome DW points should at this moment be winging their way through the aether! Enjoy!
![[staff profile]](http://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user_staff.png){kind=small}
Thanks to everyone who participated! :)
Now, I said I'd give 30 points to a random participant if at least five people joined in. We got sixteen. So... I took three random drawings. Congratulations to
hermitty, adelheid, and gorgeousnerd! Your shiny and awesome DW points should at this moment be winging their way through the aether! Enjoy!My DW Top Five
May. 8th, 2010 09:10 amviklikesfic~ An aware community (meta on this to follow!)
~ Strong focus on accessibility
~ Users have say in what features happen and can become developers themselves
~ An awesome tagging system
~ Gorgeous styles
~ Strong focus on accessibility
~ Users have say in what features happen and can become developers themselves
~ An awesome tagging system
~ Gorgeous styles
Five reasons I love Dreamwidth!
May. 7th, 2010 12:38 amgorgeousnerd+ The user name tag: I don't have to differentiate communities from personal journals, and I can easily switch it to link to non-DW journals!
+ Being able to insert ?show=P, ?show=C, and ?show=F at the end of my reading list URL without needing to make special filters.
+ Long character lengths in both comments and posts.
+ The update date button! I like posting every day, so sometimes, if I'm writing a post just before midnight, I like to update to make sure the post when I post the next day.
+ The existence of both the diversity statement and the guiding principles, the fact the site-runners follow them diligently, and the community that's built up as a result. I feel like a person on DW, and that's really nice. ♥
+ Being able to insert ?show=P, ?show=C, and ?show=F at the end of my reading list URL without needing to make special filters.
+ Long character lengths in both comments and posts.
+ The update date button! I like posting every day, so sometimes, if I'm writing a post just before midnight, I like to update to make sure the post when I post the next day.
+ The existence of both the diversity statement and the guiding principles, the fact the site-runners follow them diligently, and the community that's built up as a result. I feel like a person on DW, and that's really nice. ♥
Five Reasons I Love Dreamwidth
May. 4th, 2010 04:16 pmgoodbyebird♥ I can edit posts without opening them first. As a serial-editing user, this just wins so very much.
♥ I can search my journal!
♥ Finding people who's interests match mine the most :D
♥ I can change userpic names without losing the icon in previous threads.
♥ The ability to link to usernames on several other sites.
♥ I can search my journal!
♥ Finding people who's interests match mine the most :D
♥ I can change userpic names without losing the icon in previous threads.
♥ The ability to link to usernames on several other sites.
Five little things....
May. 4th, 2010 10:44 amtrixieleitzI have lots of reasons to love DW, but I'm going to stick to five small interface tweaks that make a huge difference:
- "thread from start" on entry comments
- the "Mark" on the "Mark read" button in the Inbox
- having the "Save" button at the top of the notifications tab as well as at the bottom
- the "Delete all inactive subscriptions" button on the notifs tab
- the Preview button on the quick reply comment form
Five Reasons I Love Dreamwidth
May. 3rd, 2010 12:19 pmjumpuphigh1. Community. Community. Community.
2. Brilliant people
3. DW ethics including privacy, refusal to be bullied, acceptance of diversity
4. Clever tech which makes my experience here easier and happier
5. High level of communication including![[site community profile]](http://www.dreamwidth.org/img/comm_staff.png)
dw_news and dw_suggestions
2. Brilliant people
3. DW ethics including privacy, refusal to be bullied, acceptance of diversity
4. Clever tech which makes my experience here easier and happier
5. High level of communication including
dw_news and dw_suggestions Five reasons why Dreamwidth rocks
May. 3rd, 2010 02:09 pmpale_moonliteIn no particular order except for the top:
- The fact that DW doesn't expect you to fit into the binary gender construct, and that you can define your gender as other on your profile.
- Entries with a maximum length of 300,000 characters. I love to read novel-length fics in one entry.
- The practical "reload page in: my style" button on the navigation strip.
- The cross posting feature and the DW specific tags that make it easy to refer to users on other sites (love the AO3 tag). DW really furthers communication!
- dw_suggestions
Five reasons to love Dreamwidth
May. 3rd, 2010 09:45 ammiss_haitch1. I don't have to worry that people reading will have to cope with obnoxious or offensive adverts.
2. Splitting subscription and access lists, and removal of the loaded "friends" terminology. I feel comfortable chopping and changing my reading list.
3. The navigation bar, and using it to reload pages in different styles.
4. The readiness of the devs to listen to people's thoughts, and the existence ofdw_suggestions.
5. The points system means you can save up rather than having to spend in a chunk. Which I find a lot more flexible.
2. Splitting subscription and access lists, and removal of the loaded "friends" terminology. I feel comfortable chopping and changing my reading list.
3. The navigation bar, and using it to reload pages in different styles.
4. The readiness of the devs to listen to people's thoughts, and the existence of
dw_suggestions.5. The points system means you can save up rather than having to spend in a chunk. Which I find a lot more flexible.
Top 5 Reasons I Love Dreamwidth
May. 3rd, 2010 03:51 amcandidlily5. The description field on icons.
4. No ads!
3. The safety I feel about posting fannish content.
2. Crossposting to LJ, keeps me from having to lose friends over there.
1. It's the most welcome I've ever felt on a large-scale networking site. There's just a sense of involvement in every community I join, every person I friend, etc. I feel much more inclined to join in on things here.
I am loving![[community profile]](http://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
three_weeks_for_dw so much. I don't want it to end!
4. No ads!
3. The safety I feel about posting fannish content.
2. Crossposting to LJ, keeps me from having to lose friends over there.
1. It's the most welcome I've ever felt on a large-scale networking site. There's just a sense of involvement in every community I join, every person I friend, etc. I feel much more inclined to join in on things here.
I am loving
three_weeks_for_dw so much. I don't want it to end!5 reasons I lurve Dreamwidth, not ordered
May. 3rd, 2010 08:25 amyvi* The split of access/watch. This is the only way I feel comfortable having a public journal: I can have a small group of people that have access to my very personal posts and can still subscribe to lots of interesting people I don't know at all.
* The navbar. It is useable, has function I need and I think it's pretty.
* Site search. Oh, how I love site search.
* Weekly news posts with substance.
*dw_suggestions and how accepted suggestions are directly transferred into Bugzilla and then implemented.
* The navbar. It is useable, has function I need and I think it's pretty.
* Site search. Oh, how I love site search.
* Weekly news posts with substance.
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dw_suggestions and how accepted suggestions are directly transferred into Bugzilla and then implemented.My Dreamwidth top five
May. 3rd, 2010 11:36 amadelheid5. The mere idea of tag merge. And it will be reality after the next code push. You can't imagine how much I'm looking forward to it!
4. Things like this comment. It typifies a) the sense of community and b) the "close to the ground-ness" of the devs, that in response to a question like this someone would just go and look up the code to see how it works.
3. The cross-post feature. There are a few tweaks I'd love to see happen, but it really is in general, quite awesome.
2. The subscribe/access split. It's made me far more willing to add people to my circle, and as a result I have a fascinating subscription list.
1. The completely abstract, difficult to describe or pin down, sense of community around here. (#2 and #4 have a lot to do with this, but I still think it's a thing that is awesome about DW all on its own.
4. Things like this comment. It typifies a) the sense of community and b) the "close to the ground-ness" of the devs, that in response to a question like this someone would just go and look up the code to see how it works.
3. The cross-post feature. There are a few tweaks I'd love to see happen, but it really is in general, quite awesome.
2. The subscribe/access split. It's made me far more willing to add people to my circle, and as a result I have a fascinating subscription list.
1. The completely abstract, difficult to describe or pin down, sense of community around here. (#2 and #4 have a lot to do with this, but I still think it's a thing that is awesome about DW all on its own.
5 Reasons I Like Dreamwidth
May. 2nd, 2010 03:56 pmlittlegreen42I've only joined really, really recently, so I'm not yet familiar with all that Dreamwidth has to offer, but I'll list my Top 5 anyway...
5. It just feels cozier here somehow, like a real community. Admittedly, I haven't really participated here much, but I get a very good sense about this place. It just seems so welcoming!
4. Lack of ads. I like to know that my journal isn't unintentionally promoting some product I don't agree with.
3. So many interesting things to read!
2. I like how there seem to be a lot more serious, critical discussions of fandom here, rather than just squee. Not that I don't love squee, though.
1. Three Weeks for Dreamwidth -- it's been so much fun, I almost don't want it to end! I love all the comment fic memes.
5. It just feels cozier here somehow, like a real community. Admittedly, I haven't really participated here much, but I get a very good sense about this place. It just seems so welcoming!
4. Lack of ads. I like to know that my journal isn't unintentionally promoting some product I don't agree with.
3. So many interesting things to read!
2. I like how there seem to be a lot more serious, critical discussions of fandom here, rather than just squee. Not that I don't love squee, though.
1. Three Weeks for Dreamwidth -- it's been so much fun, I almost don't want it to end! I love all the comment fic memes.
