Anyone want a Dreamwidth invitation?

[sraun]

I've got five, and I made the mistake of not saving a pointer on my FL to whoever was saving a list.

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[quietann.livejournal.com]

me please?

[sraun]

Send me an e-mail address at sraun@fireopal.org?

[sevenmpls.livejournal.com]

plz!

[sraun]

Send me an e-mail address at sraun@fireopal.org?

[allyra.livejournal.com]

I suppose I'll give it a go, so me, please, if any are still available. :)

[sraun]

Send me an e-mail address at sraun@fireopal.org?

[allyra.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'm all set up over there now. :)

[stickmaker.livejournal.com]

I'm gonna wait 'till it's out of beta.

[dlacey.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't mind if you have one left, thanks.

[sraun]

Send me an e-mail address at sraun@fireopal.org?

[kalikanzara.livejournal.com]

I suppose I should jump on the bandwagon if you're still in posession of one

[sraun]

I got five takers before I got to you - want me to try to remember you want one when they give me some more?

[qnofhrt.livejournal.com]

Color me really dense or out of the loop but what the heck is Dreamwidth? I looked at their cover page - what's the big deal?

[sraun]

They're an LJ fork.

On the technical side, one thing many people will like is that they have split the concepts of 'people I want to read' and 'people I want to let read all my posts'. They're also looking at the LJ code and doing ground-up evaluation and possible re-write.

On the business side, they have plans to never go public / seek venture capital / whatever. Their business model is similar to Craigslist - they want to make enough to support themselves (two people) and a handful of employees. This makes them more resistant to some of the stupid things that LJ did, apparently because they were concerned about possible bad publicity. They're also explicitly fanfic & fandom friendly.

I have friends who have faith in the two owners. I have faith in them. So, I guess I have more faith in Dreamwidth surviving as a place for my friends to hang out than LJ. So, I'm going to preserve my place on both.

[paraventur.livejournal.com]

oh. I'd be interested if you get more invites

[jbru.livejournal.com]

I'll take one if you still have one.

[sraun]

I'm out by now - want me to keep you in mind for when I get more?