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[dxmachina]

I have no current plans to move to Dreamwidth. I bought a permanent account here a few years ago, so there's really no incentive to leave. I don't get ads, and the assorted fannish dramas with LJ over the years have little impact on mostly non-fannish self. Besides, the name and logo just seem incredibly precious.

Today I started seeing posts popping up on my friends list that were crossposted Dreamwidth posts, each with a little note on the bottom saying that if I want to comment please do it over at Dreamwidth using OpenID. The "please' turns out to be meaningless because comments are disabled on the LJ posts. So, I tried to comment on one over there. It looks like you can't do it unless you're already a member. The reply box has an option for OpenID, but it's disabled. Thought it might be a browser issue, but nope, it's the same in both IE and Firefox. Can't reply unless you're a member. Honestly, life's too short.

So I guess that's adios. I wish y'all well.

Comments

[gchick.livejournal.com]

I hope this doesn't refer to me -- if it did, first, I'm sorry; second, it's not the dreamwidth crosspost but a screwup on my own privacy settings; and third, I really wish you'd said something to me directly, and I'd've fixed it sooner.

(If it didn't, then oops! But thanks for tweaking me to go check my settings anyway.)

[nestra.livejournal.com]

Hrm. You definitely should be able to comment and whatnot using OpenID, though it is controlled by account. I can choose to limit my comments to registered users or people on my Access List (the equivalent of friends). Maybe the journal you tried to reply to doesn't allow OpenID users, or the person isn't aware that the setting exists.

Anyway, the site is still in closed beta, and things are changing daily. I'm sure more will change when it goes into open beta at the end of the month.

[serenada.livejournal.com]

I'm permanent here too, DX, and wishing to stay. The please comment over there doesn't pull me. But if people are leaving, they're leaving, I guess.

[jonquil.livejournal.com]

Weird.

THis: http://jonquil.livejournal.com/827449.html
was a Dreamwidth crosspost, and people were able to comment at LJ just fine.

[not-vacillating.livejournal.com]

Weird. I've been able to comment on Dreamwidth with OpenID.