LJ vs. DW

[elisi]

What with the LJ outage yesterday, a small LJ vs. DW debate started up in my DW.

Now, no one can deny that DW has better customer service, listens to its users, and doesn’t screw people over the way LJ does. DW is very nice, and I find it useful as a backup. But I can’t ever see myself moving there for good.

And what I realised, when trying to explain why I’d rather stay with ‘the bad boy’, is that the difference is like Community:

LJ is Greendale. It might be rundown, and the teaching staff might be peculiar and rude and disinterested in teaching, and the facilities might leave a lot to be desired, and random bouts of anarchy are par for the course. But it has character, and I have a long, and very personal, history here. It helped shape who I am, gave me friends and shared experiences I can’t imagine my life without.

So – City College (DW) might be nicer and shinier and better equipped. But I’ll stay with the blanket forts and the chicken fingers and the paint balling and the insane Spanish teacher and the fire alarms that are just painted on.

YMMV of course.

(See I feel bad about coming across as putting down DW, and am quite happy to bitch about LJ anytime and anywhere. Which - if I think about it - means that LJ is home, and family, and DW is... the place I feel I ought to like more than I do. And 'ought' is not a good motivation.)

Comments

[urb-banal.livejournal.com]

So when people say they use DW for a back-up does that mean I should be doing the same? I have been with LJ forever and I have lots of writing that I try to copy to flash drives but I know I haven't got it all, should I worry about LJ just disappearing? I am a dinosaur myself, too old to change to any great degree.

LJ does weird stuff sometimes to make me scared.

[promethia_tenk]

I seriously doubt LJ would just go poof sometime without warning, but if you're looking for a relatively simple way to archive all your stuff (including comments) its a good solution, even if you never use DW for anything else.

[elisi]

As Promethia says, it's just very handy. I primarily use my DreamWidth as a back-up - just in case. You can copy everything over; posts, comments, etc. I don't think LJ is going anywhere, but I like to know that I a copy of everything.

LJ does weird stuff sometimes to make me scared.
At least it's not Tumblr. (Small solace, I know.)