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Big post - LJ, DW, Russians, with helpful links!
First of all - you can download your LJ:
BlogBooker
In days past there used to be something called LJ Book (which was free!), but it seems to have vanished or morphed into BlogBooker, which will cost you if you want to download more than a year. But at least it's an option! :)
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For safety, this is an excellent resource:
Encrypt the web: Install HTTPS Everywhere today.
Simple extension. Keeps you safe(r). ETA: Important caveat about HTTPS Everywhere: it cannot encrypt sites that do not have an https version. So this won't help anyone with LJ unless they reinstate their https. (With thanks to Promethia)
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If you want to make the leap to DreamWidth wholesale, here is an excellent guide:
How to Move to Dreamwidth and Like It
If you just want to back things up/cross post for now, simple guides under the cut:
To Import:
Go to Organize -> Import Content
https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/importer
Click 'Start Another Import' and follow the instructions. Literally as easy as clicking a button. Also quick.
To Organize crossposting:
Go to Organize -> Account Settings -> Other Sites
https://www.dreamwidth.org/manage/settings/?cat=othersites
Click on 'Add new Account' and sort out the different options. You can customise the footer that appears on the LJ f.ex.
Click Save and it's done. :)
ETA: Extra tip - if you name your DW icons the same as your LJ ones, the crosspost will choose the relevant icon.
Now, DW posted a news update yesterday, and they have had a large influx of new people (100,000!). But let's not forget that LJ is one of *the* platforms for blogging in Russia, and still is free and open for them. I wish I knew more about their side of it, how they are seeing the future. If they all want to go to DW or if they want to stick with LJ despite everything...
And this is probably as good a time as any to remind people of![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
anniesj's story:
A Word to the Wise
Because of a (public) post ranting about the then President (Dubya - this was 2004) the Secret Service paid her a visit and she has an FBI file. And not because of snooping or google searches or anything like that, but because someone (on LJ) reported her.
Please read the whole post. It's increasingly relevant.
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Anyway, I'm gonna keep cross-posting for now. Being on DW wouldn't have helped anniesj any... (Not that it existed then.)
I wrote a post on LJ vs. DW last year (or 2015, rather). Although I have since found a new analogy for DW. It's from Buffy Summers Diary, a fic in the style of Bridget Jones where Buffy writes about her birthday party (S6, the one where they're all trapped in the house). And Xander & Anya bring a friend they try to set her up with:
'...Xander brought in Normal Richard at that point. Normal Richard pleasant and rather beige, like tapioca pudding or similar.'
So, Imma gonna stick with Spike for now, but keep Normal Richard on hand in case Spike does something unforgivable...
ETA: Other point - DW has no galleries. Yes I have a photobucket account, but LJ is about a million times easier and more convenient. (I use the old style which is far superior when it comes to images.) So that's a major stumbling block when it comes to moving... Hence, staying put for now, with caveats.
BlogBooker
In days past there used to be something called LJ Book (which was free!), but it seems to have vanished or morphed into BlogBooker, which will cost you if you want to download more than a year. But at least it's an option! :)
~
For safety, this is an excellent resource:
Encrypt the web: Install HTTPS Everywhere today.
Simple extension. Keeps you safe(r). ETA: Important caveat about HTTPS Everywhere: it cannot encrypt sites that do not have an https version. So this won't help anyone with LJ unless they reinstate their https. (With thanks to Promethia)
~
If you want to make the leap to DreamWidth wholesale, here is an excellent guide:
How to Move to Dreamwidth and Like It
If you just want to back things up/cross post for now, simple guides under the cut:
To Import:
Go to Organize -> Import Content
https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/importer
Click 'Start Another Import' and follow the instructions. Literally as easy as clicking a button. Also quick.
To Organize crossposting:
Go to Organize -> Account Settings -> Other Sites
https://www.dreamwidth.org/manage/settings/?cat=othersites
Click on 'Add new Account' and sort out the different options. You can customise the footer that appears on the LJ f.ex.
Click Save and it's done. :)
ETA: Extra tip - if you name your DW icons the same as your LJ ones, the crosspost will choose the relevant icon.
Now, DW posted a news update yesterday, and they have had a large influx of new people (100,000!). But let's not forget that LJ is one of *the* platforms for blogging in Russia, and still is free and open for them. I wish I knew more about their side of it, how they are seeing the future. If they all want to go to DW or if they want to stick with LJ despite everything...
And this is probably as good a time as any to remind people of
anniesj's story:A Word to the Wise
Because of a (public) post ranting about the then President (Dubya - this was 2004) the Secret Service paid her a visit and she has an FBI file. And not because of snooping or google searches or anything like that, but because someone (on LJ) reported her.
Please read the whole post. It's increasingly relevant.
~
Anyway, I'm gonna keep cross-posting for now. Being on DW wouldn't have helped anniesj any... (Not that it existed then.)
I wrote a post on LJ vs. DW last year (or 2015, rather). Although I have since found a new analogy for DW. It's from Buffy Summers Diary, a fic in the style of Bridget Jones where Buffy writes about her birthday party (S6, the one where they're all trapped in the house). And Xander & Anya bring a friend they try to set her up with:
'...Xander brought in Normal Richard at that point. Normal Richard pleasant and rather beige, like tapioca pudding or similar.'
So, Imma gonna stick with Spike for now, but keep Normal Richard on hand in case Spike does something unforgivable...
ETA: Other point - DW has no galleries. Yes I have a photobucket account, but LJ is about a million times easier and more convenient. (I use the old style which is far superior when it comes to images.) So that's a major stumbling block when it comes to moving... Hence, staying put for now, with caveats.
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An apparent casualty of the LJ server move was https. I will admit I'd never really looked before at what parts of LJ did and did not have this option, but I can confirm it's not there now, and a number of people are saying it was an option before but has now disappeared. Which means any information you send back and forth to LJ is viewable in transit by anyone (payment pages are apparently still secure). That won't necessarily be a deal breaker for everybody--https is by no means the default for all websites yet. But removing it from LJ, if it is gone for good, is a regressive and user-hostile move.
What the HTTPS Everywhere extension does is request the https version of a site from any site that offers it. For example, Dreamwidth currently has both secured and unsecured versions of its site. As far as I can tell, they still consider the secure version to still be in beta, which is why it is not the default, though I've never had any problems with it. Using this extension keeps all of Dreamwidth in https for you.
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