Anyone for Dreamwidth invite codes?

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I have a few. The site's still very much in beta, and really so, we're actually working on bugs, not just that web 2.0 thing where everything is permanently in beta. But if you want to play around or reserve your username before the official launch, do comment. I expect you all know what Dreamwidth is by now; I might do a post talking about it properly later on, but right now codes up for grabs. If you think I don't know your email address, pm me.

And yes, I am planning to move over fully as soon as the site launches into public beta. More on that later.

ETA: Four down, two to go... within a quarter of an hour of posting. You guys are quick like bunnies!

ETA2: All gone! I'll try and pick up some more but no promises, they're still limiting site growth pretty strictly just now.

ETA3: Already 3 8 people in the queue for any more that show up. There may be faster ways of getting codes than joining said queue, but I'll give them away as fast as they show up if you'd like to add your name to the list. Sorry, Americans, it just fell out that way.

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The real irony is anyone following open standards would pretty much have to code accessibility out rather than worrying about putting it in. Unfortunately most webdevelopers (including the professionals) seem to have no concept of web usage outside IE(current version - 1)or any tool but a mouse :-)
It isn't easy for a developer to grasp if they have no user experience (I'm pretty experienced with enablement software but last year I had to use visual aids for quite a while before/after eye surgery - that was indeed an 'eye opener'). The commonest error I see is developers forget that people using this software vary as much in their usage as 'real people'.

One of the regular problems I get with LJ is that people embed multimedia in a form which auto plays when you read the post - that is really not fun for anyone working hands free and makes it unusable in an office. This isn't a coding thing, simply lack of awareness and lack of warning to people when they do it.

With respect to the diversity - if there is no moderation of users/content then it will depend on the example set by the most active users. Even amongst people who buy into the philosophy there will also be deep differences of view and hot button topics. Some flamage/spatting is inevitable but if there is enough weight of people who value it and put in the work to support and set the example then its possible to have a community where difference of opinion doesn't become a bickerfest and drama centre or filled with fact free 'conclusions'. Self moderation is the only thing which will work long term, that takes quite a critical mass of people who care more about the community and content than having the last word or 'being right'. I've been in general topic communities which tried to enforce good behaviour by moderating joiners or content - they end up as very sterile and inward looking places.

I suspect that in practice, the best way to encourage that would be to put an enforced 24 hour delay on every post and comment :-)) Certainly whilst the old communities were not flame free the slow propagation of news 20+ years back did have a very dampening effect by comparison with speed of Twitterstyria.


One thing I'm really not clear on - initially I thought it was a generic community, I'm getting the impression more and more that it is really a creative arts community aimed at the writers/creative arts/fanfiction groups. I did register my openid but if its really intended as a creative arts community then there is probably little I can contribute. (interested, but not a writer/artist - much as I sub to rasff, rasfrw but not rasfc). If it is intended to be general then yes, I'm interested and there are specific advantages to me to trying it out before it hits open loads.