new user - how to get by?

[szabgab]

I am new in DW and used LJ only once so I have no idea where to find things and how to do things here.

Following the recommendation of damned_colonial I got on the #dw IRC channel and asked about it. I got a link to this getting_started community, to dreamchasers, and to support.

So I am posting here wondering how do you start using DW? How do you find people to answer your questions if there is no community yet with your interests?

Comments

[aurora_novarum]

What about the people you may know already here? Even if it's just one or two individuals or one comm. Look at their user profile and see what comms they belong to that have shared interests. Even look at their reading list (usually you can see a link at their journal) and find others who interest you. Get to know them.

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What about the people you may know already here? Even if it's just one or two individuals or one comm. Look at their user profile and see what comms they belong to that have shared interests. Even look at their reading list (usually you can see a link at their journal) and find others who interest you. Get to know them.

<user=zvi> gave you some good comms to check out. If you're actually starting from scratch with an interest that's not already established here on dw, then you're a spearheader. Create the comm, promote it at <user=dw_community_promo> and see who pops up.

We all started somewhere; don't get discouraged. And good luck!

I know only two

[szabgab]

and even them I barely know. See my recent post in my journal: szabgab