Gabor Szabo (
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getting_started2009-08-19 04:12 pm
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new user - how to get by?
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?
Following the recommendation of
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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?
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You can first start with your own interests: On your journal, for instance, you mention you run Linux on your home computer. There is a Linux community here
I just did this, and there are four communities, as well as five pages of users, including several developers from Dreamwidth. (Who are a boisterous, funny, friendly bunch) You can do that with any interest you have, photography, literature, autism. Anything.
I'm fairly new to the whole paradigm of Live Journal/Dreamwidth as well. This would be my second year or so. So, I totally understand your feeling like you're out at sea in a boat without paddles. The trick is finding the paddles and learning how to row in the right direction, I guess.
I hope I have been of help.