Hi! I've had a DW account for a while now, but I just started crossposting maybe a couple of months ago? So, as a relatively new user who came over here from LJ, here's my insight:
The things that drew me to DW: * bigger character limits for posts and comments * more icons for free users * easy crossposting to LJ * the circle/subscriber distinction * multilevel tag displays! ♥
The things that make me stay, and love you guys more and more each day: * fixing bugs and problems as quickly and promptly as humanly possible (ex. the 'security issue' that LJ apparently had for ages, the one with comments that are e-mailed and then someone can reply as you?, and you guys fixed it immediately!); * the overall community feel-- I have no doubt I could drop a note to any of you guys, anytime, and you'd get back at me and find a way to help me fix my hypothetical problem; * the fact that you protect your users, and don't let anyone *coughtPaypal&Googlecough* bully you or us around. That alone got you my undying devotion. *draws hearts all around DW* * your diversity statement! ♥ ♥ ♥ * a million awesome little things I can't even remember right now, and that I discover each and every day I hang around here *flappy hands of happy*.
And finally, the things I think would be useful to have in a Beginner's Tour (based on the stuff I first did/looked for when I started): * Somehow including all those points from above in the tour, since a lot of people are pretty sick of LJ's issues and attitude, and you improved/changed/don't do a lot of stuff they do, so that's a HUGE plus in your column; * All the 'meshing & playing well with all other platforms' details and possibilities, including crossposting, importing entries and comments, Open ID tutorials (a friend of mine made that awesome one, so I'm a bit biased, but it's a fair point), and I'm sure there's more but I don't even know what are all the options we have; * Coding differences: 'user' instead of 'lj user', and 'user-site' for usernames from LJ. Though, I have to tell you, most of the stuff I need/needed are in your 'Guide to LJ users'; in fact, I still have it bookmarked, just in case. ^_^ You could just link to that (and all the other ones you have tutorials/guides for).
Um.. that's all I can think of. It's all pretty standard stuff, really. =)
Thanks for all your hard work! *gives a ton of virtual cookies*
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The things that drew me to DW:
* bigger character limits for posts and comments
* more icons for free users
* easy crossposting to LJ
* the circle/subscriber distinction
* multilevel tag displays! ♥
The things that make me stay, and love you guys more and more each day:
* fixing bugs and problems as quickly and promptly as humanly possible (ex. the 'security issue' that LJ apparently had for ages, the one with comments that are e-mailed and then someone can reply as you?, and you guys fixed it immediately!);
* the overall community feel-- I have no doubt I could drop a note to any of you guys, anytime, and you'd get back at me and find a way to help me fix my hypothetical problem;
* the fact that you protect your users, and don't let anyone *coughtPaypal&Googlecough* bully you or us around. That alone got you my undying devotion. *draws hearts all around DW*
* your diversity statement! ♥ ♥ ♥
* a million awesome little things I can't even remember right now, and that I discover each and every day I hang around here *flappy hands of happy*.
And finally, the things I think would be useful to have in a Beginner's Tour (based on the stuff I first did/looked for when I started):
* Somehow including all those points from above in the tour, since a lot of people are pretty sick of LJ's issues and attitude, and you improved/changed/don't do a lot of stuff they do, so that's a HUGE plus in your column;
* All the 'meshing & playing well with all other platforms' details and possibilities, including crossposting, importing entries and comments, Open ID tutorials (a friend of mine made that awesome one, so I'm a bit biased, but it's a fair point), and I'm sure there's more but I don't even know what are all the options we have;
* Coding differences: 'user' instead of 'lj user', and 'user-site' for usernames from LJ. Though, I have to tell you, most of the stuff I need/needed are in your 'Guide to LJ users'; in fact, I still have it bookmarked, just in case. ^_^ You could just link to that (and all the other ones you have tutorials/guides for).
Um.. that's all I can think of. It's all pretty standard stuff, really. =)
Thanks for all your hard work! *gives a ton of virtual cookies*