Tips for new users coming from other platforms

[vriddy]

I was recently asking about Dreamwidth tips for new users on my journal, and this community was suggested to me in the replies! Here to my first post in a DW community. I am wondering, what little tips and tricks do you have that make for a more comfortable experience? The kind of tips that wouldn't be obvious for someone coming from another of the modern platforms.

For example, I only recently discovered the "Track this" option to keep an eye on post with thriving/interesting discussions in the comments without necessarily getting emails for it. Love how this lets me participate in conversations for longer, or get a notice if it was e.g. a request for recs and someone replies later.

Thank you!

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[yourlibrarian]

One thing that occurred to me is that people may not know about ways to view content on DW, which is to say that they can make it all either look like their own layout (helpful when people decide to create poor contrast layouts and tiny type in their posts) or in a simple black on white view.

Just go to https://www.dreamwidth.org/manage/settings/?cat=display

then pick one in the dropdown:
"Entry Pages: Shown to You When viewing entry pages (including yours), use this style:"

As it happens, this year I got a small TV to use as a monitor and I had to switch as many of my usual sites to dark mode as possible. That includes DW which has one at the bottom of that page.