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starterpack ❤️
The goal of this place is to guide new Dreamwidth users, or people new to journaling in general, so the process of trying a new platform doesn't become too overwhelming.
Dreamwidth is a wonderful blogging platform, and the site has been built by fans for fans. No corporate overlords placating advertisers or stealing your data. Even free accounts are ad-free!
My favorite aspects of Dreamwidth?
* Dreamwidth's diversity statement.
* Communities!
* So. Many. Userpics.
* Full control of who sees what. Public, private, or friends only posts. The ability to have sub-groups within friends only.
* I feel entirely safe there won't be any strikethroughs/nipplegates/etc.
I'll be making a new post with an activity every two or three days, with additional side quests added in between for those with a bit more time on their hands. Every post a bite-sized chunk that won't take very long to complete, to make it as manageable as possible. By the end I hope more people will feel they get how dreamwidth works, and have found a bit of community for themselves and learned the tools to expand on that if they wish.
Now for Day One: we're making our account \o/
You're here, on Dreamwidth. Click the logo in the upper left corner.
You're now on the dw home page, and click Create Free Account. You pick your journal name, password, etc. Next page gives you various things to fill out, but we'll cover that in later updates so feel free to walk on by. Choose no thanks to the paid account on the third page.
YOU DONE DID IT. Welcome to Dreamwidth ☺️
Today's side quest?
A bit of a cheat, as I have two. One, subscribe to this journal so the new entries show up in your Circle/Reading Page.
Two, to get started on posting, maybe give others a bit of an idea as to who you are, I put together a small collection of memes. Do whichever ones appeal to you :) (my memory is absolute shit, so I love having End Of Year posts to look back on)
Feel free to introduce yourselves in the comments 🙌🙌🙌
STEP TWO HERE
starterpack ❤️The goal of this place is to guide new Dreamwidth users, or people new to journaling in general, so the process of trying a new platform doesn't become too overwhelming.
Dreamwidth is a wonderful blogging platform, and the site has been built by fans for fans. No corporate overlords placating advertisers or stealing your data. Even free accounts are ad-free!
My favorite aspects of Dreamwidth?
* Dreamwidth's diversity statement.
* Communities!
* So. Many. Userpics.
* Full control of who sees what. Public, private, or friends only posts. The ability to have sub-groups within friends only.
* I feel entirely safe there won't be any strikethroughs/nipplegates/etc.
I'll be making a new post with an activity every two or three days, with additional side quests added in between for those with a bit more time on their hands. Every post a bite-sized chunk that won't take very long to complete, to make it as manageable as possible. By the end I hope more people will feel they get how dreamwidth works, and have found a bit of community for themselves and learned the tools to expand on that if they wish.
Now for Day One: we're making our account \o/
You're here, on Dreamwidth. Click the logo in the upper left corner.
You're now on the dw home page, and click Create Free Account. You pick your journal name, password, etc. Next page gives you various things to fill out, but we'll cover that in later updates so feel free to walk on by. Choose no thanks to the paid account on the third page.
YOU DONE DID IT. Welcome to Dreamwidth ☺️
Today's side quest?
A bit of a cheat, as I have two. One, subscribe to this journal so the new entries show up in your Circle/Reading Page.
Two, to get started on posting, maybe give others a bit of an idea as to who you are, I put together a small collection of memes. Do whichever ones appeal to you :) (my memory is absolute shit, so I love having End Of Year posts to look back on)
Feel free to introduce yourselves in the comments 🙌🙌🙌
