Dreamwidth-?

[icarus]

I don't suppose anyone has a Dreamwidth invite code? It looks very inviting over there.

You see... people tend to grab the name "Icarus" early. The current icarus on LJ never used their account.

I'm asking a lot of favors tonight, aren't I? What would you like in exchange?


ETA: Thanks to ninasis, I'm now at: http://icarus.dreamwidth.org

Thank you. :)

Comments

[ninasis.livejournal.com]

I do, and I'll gladly send it your way. What email address should I use?

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank you!

icarus_ancalion at yahoo dot com

[hermitsoul]

It is indeed very inviting! I love what I see so far.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

There's a smoothness to how it runs. This may be because it's in closed beta and doesn't have a load on the servers yet.

[wendy.livejournal.com]

Just saw this on friends-friends and I feel your pain. My name always gets grabbed quick too. Waiting is maddening.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Isn't it frustrating? And icarus doesn't even use that account. Tsk.

[wendy.livejournal.com]

Have you tried asking the person for the account, since it's stagnant? That's how I got wendy. Granted, it was a loooong time ago (five years!), but it was a dead account that I asked for and she gave it to me! It's worth trying...

[sarka.livejournal.com]

I really want to try it out as well, but I can't afford a paid account right now. (Hi, all my credit cards are closed and I need to figure out a way to live off of 6 Euros until the end of next week...) It's one of those rare moments I wish I had a bigger friendslist.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

It's all invite only at this point. You can't buy a permanent account until April 30th.

I don't know if I have an invite code, I just joined. But have just managed to make it on $70 this past week while school funding came through. If I have an invite code, it's yours.

[sarka.livejournal.com]

Thank you :) And I didn't know that...

I have lots of staple foods, so I'm not going to starve, but I hope to god my funding comes through next week, or I am so screwed :S

[amalthia]

amalthia also took an LJ account years ago and never really posted much to it. :( grrrr

So I'm glad I got amalthia at DW before someone else got it.

[thalia]

I KNOW! thalia posted a few times in December 2000, and never again. I've been taking it personally.

[amalthia]

lol, glad I'm not the only one!

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

Um, *coughs* I'm in a small corner of fandom. Is this a new journal site?

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

Never ind, found it www.Dreamwidth.com Is there something special about that one? Or is it just new? I'm lazy today.

[elf]

Dreamwidth is a LiveJournal code fork (not a clone--substantial parts have been changed). foxfirefey mentions a list of features, some that exist now, some expected to be ready by Open Beta at the end of April, some that are scheduled for "sometime in the future when we get them coded."

Some of the cool parts:
Splitting the friendslist into a "watch list" and an "access list," so you're not automatically allowing who you watch to see your locked posts.

25 character user names.

Importing your current LJ or IJ journal, complete with comments that come through as OpenID comments (so the original author can still delete them.)

Invite codes, and cheap paid accounts for people who don't have them ($3 for 1 month of paid, after which an account would revert to free.)

Better OpenID support: OpenID accounts get 6 userpics & can have a subscribe list.

No ads. No snap.com previews. No nudge.

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

Interesting. Thanks!

[roaringmice.livejournal.com]

If you end up being able to invite people, and have extra invites, will you shoot one my way? You have my email.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Certainly! I've promised my first invite to sarka below, but if I get more, of course you can have one. :)

[elizabeth-rice.livejournal.com]

Um, I'm not sure I should be asking but if/when you do have a spare, I wouldn't mind an invite. My email is on my profile.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Hi. I've offered my first (and currently only one) to sarka (above). roaringmice is next, should I be given another one. Then, if DW releases more codes, next will be you. :)

[elizabeth-rice.livejournal.com]

Thank you. :)