Some stuff I should probably mention.

[randomling]

• If you are new to reading me - HELLO! Welcome to the madness. I am very excited to be here but I have no idea what I'm doing.
  
• I write in bullet points. A lot.
  
• I have added a bunch of people to my subscription list - way more than belong to my access list. As of thus far, though, I haven't made any locked posts, so you're not missing out on everything. That's as close to a "WTF policy" as I get really.
  
• The journal import didn't go as smoothly as I would have liked and I'm not sure that I won't just delete all my old entries and tags in the end - I'm really dithering over what I want to use Dreamwidth for and how that relates to how I use Livejournal.
  
• One aspect of this is that I'm trying to populate my access list with the OpenID accounts of people who are on my LJ flist. I was under the impression that the importer would do that - not the access filters, sure, but the access lists. Guess not. Ah well, that's a long job that I don't really want to be bothered with right now, so probably anything that my flist needs to see will stay on LJ for now.
  
• That is mildly annoying though, and I should really look up to see if that's intentional or a bug or what.
  
• My plan is to get a Premium Paid or maybe a Seed account when payment becomes an option. I really like it here.
  
• I currently am subscribed to a bunch of communities, some fandom, some not - but people aren't really posting yet! There's lots of activity on dreamchasers though, and it's lovely to see people popping up all over the place. If you're new like me, welcome to DW!
  
• I hate my LJ profile and should really delete it.
  
• I think that's all for now?

Comments

[hatman]

Comments are imported (if you select that option) and become OpenID comments, but friends are not imported, nor are custom groups (the names are imported, but the groups are empty). So, basically, anything FLocked will have to be reset/redone.

[randomling]

Ah, that makes some sense! Slightly annoying, though, 'cause my LJ flist is a bit large and unwieldy!

I've made all my pre-DW entries private on here, but I'd like to give access to anyone from my LJ flist, via OpenID, so that they can read any locked posts over here... but that is gonna require effort and time!

Ah, well. :)

[hatman]

Let them do the work.

1. Post to your LJ that anyone interested in following should subscribe here via OpenID. (If they don't bother, then they weren't going to come make use of it anyway.)

2. Create a custom group for your LJ friends.

3. When you get the subscription notice from an LJ friend, give them access and add them to the LJ custom group.

4. Go back through your imported entries and give access to the LJ custom group. This will take a while, but there's no other way it could have worked, in any case.

[hatman]

Oh, wait. I just realized. There may be a way to automate Step 4 via Semagic or some other LJ client. I'm not sure. But it'd be something to look into.

[ephemera]

huh - I must have got the wrong end of the stick. I thought subscriptions and access-filters *were* imported. (not that I've tried yet)

[quiara]

I'm new to DW and browsing interests, looking for more people to connect to. I really like what I've seen on you DW and we have some things in common; do you mind if I add you?

[randomling]

Of course you can, please feel free! :D

I just had a look at your profile and I think I like you too - may I subscribe back?

[quiara]

Please do!